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Cumberland, British Columbia (“Dodge City” to some) has dirt under its nails. Meet the movers and shakers of this special mountain bike community in the first episode of Salsa’s For The Love Of Dirt film series.

Inspired by the recent cruisers being posted here, Grant from Cowichan Cycles sent in his 1941 Schwinn Cruiser build, along with some stellar photos for this week’s Readers’ Rides. Check out more below!

RideWrap, makers of adhesive protective film, just announced their new kits for gravel bikes. Protect your favorite bike from rock chips, bag strap wear, and other scratches from daily use with their nifty kits. See more at RideWrap.

Out of all the riding areas in British Columbia, Kamloops is one that truly draws me in. Part of the reason for that is the phenomenal job photographer Dylan Sherrard does on his Instagram account.  Then again, videos like this don’t hurt either!

This week’s Readers’ Rides comes from Michael in Vancouver, BC. His Granville Burtly Road with a beautiful Sunset Fade graces our website this Friday morning. Enjoy!

Landyachtz Bikes and the Sierra Club of BC are proud to announce the inaugural “Ride for the Forest”, a self-supported bicycle photo scavenger hunt. The giveaway rules are easy, so read up here and then head to Landyachtz Bikes for more!

Between now and October 31st, get out and ride for the forest! Collect pics along the way and post them on October 31 to support a great cause. This ride is open to anyone and any form of cycling whether it be road, gravel, MTB, BMX, whatever you chose to ride! All you need to do is take a few simple photos along your ride and you’ll have the chance to win a new AB1 frameset and limited edition laser engraved Landyachtz skateboards.

1.Head to the Eventbrite registration page and complete your registration to join the event.
2. Between now and October 31st, get out and ride for the forest!
3. Collect nice pics of your bike or yourself with your bike in specific scenarios (check below).
4. Post them (Instagram stories or on your feed as a carousel) on October 31st and don’t forget to tag @landyachtzbikes and use the hashtag #LYridefortheforest2020

I have an addiction to hip bags and love seeing all the offerings being made across the globe. For those wanting to buy local in Canada, HMPL has the “6 Pack”, a fanny pack made from VX21 Xpac/1000d Cordura with a hook/loop closure and available in a variety of colors. These are in stock for $160 at HMPL.ca

Specs:
-VX21 Xpac/1000d Cordura
-Adjustable Waist Belt
-Rolltop Closure
-Interior Stash Pocket
-External Zipper Access

Width: 11″
Depth: 3″
Full Open Height: 13″
Full Closed Height: 5.5″

From the makers of the Grilled Cheese Project comes Woodland Wonder, a short flick featuring Stephanie riding the trails of Alberta, Canada.

Easton’s offices are just a quick jaunt from some primo trails and dirt roads. In their latest video, some of the Overland team head out for a quick one in their new team kits. It’s 9am and I suddenly want pizza!

Partnering with We Are One Carbon Composites, Industry Nine is pleased to announce their new carbon MTB wheels, which are made in North America. From XC racing, backcountry riding, Enduro and Downhill, Industry Nine has some wheels for every branch of MTB riding.

Evaluating a region’s geologic history can be a real joy by bicycle. Will Morris does just that with Squamish.

“Squamish sits on the edge of the Northern Hemisphere’s southernmost fjord, nestled between sprawling mountains built by tectonic, volcanic, and glacial processes. These forces, operating on humanly abstracted timescales, created the landscape in which we learn, live, and recreate. Through features accessible on Squamish’s mountain bike trails, the story of this land’s geologic origin can be formulated. Four main eras are presented in this story, most overlapping and building upon the previous: Mountain Building, Glaciation, Volcanism, and Collapse.”

These past few weeks have been a time for action, introspection, listening, and resisting. Radavist reader Sasha Schellenberg sent in this submission to us for a Readers Write, reflecting on their own perspective of what’s going on in the world right now with the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests. Without further adieu, here are Sasha’s words…

I do a lot of listening while I ride my bike. I listen for traffic and the odd redneck that will try to drive their diesel truck within a hairsbreadth of my handlebars (an unfortunate reality of cycling in parts of rural Alberta), I listen to my bike, always alert for unusual sounds (a result of seeing firsthand how small mechanical discrepancies can turn colossal if they go unnoticed for a time), and I listen for birds and wildlife (the upside of cycling in rural Alberta that makes it worth putting up with smelly trucks). Riding alone, cycling becomes a sensory experience, and it’s on those long gravel climbs, that half of me hates and the other half loves, that sounds seem to resonate clear as a bell.

We’re all a little stir crazy at the moment, but no one is taking the quarantine lockdown harder than mountain bikers…

William Cadham and his friends rode from Whistler to Yellowknife, which equals to about ~1600 miles with 69,000′ of climbing in 11 days to raise money for a mountain bike skills park in Yellowknife. This was the first time William had ever ridden a road bike, and the longest ride any of these mountain bikers had ever done.

SMITH just released the film on their Youtube channel and we are keen to try and leverage this opportunity to push us over our 10K(CAD) fundraising goal.

Salsa‘s latest video follows Sarah Hornby, a rider in mourning for her late husband. She would attempt all 10 routes he created while researching his Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies guidebook, in a single year. Like life, her plans changed along the way…

Remember Morgan’s review of the Titanium Knolly Cache? It dropped here on the Radavist just a few months after the Knolly Cache steel was announced. That was back in August of last year. Knolly finally announced they have stock of the Steel Cache, including two build kits and a frameset. You can buy the Steel Cache with a GRX 810 group for $3788, or a GRX 600 for $2899, and the frameset for $1250. Head on over to Knolly to see the component breakdown for each build kit and check out Morgan’s review of the Titanium Cache for a refresh on how capable this bike is.