The Radavist

“I think a photograph communicates a certain idea, a certain expression, and usually it’s just part of a bigger thought.”

For photographer Christopher Stricklen, the moments he captures in cycling are bigger than the ride itself. While bikes may be present in his images, Christopher’s true focus surrounds the emotion and experience of riding — all moments in time, frozen in photograph.

However, Christopher’s journey as a photographer didn’t start on the bike. With a background in landscape, architecture, and street photography, he began to notice parallels in the subjects he was most comfortable photographing and elements inherent in cycling.

This realization allowed him to seamlessly blend his passion for photography with his love for the bike. Hear more of Christopher’s story in the fourth episode of Why I ROAM – a short film series centered around five Wahooligans and what motivates them to get out and explore.

Remember our article on the Caletti Framebuilder Summit? Where builders got to learn some tricks of the trade from John Caletti? Well, the two steel gravel frames the team built during the summit are available. There is a size 52 cm top tube and 55 cm top tube for sale for $2,500. Proceeds will go to funding the next Framebuilder Summit at Caletti. Let’s check out more below…

Restrap is inviting its followers in a worldwide effort to make the most out of the long days coming from June 17th through the 23rd with its Solstice Century. The challenge is to ride 100 miles on any bike and any terrain over that time, giving you a full week to complete the century.

You can register at Restrap where you’ll be provided with a link to upload your route in order to receive your Solstice Century 2024 patch!

Esker Cycles is broadening its hardtail lineup with its most aggressive hardtail, the Smokey Ti. Let’s check it out…

Wow! It’s already almost Summer. On a particularly cool and wet morning in Santa Fe, John wrapped up his Summer 2024 Product Picks list, showcasing ten items he’s been enjoying in everyday life and on big backcountry rides this year…

Our buddies over at Firefly Bicycles just dropped a beauty of a bike model dubbed the ATB ($5,500 frameset). This new platform is designed for flat or drop bars, dirt roads to single track, unloaded and loaded touring. Let’s check it out below…

Our buddy Paul can ride any balleur, custom bike he wants, yet he chooses to have a gaggle of Surlys… why?!?! This is great, team Paul Component!

The internet can be a valuable tool for problem-solving vintage conversions. Its users have often figured out compatibility issues or clever hacks to get you to your desired goal. That’s the case with Daniel and his vintage Trek 830, that he converted to a drop bar gravel bike. Let’s check it out!

Is mountain bike pedal kickback a load of rubbish…? Good question. It’s a hot topic in mountain biking, and everyone is obsessed with the idea that our feet are getting blown off the pedals. A lot of bike media will tell you that single pivot bikes are THE WORST for pedal kickback. But is it actually true? Or is pedal kickback something people are worrying about for nothing? Joe from Starling Cycles tackles it all in this informative video.

It may no longer be light enough for elite competition, but Brooks has resurrected the Standard Professional – originally born as a racing saddle – from the brand archives because it remains a beautiful and comfortable design, perfect for today’s discerning cyclists and randonneurs…

The Rondo Bogan comes in two models, ST-1 (€2,999 2x drivetrain) and ST-2 (€2,459 1x drivetrain), fits a 2.1″ 29er tires, and is made from Tange Champion tubing. Like its sibling, the Rondo RUUT Gravel it features an adjustable fork offset to tune the off-road ride quality…

unPAved gravel celebrates the beautiful, hilly, sometimes wet but always glorious, forest and farm roads of the Bald Eagle State Forest and Susquehanna River Valley — and the fabulous riders that come to experience them during peak foliage in October.

Over 1,000 people took to the hills in 2023 riding the Burly-30, Proper-50, Plenty-90 or the Full-120 mile route which Adam Roberge & Laura Van Gilder won the Race for the Whoopie Pies (actually, everyone wins a whoopie pie). Some even went out for a slumberPArty on Saturday, riding to a campsite and then finishing the route on Sunday.

Join the celebration of Pennsylvania gravel this October 10-13! Registration is now open at BikeReg!

While not one hundred percent cycling aligned, our friend and director of “From Biocrust, With Love,” Sinuhe Xavier, was featured on apparel and homeware online marketplace Huckberry‘s Huckberry Homes recently. Sinuhe was an early mountain bike journalist back in the day, and his love for storytelling has taken him all over the world, where he shares vignettes while producing videos for various brands…

For part three in this Vintage MTB Restoration Beautiful Builds video, John strips the Annapurna down to a bare frame and rust-proofs the steel from the inside, out!

Music: Lore Liege – “As Night Approaches”

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Germany-based Sour Bicycles announced its two new steel full-suspension bikes today, the Double Choc trail and Cowboy Cookie downcountry. Petor walked us through the Double Choc last month, but let’s check out the bikes below in production detail and spec…

ORNOT has been working on developing the women’s version of its Lightweight Mission Shorts since these first came out for men, years ago, and the day has finally arrived.

If the Womble is the ultimate Moots hardtail for all-mountain endeavors, the Steamboat Springs-based framebuilder’s newest bike, the MXC, is designed to be its fastest. The MXC is perfect for XC trails, singletrack, and backroad gravel. Bikes like this quickly become a modern classic, truly high-performance bike, and look genuinely fun…