The Radavist

Throughout 2024, Hailey Moore (in her own words) has been inching her way along the mountain biking learning curve. She recently rode the Old Fort Strong Endurance Festival and writes about what she learned from her first mountain bike race.

To close out our editorial team’s favorites lists, Hailey Moore weighs in with her top products from the year, with a couple women’s-specific picks, and shares the rides, reads, tunes, and more that shaped her 2024.

With their posh look, lace-up construction, and SPD-outsole design, the new fizik Tempo Beat shoes offers a relaxed approach to road, or a refined approach to gravel—depending on how you want to look at it. Hailey Moore has been riding the Tempo Beat on mixed terrain and shares her thoughts on these mod crossover kicks below.

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, the event and race company Tanawha Adventures has been moving fast to raise relief funds for those affected in Western North Carolina. The just-announced Old Fort Strong Endurance Festival is a 6-, 12-, or 24-hour mountain biking and running event set for December 7, 2024, with aims of raising two million dollars to help the local community rebuild. Read on for the event details and how to participate virtually

Today we’re detouring into the gravity space in the lead-up to the 2024 Red Bull Rampage, the first edition of the event that will feature a women’s category. Hailey Moore shares a brief history of high-profile freeride mountain bike event and how a few of the women involved are thinking about this long-awaited milestone.

To compliment Hailey Moore’s Shop Visit with Rodeo Adventure Labs, we’re sharing the people—and bikes!—behind the Denver-based company. Rodeo is known for going all-out on custom builds and paint schemes for its customers, but the staff bikes pictured here might be some of the most expressive we’ve seen from the brand yet.

Thornhill Bike is launching with a presale of the Kitloader 70, a semi-rigid, collapsible mountain bike gear bag made with adjustable dividers and premium materials in Asheville, North Carolina. Read on for a closer look at all of the Kitloader 70’s organizational details and to learn more about founder James Leath’s obsessive quest to craft products that will keep his (and your) rides more dialed.

For Hailey Moore, summer in Colorado is a full-steam-ahead season, a fleeting trio of months when the alpine is most accessible. Read on for Hailey’s 2024 Summer Product Picks and a closer look at the gear that keeps her going this time of year.

In her review of the Hyperlite Mountain Gear Splash Bivy, Hailey Moore writes about why she prefers bivies over tents and offers her assessment of this featherweight dyneema bikepacking, or backpacking, sleeping kit companion.

Whether you are lounging waterside or holed up in a tent waiting out a summer storm, a good book is always a welcome companion. Hailey Moore puts her own spin on a summer reading list with nine book recommendations that span the outdoor and adventure genre. Don’t see your favorite? Drop into the comments and share!

Water filtration does not equal water purification: there are different levels to the process of creating safe, clean drinking water. In a review of Grayl’s GeoPress titanium travel purifier, Hailey Moore explains what gets missed by filters alone and why you might consider carrying a purifying system.

During her review period with the Ibis Cycles Ripley, Hailey Moore attended the 2024 Rowdy Gowdy women’s mountain bike camp outside of Laramie, Wyoming, with hopes of gaining a better understanding of full-suspension fundamentals. In the age of internet tutorials and DIY culture, read on for a recap of what she learned in this directed and supportive setting.

For the start of summer, Hailey Moore shares a brief review of four casual women’s cycling short options: the Rapha Women’s Explore Shorts, ORNOT Women’s Mission Short, Fjällräven S/F Rider’s Hybrid Short and Ripton Diesel Jorts. Find your new warm-weather uniform for on and off the bike!