Remember that story about Lael racing across Switzerland? Well, here it is in video format! Check out the full press-release below and don’t miss our gallery from this brutal event!
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Wired Talks with Lael Wilcox
This was published back in March, yet it flew under our radar. Lael Wilcox is a total bad-ass and it’s great to see her get recognition for her accomplishments.
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I’m Not Stopping: Lael Wilcox on the Navad 1000
Day Two on the Navad 1000
Words by Lael Wilcox, photos and intro by Rugile Kaladyte
In June, Lael Wilcox raced the Navad 1000, a 1000KM mountain bike race in Switzerland with over 100,000 feet of climbing. Bikepacking races are typically a lonely affair, where riders pedal in solitude without support or company. Switzerland is a small country with huge mountains and heart.
Willi Felix, the race organizer, would like this race to be more accessible to newcomers. As such, he encourages people to come ride with the racers and allows the racers to accept unexpected trail magic. In addition, at the halfway point in Finsterwald, there is a Navad 1000 depot where racers can leave a box of supplies to refuel them for the rest of the race.
On the first day of the Navad 1000, Lael rode nearly 300KM, riding past all of the other riders while they were sleeping. She slept for a couple of hours in a hikers’ hut, packed up her bivvy and got back on her bike.
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1000 Mile Tarmac Ride Video!
Rugile Kaladyte took all the photos from Lael’s 1000 mile ride and made this video slideshow from the RAW files.
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A 1,000-Mile Tarmac Ride
1000 Mile Tarmac Ride
Words by Lael Wilcox, photos by Rugile Kaladyte and Trevor Raab.
Laboring up Mount Lemmon this winter with roadies on light bikes with rim brakes, I started thinking, I want a road bike! It rarely rains in Tucson, almost never in the winter. In the sunshine, rim brakes on carbon rims work fine. But what really is the difference? I was riding around on a Specialized Diverge, a performance carbon gravel bike with disc brakes and 38mm tires. I love the Diverge. It rides great. But I still had questions. What would a true road bike feel like? How would it feel after 100 miles or 200 miles or 1,000 miles?
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Speaking of Lael!
Path Less Pedaled just posted their interview with her! Don’t miss the information on her “Lael Rides Alaska” scholarship.
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“Lael Rides Alaska” Women’s Scholarship
Photos by Spencer Harding
To all the women who have wanted to take on a big, bad-ass bikepacking route in Alaska, read up!
“The “Lael Rides Alaska” Women’s Scholarship is available to one female rider who will design and ride a 1,000 mile route in Alaska during the summer of 2018. Based off of Lael Wilcox’s 2017 summer project to ride all of the major roads in Alaska, this scholarship is intended to enable another woman to engage in her own bicycle adventure in Alaska.”
Check out more details below and how you can enter!
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Lael Wilcox Announces Baja Divide Scholarship for Women
Photos by Nicholas Carman
Lael and Nicholas have just finished the Baja Divide, a 1,700 mile off-road route from from San Diego, CA, USA to San José del Cabo along the Baja Penninsula. They’ve published information including the route, refuel points, and other important intel. This information is provided as a gift to the bikepacking community with the support of Revelate Designs and Advocate Cycles, and is open to ride at any time, self-supported. To celebrate the completion of this journey, Lael has announced a scholarship for women who plan on taking on this endeavor during the 2016-2017 season. Check out the full details below, along with a few more photographs from the trip.
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Lael Wilcox on the Arizona Trail
Bikepacking badass Lael Wilcox teamed up with REI to document her journey on the 800+ mile Arizona Trail. This one’s well worth the watch!
