2023 MADE Bike Show Coverage Part 6: Digit, Framework, Monē, Moots, Page Street, PAUL, Scarab, Scharen, Sycip, and Watts

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2023 MADE Bike Show Coverage Part 6: Digit, Framework, Monē, Moots, Page Street, PAUL, Scarab, Scharen, Sycip, and Watts

We’re here in Portland, covering the 2023 MADE Bike Show, looking for bikes that we thought you, the readers of The Radavist would appreciate. Josh and John have been scouring the halls of the show for bikes to document, and we’ve got Part 6 of our coverage for you to enjoy…

Thanks to 1-Up USA for sponsoring our continued 2023 MADE Bike Show coverage!

2023 MADE Bike Show Coverage: Part 03 – Argonaut, Bantam, Destroy, Heavy, Ignite, No22, Onguza, Retrotec, Sim Works, and Wolfhound

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2023 MADE Bike Show Coverage: Part 03 – Argonaut, Bantam, Destroy, Heavy, Ignite, No22, Onguza, Retrotec, Sim Works, and Wolfhound

We’re here in Portland, covering the 2023 MADE Bike Show, looking for bikes that we thought you, the readers of The Radavist would appreciate. Josh and John have been scouring the halls of the show for bikes to document, and we’ve got Part 03 of our coverage for you to enjoy…

Thanks to 1-Up USA for sponsoring our continued 2023 MADE Bike Show coverage!

2023 MADE Bike Show Coverage: Part 01 – Bender, Black Cat, Goodday + Curiosity, Ira Ryan, LaMarche, Larkin, Oddity, SaltAir, Seeker, and Significant Other

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2023 MADE Bike Show Coverage: Part 01 – Bender, Black Cat, Goodday + Curiosity, Ira Ryan, LaMarche, Larkin, Oddity, SaltAir, Seeker, and Significant Other

We’re here in Portland, covering the 2023 MADE Bike Show, looking for bikes that we thought you, the readers of The Radavist would appreciate. Josh and John have been scouring the halls of the show for bikes to document, and we’ve got Part 01 of our coverage for you to enjoy…

Thanks to 1-Up USA for sponsoring our continued 2023 MADE Bike Show coverage!

Getting There: Traveling to Iceland and the Westfjords With a Bike

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Getting There: Traveling to Iceland and the Westfjords With a Bike

International travel is stressful enough on its own and that logistical stress gets further compounded when adding a bike into the equation. Fortunately, on Josh‘s recent trip to Iceland to cover the 2023 Arna Westfjords Way Challenge, he had a much easier time than expected thanks to Icelandair and guidance from the wonderful folks at Cycling Westfjords. Read on below for a few insights and tips for traveling to Iceland and the Westfjords region with a bike.

I Don’t Want Anything That’s Fast: The Bikes of Spencer Connell

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I Don’t Want Anything That’s Fast: The Bikes of Spencer Connell

Spencer and I have been riding bikes together for 15 years. Since then, Spencer developed a career building and repairing guitars in Nashville, Tennessee. Back when we were younger, we spent a lot of time hanging around our local bike shop,  Halcyon, and working on our bikes on their community stands. His bikes are deeply practical, very unique, and kind of clapped out. I’m not here to tell anyone what to do, but I wish more people built and rode bikes like Spencer. Recently I went to Nashville, and I took some time to document his bikes and ask him a few questions about his builds. Below, let’s check out what he had to say…

No Sleep ‘Til Ísafjörður: The 2023 Arna Westfjords Way Challenge

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No Sleep ‘Til Ísafjörður: The 2023 Arna Westfjords Way Challenge

The Arna Westfjords Way Challenge is an ultra-endurance cycling race that traverses the seaside perimeter of Iceland’s Westfjords region in four stages over five days with 600 miles of mixed surface riding and 37,000+ feet of elevation gain. The route was originally established by accomplished endurance cyclists Lael Wilcox, Chris Burkard, Payson McElveen, Nichole Baker, and Rugile Kaladyte and formatted into a stage race by the team at Cycling Westfjords in 2021. Now in its second year, the event features a variety of innovative aspects that make it unique in the world of ultra cycling, which benefits the local communities and also the riders’ experiences. Josh Weinberg was on the ground covering this year’s event and, below, shares an insightful event recap and massive image gallery from this strikingly beautiful part of the world.

A 600-Mile First-Ride Review of Beast Components’ Carbon Hybrid Bar

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A 600-Mile First-Ride Review of Beast Components’ Carbon Hybrid Bar

Fresh off racing the North-South Colorado Bikepacking Race, where she finished 1st women’s and 7th overall, Hailey Moore is here to share her first-ride impressions of Germany-based Beast Components’ Carbon Hybrid Bar. The mtb-shift-and-lever compatible design allowed her to run her Bearclaw Ti Hardtail as a monster-tourer, drop bar 29er, but how did the modified design manifest in ride quality as she pedaled 600 miles down Colorado’s Front Range? Read on for her thoughts…

Origins and Activations: How Ronnie Romance Found Inspiration at Blue Lug Bike Shops

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Origins and Activations: How Ronnie Romance Found Inspiration at Blue Lug Bike Shops

This is a long story. It is a story of Blue Lug‘s influence on me, an interview with the co-founder, and hopefully it will lend some inspiration to American bike shops.

The photos you are seeing are of Blue Lug employee bikes that I shot one after another as we visited each location. We thought it would be cool to document the personal bikes of the build artists whose handiwork you see each day on the Blue Lug Instagram softcore porn for bike nerds.

We will begin with the story of my 650b leather and canvas activation as a lead in…