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Frame Bags – Product Design Notes

Over the past three years, we have been on a serious quest to build the best frame bags in the business. The resulting nine-model range is a culmination of experience, innovative sizing methods, and a determination to make a frame…

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Packing Cubes – Product Design Notes

Imagine the entire contents of your house in one big room – it’d be hard to find anything right? It’s the same for your larger bikepacking bags. Splitting your kit into sensible-sized ‘rooms’ makes perfect sense for keeping track of…

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Into the Polar Night

We love seeing our gear pushed to the extreme. Whilst many of our customers take their gear further and test it harder than others, few put it through its paces in extreme cold weather as Joffrey Maluski. Armed with a…

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Atlas Mountain Race | Inside perspectives

Before the start we got 4 of our R&D Division riders heading to Morocco to interview each other to see if they could gleam some juicy insights into how they would be approaching the race. Bryn: What’s your go-to snack…

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Lachlan Morton’s Tour Divide FKT* Bike check

Following on from Tailfin R&D Division rider Lachlan Morton’s incredible ride along the Tour Divide/GDMBR route, we got together with him to learn more about his bike and kit setup. You can watch the full breakdown in the video below….

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What is the Tour Divide?

The Tour Divide is often attributed as being the originator of modern off-road ultra-endurance cycling events. The Tour Divide effectively follows the Great Divide route, probably one of the most famous off-road hiking/riding routes in the world, travelling the length…

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R&D Division Bike Check: Justinas Leveika

Justinas Leveika is on a roll! After smashing his way round the Dales Divide to an emphatic victory last month he’s already followed up with another fastest time/first finisher. This most recent success came at the Seven Serpents ultra race…

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What we learned from the first Hellenic Mountain Race

Taking place for the first time in 2023 the Hellenic Mountain Race is the newest member of the ‘Mountain Race’ series. Whilst it was aimed as an introductory/transition race to the two more established races in the series (Atlas and…

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