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Bikes Of Hamburg's Backyard 2025

The bikes of the first edition of Hamburg's Backyard, these riders will be escaping the hustle and bustle of the big city with lost gravel tracks and trails right in their backyard.

Bikes of Kromvojoj 2025

The bikes and kit lists for riders taking on Kromvojoj 2025, either 990km with 17,370m or 1425km with 25,115m gain. The Pyrenees is known for varying weather, and has had both snow and hail fall at high points in the past week. What tyres for potential ice or heatwave?!

Bikes of MittelgebirgeClassique 2025

Back for its fourth edition, this event crosses between Germany and France which takes riders over 40 mountain passes in the middle mountains (Mittelgebirge) ranges of the Palatinate Forest, Black Forest and Vosges.

Five Minutes With Gregory Sanders

Gregory Sanders is starting a new ultra-distance event, the Nordic Chase, after he saw a gap in the race calendar for ultras starting in the cycling city of Copenhagen.

Bikes of Amersfoort-Sauerland-Amersfoort 2025

A challenging 1000km road adventure on quiet roads with amazing views through the most beautiful regions of the Netherlands and Western Germany.

Bikes of Trans Balkan Race 2025

The fourth edition of the Trans Balkan Race is a mountain bike adventure across the Balkans. 1,400km with 27,000m of ascent through remote mountains and rugged borderlands, riders have a long and challenging journey ahead.

Bikes Of Great British Escapades 2025

A mixed weather, off-road, MTB oriented race taking looping through areas of outstanding beauty and National Parks in the North and South Downs in the South of England.

Dot Comms Episode 004: The No Fly Rule

The fourth instalment of the Dot Comms podcast where they're exploring the No-Fly Rule, an up and coming concept for race organisers to only allow entrants who travel to the race via land. Also, recaps of the previous month's races.

Bikes of Hardennes Gravel Tour 2025

Riders will explore the hidden trails of the Ardennes through this bikepacking adventure, featuring 65% off-road, two checkpoints and a time limit of 90hours for the 700km route and 50 hours for the 300km option!

Bikes Of PedAlma Madrid to Barcelona 2025

The bikes of Madrid To Barcelona by PedAlma gives you an insight into how riders plan to take on this route through the lesser known roads between the two largest cities of the Iberian Peninsula.

Bikes of Race Through Poland 2025

This free-route race’s seventh edition will focus on the Bohemian Massif. With its natural beauty, interesting and rich culture, and demanding land, riders will be tested by their own routing, weather and elevation.

Bikes of Headstock 500 2025

Taking riders through some of the most breathtaking landscapes of the UK, visiting the Black Mountains, the Cambrian Mountains and the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Bikes of Highland Trail 550 2025

A gem of the European bikepacking calendar, attracting riders from across the world. The HT550 promises another year of hike-a-bike, unpredictable weather, and river crossings.

Five Minutes With Marei Moldenhauer

Marei Moldenhauer is a rising star of the ultra-distance world. Recently taking first woman at the Atlas Mountain Race, Marei balances her racing with being a practising doctor.

Covered By: Marei Moldenhauer

Covered By: Kitty Dennis

Bikes of Peaks and Plains 2025

Peaks & Plains is an unsupported ultracycling road bike challenge that takes you through the highest peaks and across the vast plains in the heart of Germany.

Bikes Of Seven Serpents 2025

This fixed gravel route takes riders from Ljubljana to Trieste over 850km with 16,000m gained. There's a mixed forecast this year, so riders will have to prepare for potential rain.

Bikes of Bee Line 200 2025

Riding through Cheshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire, the many highlights will include some of the best off-road biking trails found in the North West.

Bikes of Utrecht Ultra 2025

Utrecht Ultra combines free and fixed routes, with 98% of the course on tarmac. Passing through three different countries on a fixed route and then mandatory parcours, it's a real ultra adventure.

Bikes Of 303 Lucerne 2025

For the second edition, this self-supported, single-stage cycling journey unfolds through Lucerne, Switzerland. Spanning 303 kilometres, it presents an exhilarating adventure, characterised by its untamed beauty and fulfilling experiences.

Bikes Of Headstock 200 2025

The Headstock 200 is an exhilarating journey through South Wales’ post-industrial heartland. It’s a place where the past and present intertwine to create an unforgettable endurance cycling experience.

Bikes of the Accursed Race No2 2025

The bikes of the second edition of the Balkan adventure, the third offering from Lost Dot, the organisers of the Transcontinental Race.

Bikes of Seven Serpents: Quick Bite 2025

Sister race to Seven Serpents, this shorter and smoother version takes riders through Slovenia, Croatia and finishes in Trieste, Italy.

Bikes of The Wild West Country 2025

Check out the bikes for riders tackling 800km of hot hills in the South West of the UK. This year is down to be a scorcher, so riders might have made kit adjustments for this dry heatwave.

Bikes of The Southern Divide - Spring Edition 2025

Check out the bikes of The Southern Divide. The route this year is really dry, which we're certain will have affected bike & kit choices.

Dales Divide 2025: Rookie Reflections

Amanda Wishart, DotWatcher’s Web Editor, is new to ultra-distance racing. Having never competed in a solo ultra-distance race before, she headed into Yorkshire for the 2025 edition of the Dales Divide, where she finished as second woman.

Covered By: Amanda Wishart