It’s spooky season, and while humans can’t return from the dead, bicycles can! Especially steel bikes. Longtime readers of The Radavist might recall John’s Geekhouse Woodville touring bike from 2013. Its history is sordid and includes theft, a recovery, some damage, and a brief hiatus. Well, thanks to a group of friends, John got it back, and the redux might be better than the original. Read on for the resurrection of this beloved and more beautiful than ever bicycle!
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Fara Cycling: Exploring The Gravel Cycling Capital of Scandinavia
With over 400 kilometers of trails within an hour’s ride of the city center, Oslo has established itself as an adventure destination. Conor Courtney spent a long weekend riding with Fara Cycling, a local bicycle brand uniquely aligned with Norwegian geography and adventure culture. Continue reading below for a look inside Fara Cycling and the stunning location they call home…
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The All-New 2025 Viral Derive is 29er Only and Has Internal Dynamo Routing
Hinted in John’s review of the Viral Derive earlier this year, the all-new 2025 Viral Bikes Derive is based on 29er wheels only and has a bunch of other updates. Read them all here…
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A Lower San Juan River Float: Bows and Vows
River trips on a cycling website? You got that right. We’ve highlighted numerous river trips in the past. As much as we all love bikes over here, we’re well-rounded outdoors people, taking on slot canyon backpacking trips, trail running, 4WD car camping, and, yes, rivers. On a recent outing on the lower San Juan River, Spencer and Blix renewed their wedding vows, with Cari and John in tow and a bunch of river guides Blix works with.
This beautiful gallery celebrates the West’s most precious resource, water while highlighting the beauty of camaraderie, all set in a stunning backdrop, deep within a desert canyon. Read on for some words by John and a fun gallery from him and Spencer!
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Bike Hacks: Resurrecting a Trust Message Linkage Fork for Bikepacking
The Trust Performance Message linkage fork was an expensive, extravagant, and flawed attempt to change how we think about mountain bike design. The brand ceased operations in the early days of the pandemic, but Travis had high hopes for Trust. He also still has the Message fork he reviewed in 2019. A recent bikepacking trip inspired him to give it a second life with some new bolts, washers, and tiny, tiny bearings.
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Tumbleweed Sunliner Review: A Timeless Mountain Touring Bike
The Tumbleweed Sunliner ($3775 complete) continues a long-held tradition of equipping a mountain bike with touring accoutrements. Since the mountain bike’s inception, people have been bolting racks and strapping bags to them, taking advantage of its beefy chassis and wide gearing to pedal deeper into rugged terrain than ever before. John has been riding the Sunliner all year in the Southern Rockies, both unloaded as a trail bike and loaded on camping trips. Read on for his thorough assessment of this timeless touring bike…
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The Radavist Cycling Guide to Santa Fe
Santa Fe is where The Radavist calls home, so what better location to look at in our first Cycling Guide? Read on for a look at The City Different…
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Santa Fe Rides – Gravel – Pacheco Canyon Mixed Terrain Ride
As part of our Dream Trail series, in partnership with Visit Santa Fe and Santa Fe County, we present the Pacheco Canyon Gravel Ride. Read on for everything you need to know to get rolling!
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Santa Fe Rides – Mountain Bike – Tour of Santa Fe Singletrack
As part of our Dream Trail series, in partnership with the Visit Santa Fe and Santa Fe County, we present the Tour of Santa Fe Singletrack. Read on for everything you need to know to get rolling!
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Meriwether Cycles Ponderosa Adventure Gravel Bike Review
Yesterday we looked Inside and Out of Meriwether Cycles via an in-depth Shop Visit. In that post, we offered a sneak peek at Whit’s production adventure gravel bike, the Ponderosa. John has been riding a prototype all year, providing Whit feedback for the final production model, which we’ll look at it in detail today. Read on for a full review of this tall and sturdy dream bike platform…
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2024 Mid-Atlantic Bikepacking Summit: Building Momentum on the East Coast
The 2024 Mid-Atlantic Bikepacking Summit brought together 100 participants over four days in the beautiful Laurel Highlands region of Western Pennsylvania. The event celebrated riding in beautiful landscapes, inclusive community building, and shared learning among backpackers of all levels. Read on below for a captivating summit recap from Bikepacking Roots Executive Director, Noelle Battle.
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Bikepacking Roots 2024 Community Survey is Happening and You Can Win!
Bikepacking Roots has launched the 5th edition of their Bikepacking Community Survey, which is open for responses from now until September 29th…
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Trek’s New Checkmate SLR, Checkpoint SL Gen 3, and Raw Lithos Project One Paint
Today, Trek introduced two new gravel bikes; The all-new Checkmate SLR is the brand’s first-ever gravel racing bike and the Checkpoint SL Gen 3 is for improves on the previous model with increased comfort and storage capacity, an improved fit, and all-around carbon performance for long gravel rides and overnighters.
While you’ve no doubt seen this information elsewhere on the web by now, the thing that caught our collective eyes, however, is the Raw Lithos Project One paint design, which is specific to the Checkmate SLR…
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A List of Drop-Bar 29er Mountain Bikes
Three weeks ago, John laid out a quick look at dirt drops on early mountain bikes by using his 1983 Steve Potts as a vehicle for the discussion and today we’re looking at our favorite modern drop-bar 29er mountain bikes. But first, we’ve got to define what a drop-bar 29er mountain bike is!
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Otso Cycles New Steel Warakin All-Road
Otso’s Warakin has been a popular choice for those wanting a stainless or titanium chassis all-road bike and today, the brand announced the steel version. Let’s take a closer look…
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Travis’s Summer 2024 Product Picks
Summer means something different for mountain bikers in Los Angeles. Unless you’re in Malibu, it’s not a great time of year to ride. Travis is not in Malibu, but he’s got ten products that will make the season more palatable.
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Salsa Updates the EXP Bike Bag Line with Panniers, Saddle Bags, and More
Adventure by Bike just got easier with three all-new Salsa Cycles EXP Series bike bags. The panniers, frame and saddle bags are designed to fit more bikes and more adventures into your life, these bags will see you and your gear through bikepacking races, quick sub-24-hour overnighters, and ends-of-the-Earth bike tours alike. Read on for a look at these three new bags.
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The 2024 Salsa Cutthroat Gets Updates
Hot off the heels of a Tour Divide second place with Salsa rider Ana Jager, the brand announced three key updates to the popular Cutthroat touring bike. Let’s check it out below.