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Recently, Barry teamed up with WZRD. Bikes to craft a unique XC rig that suits his riding style for the local terrain. The project not only expanded his knowledge of custom bike building but also gave rise to a new category of bikes: New Country.

While planning for an Icelandic adventure, Mattie and his wife opted for the ultralight Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2. Read Mattie's impressions of the tent and its bikepacking friendly features. Let's go.

During a recent family trip to Paris, Barry hauled his bike overseas with the intention of getting to know the city by gravel. He spent much of the time experiencing the explosion of cycling in the city and hunting gravel in the capital's protected forests and parks.

For the past three years, Bryan Couchman has been making some of the slickest bike bags out there as Steady Co. based in Oklahoma City. We spoke with Bryan on being a designer, how he got started as a bag maker, his workflow and where it's all headed. Photos by Josh McCullock.

"La Ride" is a French graphic novel about two friends who jettisoned their hectic city lives in search of adventure. Written by Simon Boileau and beautifully illustrated by Florent Pierre, the novel is full of situations and emotions that only come from the experience of traveling by bike.

In September 2021, Meaghan Hackinen and her partner James embarked on a spontaneous ride departing from Kelowna, British Columbia. What was initially planned as a two-day trip turned into a 700 km loop, taking them on a journey that linked many of interior British Columbia's routes into one epic adventure.