2026 Bespoked Dresden Picks 02: Avalanche, Black Sheep, Drust, La Fraise, Stolen, Vanwoid – John Watson
Guten morgen! We're back in Saxony at the Flughafen Dresden for the 2026 Bespoked Dresden showcase. Paul and John spent the weekend at the world's largest framebuilder showcase, selecting bikes to document for The Radavist's coverage of the event. Check out our second batch of picks from Avalanche, Black Sheep, Drust, La Fraise, Stolen, and Vanwoid below! The Radavist thanks Brooks England for sponsoring our 2026 Bespoked Dresden coverage and our independent Reportage! Avalanche Cycles Titanium Gravel Bike - John Watson Paris, France-based Avalanche Cycles is a favorite. Marie Kervella and Laurent Beurriand consistently turn out exceptional bikes packed with beautiful…
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RatKing Spite Rack Is A Lightweight (269g) Front Rack With A Integrated Light Mount
With no tombstone, the RatKing Spite can be used with a Cradle or similar to double up on dry bags. Use it as a bag support or throw your skateboard on it. Zip-tie a basket to it, ya deviant. A removable, adjustable, ambidextrous light mount is included. As always, good straps and basic technique will keep your cargo from falling through the open platform. Don't go OTB... Ratking Spite Rack Quick Hits 4.5 × 8" platform Weighs 269 g with uncut 355 mm struts + light mount 6 kg load limit Removable, adjustable, ambidextrous light mount included 2.4" Max Tire…
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2026 Bespoked Dresden: Drust Cycles – John Watson
Guten morgen! We're back in Saxony at the Flughafen Dresden for the 2026 Bespoked Dresden showcase. On this rainy Sunday morning, we've got a special feature from the Berlin-based Drust Cycles... The Radavist thanks Brooks England for sponsoring our 2025 Bespoked Dresden coverage and our independent Reportage! Konstantin Drust finally won the award for "Best Cargo Bike" at the 2026 Bespoked Dresden showcase. The Berlin-based builder displayed two complete bicycles at his booth, which he shared with his apprentice Kata Rasch from Rasch Cycles (more on her later). With a whopping 100+ photos of these creations, we're giving Drust its own…
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One Week Left to Keep Roads Out of Public Lands!
Comments on a plan to rescind protections for nearly 45 million acres of public land and 11,000 miles of bike trails are due Sept. 21, 2026...
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Al-Ballut Bikepacking Experience
The Al-Ballut Bikepacking Experience links 17 villages together in an enchanting gravel bike journey to the heart of Los Pedroches.
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Cicli Pucci Custom Painted Ron’s Bikes for Blue Lug : A Globetrotting Collaboration – Jonny Pucci
For a special run of Ron's Bikes Blue Lug edition frames, the Japanese retailer pinged painter and artist Jonny Pucci to create bikes unlike anything the brand has sold before... Wedged between Tucson, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico, is a land seemingly purpose-built for wandering and reflection. Where desert plants intermingle with rolling grasslands that suddenly give way to isolated mountains, rising dramatically to create biologically distinct islands in the sky. This desert landscape near Arizona’s southern border feels like a kind of balm for the soul, and with an endless patchwork of varying gravel roads and single-track paths, a cyclist…
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Velocio Unveils Fall-Winter 2026 Apparel Collection
Velocio's latest apparel collection features a broad range of road, gravel, and trail-focused pieces for the colder months ahead...
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Rockymounts BackStage SwingAway Long-Term Review: The Bike Rack for Van Dwellers
Find Miles' review of the Rockymounts BackStage Swing Away Bike Rack after six years of van travels across Canada, the US, and Mexico...
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Panorama Taiga 2 Sees Updates and New Geo
The Panorama Taiga 2 received several small updates and has revised geometry better suited to technical trails. Check it out here...
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Friday Debrief: Stooge Hotdogger, Toothpaste Docker, Reissued Jamis Komodo, and More...
This week’s Debrief features camp gizmos and the toothpaste docker, the reissued Jamis Komodo, a Stooge hotdogger, a Thomson/Blue Lug collab
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2026 Made Bike Show Picks 06: After Hours, Chapman, Darwin, DeSalvo, Moots, Prova, Significant Other, Stinner Frameworks, Trash Panda – Paul Kalifatidi, Spencer Harding, & John Watson
Team Radavist is on the ground at the 2026 Made Bike Show, documenting a selection of bikes. Spencer, Paul, and John perused the available offerings and selected bikes from After Hours, Chapman, Darwin, DeSalvo, Moots, Prova, Significant Other, Stinner Frameworks, and Trash Panda. Read on for a jam-packed gallery full of details in our Picks 06 post! The Radavist thanks Shimano for sponsoring our Made Bike Show coverage and our independent Reportage! After Hours Muscle Car Road Bike - Paul Kalifatidi If you checked in at the desk at Made where you could buy merch, ask questions, or present your knife…
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Wildcard Rally 2026: A cycling rally with no route and many ways to win (Video)
The Wildcard Rally challenged riders to cover as much distance as possible between two points. Watch the 2026 event video here...
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2026 Made Bike Show Picks 04: Broakland, Buendia, Hoff, Jeffery Bock, Memento, Paladin, Quarry, Reeb, and Retrotec – John Watson, Paul Kalifatidi, & Spencer Harding
Team Radavist is on the ground at the 2026 Made Bike Show, documenting a selection of bikes. Spencer, Paul, and John perused the available offerings and selected bikes from Broakland, Buendia, Hoff, Jeffery Bock, Memento, Paladin, Quarry, Reeb, and Retrotec. Read on for a jam-packed gallery full of details for our fourth gallery from the show... The Radavist thanks Shimano for sponsoring our Made Bike Show coverage and our independent Reportage! Broakland Super Toobz - Spencer Harding I was shocked to see Broakland on the builder map for the Made Bike Show this year; I had to double-check the year.…
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How the Ancient Greeks Interpreted Their Dreams
How the Ancient Greeks Interpreted Their Dreams: Certain concepts such as metaphor may derive from early dream interpretation
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Pre-MADE 2026: An Afternoon with La Marche Bike Co.
Ahead of this year's MADE bike show, we stopped by the La Marche Bike Co. space inside the Chris King factory. Find our visit here...
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The Cascade Cougar: A Black Cat Bicycles Fundraiser for Oakridge Trails Alliance –
It's been a whole year since the team at Paul Component Engineering in Chico built up a fundraiser bike! While John was in Chico on the long, slow road to the 2026 Made Bike Show, he hung out with the Paul crew and documented The Cascade Cougar. This Black Cat Bicycles drop-bar 29er is being raffled off as a fundraiser for Oakridge Trails Alliance. Read on for a project introduction by California Travis and a dusty gallery jam-packed with Chico magic from the team at Paul and John... The Cascade Cougar is a hand-built drop bar 29er made by Black…
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Silca Launches Gravel and Road Tires with the All-New Protocol Lineup
Silca just announced the launch of its Protocol tire lineup. The brand took a fresh approach, distilling XC mountain bike performance into high-efficiency gravel and road tires engineered for modern air pressures and rim standards. Let's check out the lineup... Silca’s inverse proportional design pairs larger tire volumes with thinner, high-density 120 TPI casings. At modern, lower inflation pressures, reduced tension across the casing threads allows Protocol tires to naturally deflect impact forces. Protocol tires reduce flats while delivering exceptional compliance, reduced weight, and lower rolling resistance. Key Features incorporated throughout the Protocol range: Pulsar Compound: Formulated using solution-polymerized styrene…
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