Tag: iceland

  • The Rift Is Proper Gnar

    The Rift Is Proper Gnar

    Ted King seems to be a proper dude. Escaping the circus that is Pro road racing and doing it for the love, rather than the likes, hitting some of the hardest gravel races in the world and usually mixing it up at the pointy end, even if that’s not the motivation for pinning on a number.…

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  • Elements

    Elements

     Iceland has to be the most picturesque country in the world. We never get tired of the jagged landscapes, turbulent waters, and barren glacial tundra. Stick a bike or two in and it’s a winning formula, as demonstrated here by Sam Needham’s documenting of Hope Tech’s bikepacking trip.

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  • Westfjords With XPDTN3

    Westfjords With XPDTN3

    If you weren’t convinced of the quality of gravel to be found in the Nordic extremes after Focus Bikes and Jeremy Powers’ Iceland excursion, the perennial adventurers from XPDTN3 hope to emphasise that frostbite and lost bikes can be tempered by waffles and some of the best looking roads to be found.  

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  • Powering The Paralane

    Powering The Paralane

    In which the interminably cheerful Jeremy Powers gets sent to Iceland by Focus Bikes to assess the capabilities of the Paralane endurance/cross/discroadfastbike. To be perfectly honest, I’d be happy to watch J Pow do a grocery run by bike but if there’s one location to advertise an anywhere bicycle, the shingle and singletrack on display…

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