XWA 2024: Chad McCammon
May 24, 2024Cross Washington Bikepacking 2024 was Chad McCammon’s third attempt, and his second successful XWA finish. In this conversation he contemplates doing a “yo-yo”–that is returning to the La Push start ...
XWA 2024: Vicky Spring & Tom Kirkendall
May 24, 2024At the 2024 Grand Depart, Vicky Spring and Tom Kirkendall, experienced bicycle tourers, discuss their plan to ride the Cross Washington route as a team.
XWA 2024: Troy Hopwood
May 23, 2024Troy Hopwood, developer of the Cross-Washington Bikepacking Route, aka “XWA,” discusses the history of the route, and is joined by Annie Bilotta and Keri Bergere to dig into the topic ...
XWA 2024: Linda Gryczan–“Gray Heads Love Dirt”
May 22, 2024Seventy year-old Linda Gryczan, who has been bicycle touring since she was fifteen, shares her excitement about experiencing Washington state via bike on trails and dirt roads.
Vasque Re:Connect NOW Lifestyle Shoe
March 20, 2024Vasque’s Re:Connect NOW is a new cross-functional “lifestyle” shoe made of lightweight and sustainable materials that are comfortable and stable. They are designed to perform doing anything from urban and ...
Guerilla Grinds 2024
February 20, 2024The Guerilla Grinds is a three-event series of “underground” gravel cycling events that highlight the exceptional gravel terrain in Kitsap County west of Seattle.
Jonas Ecker Paddling at the World Level
January 18, 2024Jonas Ecker, a Bellingham native now at the University of Washington, is a kayaker competing at the world level, and on a course that may very well take him to ...
Remembering Steve Hulsman
December 23, 2023Remembering Steve Hulsman, a friend, fond teammate, and notable character/contributor to Seattle’s cycling community, who was killed while cycling the evening of December 21, 2023.
MADE 2023
September 15, 2023The inaugural 2023 edition of the MADE bike show happened the weekend of August 25-27. It’s a new event happening in Portland that replaces the former North American Hand Made ...