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Art Imitates Adventure: an Interview with Quind...
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Multi-media artist and PEdALED athlete Quinda Verheul finds inspiration in exploration. Navigating her ever-broadening horizons on two wheels, she translates the diversity and disparity of natural and manmade landscapes alike into unique creative...
Migration Gravel Race – Riding The Maasai Mara
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A successful race starts with a solid plan—and that goes for competitors and event organizers alike. First introduced last summer, the inaugural Migration Gravel Race invited riders from East Africa...
Chatting with an ATLAS Mountain Champion: Robin...
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We first introduced Robin Gemperle following his ultra-racing debut, a gargantuan effort in last year’s Transcontinental Race that earned the Swiss rider an impressive seventh-place finish. To kick off the 2023 racing...
The Long Road to Ultra-Cycling with Sofiane Sehili
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Based in the southwest of France, Sofiane Sehili’s love for adventure predates his passion for cycling—a sport he came to incidentally on a 2009 backpacking trip through Southeast Asia.
Tour Divide Talk With Jay Petervary
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The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route bisects the center to the United States, carving out a roughly 2,700-mile course along the length of the Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico....
Robin Gemperle's Transcontinental Race
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Prior to the TCR, most of Robin’s long-distance cycling journeys came in the form of bikepacking trips on his fixed-gear, challenges which helped prepare him for his first ultra event.
WATCH: Mbogi Amani
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The inaugural AMANI Migration Gravel Race, held in Kenya in June 2021, has been a game changer for some of the top cyclists in East Africa. But this is only...
WATCH: #171 The Transcontinenatl Race Journey
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The brainchild of late-racer and legendary rider Mike Hall, the Transcontinental Race remains a truly unique institution in the world of ultra-distance bike races.