The Radavist

After Nic’s heartfelt homage to Lachlan Morton yesterday, we thought you might wanna check out some of the race highlights! Saddle up for extended highlights of the historic 2024 Life Time UNBOUND Gravel. This year’s race saw the deepest field in the history of gravel cycling as riders from around the world descended upon Emporia, KS, for the World’s Premiere Gravel Race…

Weighing in at a scant 6 oz and storing away at the size of your average nutrition bar, John’s been using his trusty 36″ pocket chainsaw to cut down lots of deadfall in Santa Fe this spring, prompting this review. Sparked by Travis’ Silky Pocketboy review earlier this month, these ubiquitous hand-operated chainsaws pack a mighty punch, so let’s look at his buddy Scott and him making quick work of some deadfall below…

“Mojave Storm” is the sixth layout of the Radavist 2024 Calendar. It was shot with a Canon R5 and a Canon f2.8 70-200, in the Mojave Desert, CA. Photographed by John Watson.

“On a recent recon stop in the Mojave desert, John caught what has to be his best sunset photo ever from the desert after a storm blew through…”

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The mobile background this month is of a layered mountain storm brewing at sunset. Click here to download June’s Mobile Wallpaper.

John recently sat down with Barry from Bike Gear Database for an interview. They talked about everything from the roots of this website to photography, his “forever bike,” black metal, and more. Roll on over to Bike Gear Database for a behind-the-scenes peek into The Radavist’s modus operandi.

London-based bag maker Wizard Works have teamed up with York-based maker-of-things Matty Waudby (Get Mild Matty) for the brand’s fourth collaboration; a limited run of hand-embroidered bags celebrating the lazy days of summer…

Junseo Youn runs Korb Works, aiming to make the Seoul bicycle scene more colorful and fun. Seoul has a big road bike and mountain bike scene, and Korb hopes to meet this in-between with a fair amount of Velo Orange, camping, overnighters, sandals, friends, and good coffee.

Grant Petersen from Rivendell finished his Bicycle Sentences book and it’s in stock now for $20. It features 177 sentences about riding bicycles and bikes themselves; stuff you may know or might not know, may believe or might not. It’s not a Rule Book, not a Holy Book.

“I believe them all, they’re all true for me/Grant, and some may be true for you or worth experimenting with, and who knows what else?”

Check it out at Rivendell.

The Pinion Smart.Shift gearbox offers electronic shifting for instantaneous engagement, eliminating the soft or sluggish feeling found with the grip shift Pinion systems. Yet this system isn’t as perfect as it’s marketed, and John found one critical shortcoming during his review period…

Today, we’ve got a fine selection of used goods from the Rad Bazaar, our Group Ride subscribers‘ selling platform, featuring some unique offerings. Let’s check it all out!

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t take a look around once in a while from atop a vintage mountain bike, you could miss it. Jerry’s got the right idea with his 1997 TREK Multitrack 700 Sport, so let’s check it out in this week’s Readers’ Rides!

Our “From Biocrust, With Love” video documentary is the result of immense talent across the board. One of those talented people, Jeff Cormack did the soundtrack, which he’s listed for free on Spotify. So if you enjoyed the soundscapes as much as the landscapes – both macro and micro – give it a listen! We’ll link it and embed it below.

Chris King Precision Components has wrangled up its entire titanium headsets stock and has listed them for sale. This will be the last time Chris King offers titanium headsets so now’s the time to buy one in various configurations from 1″ GripNut to 1 1/8″ NoThreadSet. Roll on over to Chris King to purchase. But do it fast; even as we’re writing this, they’re selling out!

Follow Miguel Ovalles as he travels to Texas to Race Metal at the Gravel Locos!

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Trinidad, Colorado, is a gravel riding destination and outpost you ought to visit.

As a testament to the growing popularity of gravel cycling and its ability to spur rural economic development, Trinidad, Colorado, has, in a short few years, established itself as one of the state’s most exciting gravel bike destinations. Before 2020, not many cyclists considered the southern Colorado Front Range corridor as a place to ride a bike. Now, this former outpost on the Santa Fe Trail offers year-round opportunities to ride some of Colorado’s best gravel road conditions…

The Rough Stuff Rally is back in 2024 in Copper Harbor, Michigan and we’ve got all the info you need! Let’s check it out.