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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.

Bikes of Pan Celtic Race 2024

The PCR fifth and final year was always planned to be epic and titled the Magnum Opus. The traditional short and long routes accompany a mammoth free-route called the Magnum Opus, with options to travel through all five Celtic Nations to create a monumental last race.

Bikes of Elevation Vercors 2024

The bikes ready to take on the 350km off road race with 10,000m of climbing. Expect lightweight gravel munching machines.

Bikes of Three Peaks Bike Race

One for the grimpeurs! A free-route race between three revered European climbs with a twist for 2024: riders can choose the order in which they ride the parcours. This year riders will tick of three peaks in the Dolomites, Vosges and the Alps before the finish in Nice.

Bikes of the Smoke Ring Challenge 2024

A 200 mile (320km) MTB/gravel route that orbits London (aka the Big Smoke) in an anti-clockwise direction. Riding through Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Kent, the highlights include some of the best off-road trails in the south-east of England.

Bikes of Transpyrenees (TransIbérica)

The fixed route of Transpyrenees takes riders from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean Sea, climbing some of the most mythical and challenging Cols of The Pyrenees such as Aubisque, Tourmalet, and Ax-3-domaines.

Bikes of The Hills Have Bikes 2024

This inaugural race from the organisers of the Race around the Netherlands takes riders into Germany in search of hills! With 60% of the route off-road, riders will need a little more tyre for this adventure.

Bikes of Monaco di Baviera Classic 2024

Monaco di Baviera Classic 2024 is a semi-free route of 1200km and 27,000 meters elevation gain. To be included in general classification, riders must ride all 20 parcours in the given order, but they can choose to design their own route, or ride the route provided by the team.

Bikes of Dead Ends and Cake 2024

A free-route adventure with five checkpoints, each at the end of a dead-end path, to explore the most beautiful, remote places of eastern Switzerland. One for the sweet tooths amongst us and a penchant for doing things a little differently.

Bikes of Solstice Sprint 2024

The 2024 edition will be a fixed-route. Riders will leave Warwick to pass through 10 checkpoints across the West Midlands, Wales and the South-West of England where things get a little bumpy for a while. The route will flatten out as riders return back to the finish in Warwick.

Bikes of B-Hard Ultra Race and Brevet 2024

B-Hard Ultra has been carefully crafted to represent Bosnia & Herzegovina “in a nutshell” and passes through National Parks, along rivers, lakes and waterfalls, over 1984 Winter Olympics ski-centers, by UNESCO World Heritage sites and generally over stunning (and hilly) terrain.

Bikes Of Great British Escapades 2024

An off-road, MTB oriented race taking in the North and South Downs in the South of England.

Bikes of Taunus Bikepacking No.7 2024

This mixed-terrain 1,000km challenging route has been coined “Jesko’s rollercoaster” as the Taunus hills, which are not high mountains, are full of relentless up and down which are more than enough to wear bikes and riders out.

Five Minutes With...Alex McCormack

With a new course record of 3D 5H 30M, Alex McCormack was the winner of the 2024 Highland Trail 550. We heard about his experiences from the race.

By: Ali Macleod

Bikes of Blaenau 600 2024

Take a look at the chosen steeds for this truly Welsh upland adventure through some of the land's finest off-road sewn together with characteristically hilly tarmac, including the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecons), Berwyns, Black Mountains, Cambrians and Snowdonia.

Bikes of Heading Southwest 2024

An offering of Portugal's diversity to the ultra-community; this road race leads riders on a 1,100km route from the centre of Portugal through mountains, plains and then south to the Algarve coast.

Bikes of Trans Balkan Race 2024

The bikes of the 2024 Trans Balkans Race. This 1350km race with 27,000m of ascent will see riders tackling Balkan gravel with a 98% rideability. Will riders favour light and fast or savour the journey?

Bikes Of Madrid to Barcelona 2024

PedAlma's Madrid to Barcelona sees riders tackling lesser known roads between Spain's two major cities.

Bikes of Highland Trail 550 2024

Browse through the bikes of this year's Highland Trail, a 550 miles mountain biking route through the Highlands of Scotland notorious for its fickle weather, river crossings and lengthy hike-a-bike.

Bikes of Race Through Poland No6

The bikes and setups chosen by the bold riders of Race Through Poland No6, a free route race covering 1500km through Poland.

Bikes of Headstock 500 2024

Take a look at what riders are using for an inaugural 500km mountain bike loop of South Wales.

Bikes of Léman Gravel Challenge 2024

For the inaugural Léman Gravel Challenge, read on to learn what riders took for this 360km gravel ride from the team behind Lausanne Gravel.