Graveliers Bike Check With Curtis Spencer

WTB Gravelier Curtis Spencer shows us his adventure ready Kona Rove DL! Bike: 2019 Kona ROVE NRB DL  Tires: WTB Byway 700x40C Shifters/Brakes: Shimano Ultegra Wheels: Stan's Notube...

Graveliers: Bikepacking The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route

As the summertime bikepacking season is impending, I hope everyone is feeling excited about planning a trip right now. I hope people are getting excited about something (about anything really). Si...

Fear And Loneliness In Morocco

The dust has long since settled on the first Atlas Mountain Race and it now must be on the top of every dot-watcher’s list of bikepacking destinations. But let’s forget about the haunted, sleep dep...

Bikepacking Through Columbia

"Why would you want to go to Colombia?" asks my professor from Chile.  "Go anywhere else.  Two gringos on fancy bikes in Colombia is a bad idea.  But I guess if you are always scared of what c...

Lost In The Mountains

Words and photos by Tales on Tyres   @talesontyres I can feel the sweet tingling feeling of excitement in my stomach, as we stow a few days worth of food into our frame bags. I’m no doubt lookin...

Pushing the Limits: Project Puna

Words and Photos by Taneli Roininen   @gonebikefishing It was two weeks before the Christmas of 2017. I was stuck in Santiago waiting for my new rims (Scraper i40) and tires (Ranger 2.8 TCS Tough...

Bikepacking Around the World Since 2014

Words by Taneli Roininen @gonebikefishing ‘Could you make a quick recap about your trip to our blog?’, asks Clayton, the PR wizard of WTB. ‘Sure’, I responded from the Casa de Ciclista in Bariloc...

Taipei Cycle Show Display Bike #2: Pinnacle Ramin 4

The Ramin brings thoughtful details to the no-nonsense simplicity of 29ers furthering functionality through attention to detail that emphasizes interchangeability with modern design cues. Twin dow...

Why Plus-Size Tires Need TCS Tough

The introduction of plus-size mountain bike tires opened up a completely different riding experience for many riders. Riders who were new to the sport found additional confidence in the increased ...

Rad People Who Ride: Cameron Sanders

The photo above tells it all. Cameron Sanders (@adventure_by_bike) is a man of rad adventure. Not a watered down version of adventure that provides expectations or limitations. The rad kind advent...

Rad People Who Ride: Brian Ohlen

A true man of the mountains. He lives among them, works among them, plays among them, rarely leaves them, complains when he does. Need further proof? His years of fighting forest fires has even cr...

Packing for Your First Bikepacking Trip

We provide all the products needed for you to get out on an overnight bikepacking trip, but haven't provide a proper tutorial on how to actually get out there. We apologize. Between the Trail Boss ...

The Story of the Trailblazer

How it went from this: From: Mark Slate Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2013 12:36 PM To: Mark Slate Subject: B+ Hey, ...the idea that we could do things that have not been done before. Looking back ...

Flashback Fridays: Early 90s Dirt Touring & Bikepacking

It's no secret that people have been loading their bikes with overnight gear and heading into the wilderness for quite some time.  Just take a look at this Pearl Pass post here and you see that br...

Dear WTB: From, JayP

From: Jay Petervary <jaypetervary@gmail.com>Date: Sunday, April 20, 2014 at 2:48 PMSubject: AZT - Wolverine Yo,Quick note.Not a single flat on an amazingly rough, chunky, aggressive, cact...

Nano Days & Faded Horizons

What's great about the Nano tire is that it really can do it all.  Win a cross country race?  Sure, it's light and quick.  Bikepack the entirety of Tour Divide?  Of course, that's its home turf.  ...

JayP Owning AZT 750

My screenshot don't tell no lie.  JayP (Jay Petervary) is throwing down some serious hurt on fellow competitors during this year's Arizona Trail Race.  What is this Race of Arizona you speak of?  T...