Patrick Farnsworth

o date, he’s accumulated over 120,000 miles, visited 108 countries, and ridden on six continents—and he’s not done.

Racing in the Slowdown Singlespeed category, Tyler completed the entire series and etched his name into Showdown history.

Kurt Refsnider is someone who is no stranger to the front of the field. A perennial podium finisher as a professional mountain biker, and over the past decade-plus one of the most accomplished ultra-endurance cyclists on the planet, he has first-place finishes at the Tour Divide, AZT, CTR, and many many more.

We’re kicking off the year with a special guest—Eric House! We met up in the Sam Houston National Forest for a bit of a role reversal; this time, Eric took the mic to interview me.

For the past five years, the Texas Showdown Series has been slowly, inevitably, drifting west. We started in the dense, pine-soaked forests of East Texas, moved through the rugged limestone of the Hill Country, but the destination was always clear: Big Bend. Few landscapes in the world capture the heart and soul the way West … Read more

This year’s Tour Divide was one for the books – and the record books. With good weather and a very competitive field we saw dots moving so faster than anything we’d seen before, putting all the previous FKT’s in potential jeopardy. Among those dots was Andrew Onermaa who was taking on the Tour Divide for … Read more

Last year I participated in the inaugural Arkansas Graveler where we traversed the State from Fayetteville to Russellville through the Ozarks into the Delta. This year the Ozark Foundation invited Ariel Marlowe and I to check out their new course for year two.