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Campandgoslow’s New Trout Tape: Plus a Mini Shop Visit and Casey’s Gravel Scorcher

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Campandgoslow’s New Trout Tape: Plus a Mini Shop Visit and Casey’s Gravel Scorcher

What happens when a logo flip sticker becomes a sorta serious part-time hustle alongside a full-time hustle of slingin’ pots from the edge of the Great Basin Desert? You get Campandgoslow, a brand for which our readership needs no introduction. When Cari and John were meandering back to Santa Fe from the MADE Bike Show, they dropped into the Campandgoslow HQ. While there, John got a sneak peek at the new Campandgoslow Trout Bar Tape, released today, and some of Casey’s personal bikes. Check out this inside look into your favorite bar tape brand below…

REMINDER! October Group Ride Giveaway: A COMPLETE All-City Cycles Cosmic Stallion!

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REMINDER! October Group Ride Giveaway: A COMPLETE All-City Cycles Cosmic Stallion!

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This month, we’ve partnered with All-City Cycles, which graciously donated a complete Cosmic Stallion Steel in the new “Mermaid” fade paint job to one lucky subscriber. The frameset size of the winner’s choosing will be built with RIVAL XPLR ETAP AXS.

Sign up by October 31st to be entered to win!

Congrats to  Reese Butler and Oliver Moss for winning the Custom Chris McNally X Tunitas Day Tote + Ripton Gift Card! kit!

2024 Bespoked Dresden: A Special Fern Bicycles Chuck Gravel Touring Bike

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2024 Bespoked Dresden: A Special Fern Bicycles Chuck Gravel Touring Bike

Amid our ongoing coverage of the Bespoked Dresden framebuilder and maker showcase, today we are featuring a very special bicycle made by Berlin-based Fern Bicycles equipped with Allygn racks and custom bags from Gramm Tourpacking. With design language referencing a late-1980s Toyota Pickup and mountain bikes of the same vintage, the build features both old and new elements with components from a long list of artisan fabricators like Cyber Cycles, Garbaruk, Tune, Velocity, SON, Gevenalle, Btchn’, and many more. We think this bike might be peak Fern. Continue reading below for the complete breakdown of this special Fern Bicycles Chuck gravel touring bike.

If you’re at Bespoked this weekend, make sure to swing by the Fern booth to check this out!

Reflections on the Inaugural Arkansas Graveler: This Is Personal

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Reflections on the Inaugural Arkansas Graveler: This Is Personal

A local Arkansan who grew up in Bentonville, Hilary Lex left home after high school, swearing never to return. Fate brought her back and she rewrote the narrative of her relationship with The Natural State because of one unexpected thing: The Inaugural Arkansas Graveler. The Arkansas Graveler is a mixed-surface, 6-day ride across the state of Arkansas that takes cyclists from the rolling hills and hollers of the Ozarks down into the Arkansas Delta river bottoms. Read on below for Hilary’s personal recap…

Meriwether Cycles Ponderosa Adventure Gravel Bike Review

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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…

Cotic Escapade UK853 is Made in the UK

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Cotic Escapade UK853 is Made in the UK

The Cotic Escapade, the all-road gravel bike John reviewed last year, now comes in a UK853 model and is made in the UK.

This is the best Escapade Cotic has ever made. The bike is supple, tough, and light Reynolds 853 tubing carefully crafted into the perfect ‘life-bike.” The UK853 is handmade in the UK with a choice of a la carte’ colors, for rough roads, gravel smiles, and everything from the daily commute to your big adventures.

See more at Cotic.

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Gravel Adventure Field Guide SANTA FE!

Our own Miguel stars in the newest project from the Gravel Adventure Field Guide, profiling some adventurous rides in Santa Fe! John and Cari even make a cameo appearance amongst the cholla and Chamisa.

Get your copy of a 64 page art forward gravel cycling guidebook that includes art, maps, digital route links, and stories highlighting the adventure riding in Santa Fe County,-Central New Mexico at Gravel Adventure Field Guide. Whether it’s the Town to Towers ride, or double track in the Caja del Rio, this guide has a lot of terrain covered.

We helped guide the GAFG team to some of our favorite rides, so check it out!

2024 Rivendell Appaloosa Presale

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2024 Rivendell Appaloosa Presale

Rivendell’s Appaloosa is a true all-rounder. It’s 100 percent perfect for 90 percent of the riding you’re likely to do, and 90 percent perfect for the other ten percent. Make sense? It’s ideal for tires between the 1.5 – 2.2″ range. Build them as a hilly bike or a ’round town cruiser.