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Bikes Of Peninsular Divide 2024

The Peninsular Divide takes riders through all terrains and the hot wet weather of rainy season. A mix of challenging terrain and smooth roads means there's plenty of ways to have both the right and the wrong bike for the job.

Bikes of the Tour de Farce 2024

Welcome to the most unorthodox Bikes of feature we’ve ever released! Enjoy browsing below to see some standout drawing skills from a handful of bikepackers and an insight into the first of the quirks of the unique Tour de Farce.

By:Beccy Waters

Bikes of Two Volcano Sprint 2024

After a year hiatus, 2VS will be held as a free-route for the first time ever since its inception. A selection of the riders' chosen weapons for the roads between Italy's Mount Vesuvio and Etna; those who have successfully balanced lightweight and well-equipped will prevail.

Bikes of the Goats 2024

The Goats is a 740km gravel cycling challenge in the heart of Portugal. With the late season start and a selection of dirt roads to tackle, climbing 17,500m overall, this race has enticed gravel riders into one last challenge this season.

Bikes of Istra Land 2024

Istra Land is a non-competitive adventure through Istria County. This event returns for its third year, offering riders a taste of Slovenia, Italy and Croatia’s finest riding on a 400km off-road route.

Bikes of Trans Pyrenees Race 2024

This weekend's Trans Pyrenees Race is <2,000km of tarmac, gravel and the rougher stuff traversing the Spanish and French Pyrenees from Girona to the Atantic, and back. Have a browse of the riders’ rigs and equipment to tackle this free route with a healthy dose of climbing.

Bikes of BorderLand 500 2024

A very mixed bag of bikes for the inaugural Borderland500, as some riders are heading out for a 250 or 500 mile bikepacking adventure and others are doing a 150 mile time trial, all through the beautiful roads of North Wales.

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.