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Bikes Of Le Pilgrimage 2024
Le Pilgrimage is a gravel race, taking riders through some of the Alps’ most technical terrain, hidden valleys, isolated refuges, and high-altitude mountain lakes. The word 'gravel' is used loosely here, much like the top surface for large portions of the challenging route.
Bikes of SUCH24
The Swiss Ultra Cycling Challenge is a free-route ultra where riders have to pass through all 26 cantons (states) and additional checkpoints dotted around the country. The race always starts at any train station in Switzerland and finishes at the Bundesplatz in Berne.
Bikes of Seven Serpents: Illyrian Loop 2024
Illyrian Loop is an unsupported bikepacking event of about 550 kilometres that will take place in Albania. The route will go through gravel and secondary roads in the most scenic routes of north Albania including reservoirs, forests and cultural heritage and historical sites.
Bikes of Cotswolds 200 2024
Check out the rigs for this unsupported event on the off-road tracks, singletrack, bridleways and everything inbetween along this nook of quintessential England.
Bikes of the Alps Divide 2024
Alps Divide is a mixed-terrain bikepacking route, from the Mediterranean Sea to Lake Geneva, back and forth along the national borders of France, Italy and Switzerland. A journey with high mountain passes, alpine pastures, turquoise lakes, and historic military gravel roads.
Bikes Of Sneak Peaks 2024
The inaugural Sneak Peaks is an unsupported gravel bikepacking race through the Italian Dolomites and the Triglav Mountains in Slovenia. There is some hike-a-bike on the cards for these riders, so let's hope they've got some lightweight setups...
Bikes of Supergrevet Vienna-Berlin 2024
The Supergrevet Vienna-Berlin follows the pioneering passion of those who rode the original event in 1893. While the route deviates slightly due to changes in the roads over the past 130 years, the spirit and flair remains.
Bikes of Supergrevet Munich-Milan 2024
The Munich-Milan gravel event revives a long-forgotten classic that is considered a pioneering event for crossing the Alps by bike. A ride through history, but what's the best modern-day machine?
Bikes of Further Pyrénées Le Chemin 2024
With a mandatory kit list that includes hiking appropriate shoes and a recommendation of hiking poles, riders for Further Pyrénées have had to do some fine tuning of their baggage!
Bikes of TransIbérica 2024
From Bolzano to Bilbao via 10 CPs across Switzerland, France and Northern Spain. ~2,600km with ~30,000m of ascent... riders plot their own journeys. So much weather, so many mountains, so much to carry!
Bikes of Liège-Paris-Liège 2024
Liège-Paris-Liège is a road race with three extended parcours, taking riders all over North West France and Belgium. With a 3 day 15 hour time barrier for the 1000km route, let's hope riders have a fast aero setup...
Bikes of The Land Between 2024
An inaugural race in the land between Scotland and England; an area until now yearning for an ultra race. This will be a mixed terrain loop with some classic Northern English weather discovering the land from the exposed highlands to the industrial coastal cities.
Bikes of The Perfidious Albion 2024
The all-road flagship route from the Perfidious Albion takes riders from Lockerbie in Scotland down to the Cotswolds. With as many climbs as possible, this route is beautiful and challenging.
Bikes of GBDURO24
What tyres for a 2000km single-stage self-supported gravel trial from Land's End to Cape Wrath? And more importantly, what snacks?
Bikes of the Great British Divide 2024
What are the bike & luggage choices for this tough off road ultra across the country?
Bikes of Colorado Trail Race 2024
An original in the world of bikepacking, the Colorado Trail Race is a mountain bike race through the Colorado Rockies. Notorious for its tough terrain and altitude, the CTR is not for the faint of heart. Let's see how much frame baggage you can squeeze onto a suspension bike...
Bikes of Mother North 2024
Unsupported Bikepacking Adventure in the Norwegian lands through remote trails, ancient forests, and pristine fjords.
Bikes of TransAtlantic Way 2024
This fixed route road race along the Wild Atlantic Way on the west coast of Ireland returns for 2024. An original of the UK's bikepacking scene, the TAW is well known for its ferry crossings, out-and-back peninsulas and Irish charm.
Bikes of Lakes ‘n’ Knödel 2024
An inuagural gravel event in the Austrian and German Alps offers some of Europe's finest riding, commmunity spirit and excellent food. What would you pack for the unknown?
Bikes of Utrecht Ultra 2024
One thousand road kilometres of a race combined with the road terrain and relatively flat nature of the course means this feature is packed with some of the fastest setups we’ve ever seen. Blink and you’ll miss the dots!
Bikes Of Basajaun 2024
The bikes of Basajaun, an 850km race through the undiscovered paths of the Basque Country. Is this one for a gravel bike or an XC whip?
Bikes Of Transcontinental No10
For the first time, DotWatcher has collated a bikes of the 10th edition of the Transcontinental Race, the epic and and hotly anticipated free-route race from one end of Europe to the other.
Bikes Of... The Capitals 2024
The bikes that'll take our riders between the four Catalan Capitals on this epic bikepacking trip through Barcelona, Tarragona, Lleida and Girona, and riders will reach the Pyrenees by passing through Bagà.
Bikes of the Bright Midnight 2024
The off-road ready machines for the race where the sun never sets. With over 20,000m of climbing these bikes will have to be light but ready to tackle some Norwegian gravel.
Bikes of Memory Bike Adventure 2024
The off-road bikes ready for Memory Bike Adventure, a journey in Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza) and finish in Susegana, passing through stunning and historically significant areas such as the Fiume Piave, Monte Grappa, and Monte Pasubio.
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Learn more about the riders behind the dots. We talk to community heroes, industry insiders and champion races to find out more about bikepacking racing.
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Discover More
Bikes of...
Ever wondered what your favourite rider takes along for the trip?
5 Minutes With...
Learn more about the riders behind the dots. We talk to community heroes, industry insiders and champion races to find out more about bikepacking racing.
Race Reports
Follow along your old and new favourite races beyond just chasing dots. Our community of experts provide in depth commentary.
Roundtables
Prominent members of the community share their opinions on pressing issues in the sport.