As gravel cycling (re- ?) catches on with an increasingly wider group of riders, you may be among those toying with the idea of bikepacking. The terminology around bikepacking is a bit confusing. Northwest in Motion is using the working definition that bikepacking requires: a bike, an overnight stay, and a bias for routes on dirt and gravel. In contrast to the overlapping … [Read more...] about Gearing up for Bikepacking
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An Evening with Gerard Vroomen
Gerard Vroomen is arguably the cycling industry's leading innovator. Last Friday evening Vroomen was at Seattle's Métier to discuss his background, and the path that has led to his latest projects, the 3T Strada in particular. Vroomen got into bike development as researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands), then at McGill University (Montreal). In … [Read more...] about An Evening with Gerard Vroomen