For fifteen years, the Stagecoach 400 has tested riders across four hundred miles of Southern California terrain, from mountains to desert to coast. Stagecoach 400: The Series is a five-part documentary series filmed from the inside. Across five episodes, the series will follow riders through the highs, the doubts, the bad decisions, and the moments when everything starts to unravel. What emerges is an honest look at endurance, community, and why this route continues to matter…
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Durango Derby Returns for 2026
Heading into its third year, the Durango Derby is back on Saturday, September 12, 2026, continuing to redefine what cross-country mountain bike racing can be: fast, challenging, inclusive, and genuinely fun…
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TransRockies New Mexico Singletrack Debuts with $20K Prize Purse
TransRockies just debuted an all-new MTB stage race with the announcement of the New Mexico Singletrack event. This event is literally in our backyard here in Santa Fe, so let’s check it out!
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Miles After Motherhood: Rachel Strait Takes on Park City Point 2 Point
Miles After Motherhood is a film by Ari Bikes. Set in the mountains of Utah, this 75-mile gauntlet of a race weaves together nearly 90% singletrack and climbs over 10,000 vertical feet. It’s a course that breaks riders down mentally and physically, demanding focus, endurance, and an almost unreasonable amount of grit. Finishing it is an achievement few can claim.
For professional mountain biker and mother of two, Rachel Strait, this challenge came just seven months after giving birth. Balancing sleepless nights, postpartum recovery, and the chaos of family life, Rachel set out not to prove something to others, but to herself — to show her kids the power of setting a goal and seeing it through.
Returning to her cross-country roots after years of enduro competition, Rachel faced one of the hardest one-day races in North America with determination, humility, and the unwavering support of her family.
This is a story about resilience, motherhood, and the miles that shape who we become — both on and off the bike.
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Miguel’s 2025 Mega Mid South Ride: His Mondraker Arid R Setup
Tomorrow, Miguel takes off on the 2025 Mega Mid South grand depart, and today, he shares his Mondraker Arid R setup for this 300-mile race…
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2025 SSCXWC Minneapolis: An Ode to Unsanctioned Racing
Erik Mathy attends the 2025 Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships, SSCXWC for short, in Minneapolis, one of America’s cycling capital cities, with a unique camera with an infrared filter to capture the chaos. What better way to document the all-inclusive cyclocross party of a lifetime? Welcome to the annual SSCXWC, a place where sanctioning bodies are neither needed nor wanted, and gettin’ weird is the name of the game.
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Disaster Relief Trials Bristol
The Disaster Relief Trials in Bristol took place recently, and Sentient Works‘ Tullen Dawson was there to report on the aftermath of the environmental collapse. Read on for his account with photos by @tadjiunn and @twoevstops…
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Are Mountain Bikes Just Faster?
For this year’s Grinduro, Miguel, aboard his Neuhaus, takes on Matt from Ornot on his gravel bike to ask one question: “Are mountain bikes just faster?” Watch as Miguel takes on his first Grinduro…
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2025 Grinduro: Nostalgia Wins
Ten years ago, the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship held the first Grinduro. This unique gravel race included four timed segments, and it encouraged a convivial atmosphere celebrating the natural splendor of the Lost Sierra. Now Grinduro has returned to its roots in Quincy, California – but after a decade of life changes, wildfires, and a global pandemic, is Grinduro still as amazing as it was in its early days? Read on for John’s in-depth race Reportage along with a few words on why nostalgia will always win…
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Sofiane Sehili Detained by Russia Near the End of Trans Europe Record Attempt
French ultraendurance athlete Sofiane Sehili was nearing the end of his 17,600 km (10,936 miles) Lisbon to Vladivostok Trans Europe record attempt when Russian authorities detained him…
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I Was Wrong About Gravel Tires
In the latest Race Metal video, Miguel has an epiphany while riding his Manzanita Whippet gravel bike that clears a 2.2″ tire. Watch as he connects both with Manzanita Cycles framebuilder Nick Jensen and John Watson about big, fat tires on drop bar bikes. Turns out, John’s been telling Miguel that bigger tires are better for years!
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King of Chaos | Ultra Cycling’s Unlikely Hero: Justinas Leveika
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2025 Lost and Found: Darling Gravel
It’d been six years since John rode and photographed the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship‘s Lost and Found gravel race. He first covered the event in 2018 as part of the Triple Crown race series and then again in 2019. A lot has changed in the Lost Sierra since his last visit, so let’s check out an action-packed gallery, shot from his bicycle!
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Leonardo Brasil and Adam Pawlikiewicz’s Estrada Real Film
In March 2023, Leonardo invited Adam to explore the Estrada Real, a legendary trail, leading to one of the most epic cycling adventures of their lives. Complete with incredible food, amazing people, and plenty of unexpected mishaps. From rugged mountain climbs to remote villages, this film captures the highs, the lows, and the raw beauty of Brazil’s most iconic bikepacking route… find a gallery and story and video by Leonardo below!
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Le Pilgrimage: A Journey of Gravel, Grit, and Camaraderie
If first editions carry a sense of magic, second editions prove that an event has truly found its footing. The second edition of Le Pilgrimage, which sold out within 24 hours, attracted 40 riders and garnered attention from across the cycling community. With participants from the US, UK, Germany, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Russia, the event took on a truly international flavor. Simon Rosmolen offers a recap of the 2024 edition of Le Pilgrimage below…
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Fat Bike Worlds is Coming to Crested Butte on January 24 to 26, 2025
The Borealis Fat Bike Worlds are set to return to their birthplace in Crested Butte, Colorado, from January 24 to 26, 2025, marking the event’s 10th anniversary. This milestone celebration, themed “Return to the Roots,” promises a weekend filled with competitive racing, social gatherings, and live entertainment…
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Maah Daah Hey: Together
In the 2024 edition of the Maah Daah Hey 100, Gordon Wadsworth and Thomas “the Hitman” Turner try to take down Kelly Magelky’s long standing course record. But the pair doesn’t know what they are getting into and their adventure in the mysterious Bad Land will galvanize their friendship beyond anything they could have anticipated…
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The Mega Mid South FKT: Nick Elliott’s Fastest Known Time, Get Here Grant, and More!
Jarrod Bunk was in attendance at a recent FKT attempt by two Angry Catfish team members, Nick Elliott and Josh Bauer on the Mega Mid South route in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Read on for a packed gallery with all the vibes, along with a fundraiser to get more riders out to the Mid South Gravel…