Holiday Reading: Pt 1
20 12 24After a busy year of adventure, racing and exploration by bike we look back on a selection of our favourite stories from the trail in 2024.
On January 1st, Marin de Saint-Exupéry set off from home with the goal of spending eleven months on the road. He would travel to and race all three of the Mountain Races.
Read his thoughts from his home in Switzerland ahead of the trip of a lifetime.
This a story of three people, two places and one name. Bradford.
Hockney to Summerbee.
Kiki Dee to Lowry.
Priestley to rice n’three.
A journey.
With him, you and me.
WINNING THE ATLAS MOUNTAIN RACE
Third times a charm for Justinas Leveika as he won the Atlas Mountain Race, covering 1300km in a time of 3 Days 19 Hours 26 Minutes.
We caught up with Justinas fresh from his win, at home in Norway.
As part of our Outsiders series we caught up with Canadian ultra distance rider and host of the Detours podcast, Mel Webb.
Weronika Szalas traveled nearly 1000km overland through the mountain ranges of the Balkans to reach the start line of the innuagral edition of The Accursed Race.
Peak Divide and co take on the desert race journey from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on foot.
BEND TO BANFF: OVERLAND TO THE TOUR DIVIDE
Mateo Paéz chose to ride from his home in Bend, Oregon all the way to the startline of one of the original bikepacking races, a 2,745 mile route travelling from Banff to Mexico, The Tour Divide.