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Bike of the Tour Divide: DotWatcher Team Edition

To get you in the mood for the imminent Tour Divide Grand Depart, we have an in-depth kit list from Kirsten Cluley, DotWatcher's Race Coordinator and 4th placed woman at the 2024 Tour Divide.

By: Kirsten Cluley

Bikes of Taunus Bikepacking No.8 2025

The bikes of the 8th Edition of Taunus Bikepacking, a trip through the Taunus region of Germany. A remote gravel route over 1000km with plenty of punchy climbs.

The Bike of The Touriste Routier

Samuel Thompson will be attempting to complete the Tour De France Randonneur in 13 days.

Bikes of B-Hard Ultra Race and Brevet 2025

B-HARD unsupported road race passes through National Parks, along rivers, lakes and waterfalls & over 1984 Winter Olympics grounds through Bosnia & Herzegovina.

The Capitals by PedAlma: Heat, High Mountains, and a Beautifully Designed Route

Read Conor McKenzie's writeup of the 2023 edition of The Capitals by PedAlma. An adventure through the four Catalan capitals, Barcelona, Tarragona, Lleida and Girona.

By: Conor McKenzie

Bikes of Race Around The Netherlands GX 2025

Here are the bikes and kit lists for a fast, flat yet windy 1,230km or 1,930km of gravel around the Netherlands.

Bikes Of Nordic Chase 2025

Starting in Copenhagen & covering 400km extremely flat scenic roads through the Nordics, connected by an ferry crossing.

Bikes of TransAtlantic Way 2025

This long-standing road race along Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way follows the hilly West coast and it's peninsulas. Known for varied weather, ferry crossings and moral support from the locals.

Bikes Of Hamburg's Backyard 2025

The bikes of the first edition of Hamburg's Backyard, these riders will be escaping the hustle and bustle of the big city with lost gravel tracks and trails right in their backyard.

Bikes of Kromvojoj 2025

The bikes and kit lists for riders taking on Kromvojoj 2025. The Pyrenees is known for varying weather, and has had both snow and hail at high points in the past week. What tyres to choose?!

Bikes of MittelgebirgeClassique 2025

Back for its fourth edition, this event crosses between Germany and France which takes riders over 40 mountain passes in the middle mountains (Mittelgebirge) ranges of the Palatinate Forest, Black Forest and Vosges.

Five Minutes With Gregory Sanders

Gregory Sanders is starting a new ultra-distance event, the Nordic Chase, after he saw a gap in the race calendar for ultras starting in the cycling city of Copenhagen.

Bikes of Amersfoort-Sauerland-Amersfoort 2025

A challenging 1000km road adventure on quiet roads with amazing views through the most beautiful regions of the Netherlands and Western Germany.

Bikes of Trans Balkan Race 2025

The fourth edition of the Trans Balkan Race is a mountain bike adventure across the Balkans. 1,400km with 27,000m of ascent through remote mountains and rugged borderlands, riders have a long and challenging journey ahead.

Bikes Of Great British Escapades 2025

A mixed weather, off-road, MTB oriented race taking looping through areas of outstanding beauty and National Parks in the North and South Downs in the South of England.

Dot Comms Episode 004: The No Fly Rule

The fourth instalment of the Dot Comms podcast where they're exploring the No-Fly Rule, an up and coming concept for race organisers to only allow entrants who travel to the race via land. Also, recaps of the previous month's races.

Bikes of Hardennes Gravel Tour 2025

Riders will explore the hidden trails of the Ardennes through this bikepacking adventure, featuring 65% off-road, two checkpoints and a time limit of 90hours for the 700km route and 50 hours for the 300km option!

Bikes Of PedAlma Madrid to Barcelona 2025

The bikes of Madrid To Barcelona by PedAlma gives you an insight into how riders plan to take on this route through the lesser known roads between the two largest cities of the Iberian Peninsula.

Bikes of Race Through Poland 2025

This free-route race’s seventh edition will focus on the Bohemian Massif. With its natural beauty, interesting and rich culture, and demanding land, riders will be tested by their own routing, weather and elevation.

Bikes of Headstock 500 2025

Taking riders through some of the most breathtaking landscapes of the UK, visiting the Black Mountains, the Cambrian Mountains and the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Bikes of Highland Trail 550 2025

A gem of the European bikepacking calendar, attracting riders from across the world. The HT550 promises another year of hike-a-bike, unpredictable weather, and river crossings.

Five Minutes With Marei Moldenhauer

Marei Moldenhauer is a rising star of the ultra-distance world. Recently taking first woman at the Atlas Mountain Race, Marei balances her racing with being a practising doctor.

By: Marei Moldenhauer

By: Kitty Dennis

Bikes of Peaks and Plains 2025

Peaks & Plains is an unsupported ultracycling road bike challenge that takes you through the highest peaks and across the vast plains in the heart of Germany.

Bikes Of Seven Serpents 2025

This fixed gravel route takes riders from Ljubljana to Trieste over 850km with 16,000m gained. There's a mixed forecast this year, so riders will have to prepare for potential rain.

Bikes of Bee Line 200 2025

Riding through Cheshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire, the many highlights will include some of the best off-road biking trails found in the North West.