BoD Spring Campout 2021
This weekend a group of local bikepackers dusted off our bikepacking gear and our social skills to go bikepacking for the Spring Break weekend.
Patrick Farnsworth
Ep. 65 – Miles Arbour with Bikepacking.com
Miles is BACK! The first time we did an interview was in his van at the Bikepacking Summit in 2019. This year thanks to COVID we are relegated to Zoom, but that didn’t stop us from having a good ole time.
Arkansas high country race 2021
Quickly becoming known as one of the most challenging bikepacking routes in the country, this self-supported race departs from downtown Fayetteville on Saturday, Oct. 9. The race is a 1,000+ mile loop following the Arkansas High Country Route, a series of three gravel and paved road loops that connect several of the state’s stunning natural regions, including the Ozark and Ouachita mountain ranges and the Arkansas River Valley.
ep. 64 – Bikepacking Basics: You ask, we answer!
In this episode we use a recent trip to Big Bend National Park as the backdrop to answer your questions. Ultimately, we received 41 questions, that boiled down to 18 questions and we tackle them all! The most requested topic was on Route Building, which was really perfect because our trip to BB was a route finding mission. We saved that one for last and answer your other questions as we build up to it, but you won’t want to miss “How to make cake in the backcountry” (video coming soon) or our thoughts on e-bikes!
BoD Theme Song (Cover), by ian Cherry
When Miles Arbour dropped his original BoD Theme Song Live on Episode 30 I was equally flattered and blown away. Since we’ve been running it at the beginning and end of each episode I’ve received numerous messages from people who echo my sentiments. It inspired one listener, Ian Cherry, so greatly that he wrote and recorded his own version.
Ep. 63 – Jacob Hora
The first episode of 2021 is with the very inspirational Jacob Hora. At only 15 he’s accomplished more than most regardless of age. I didn’t know who he was before watching the Trackleader dots of Jay Petervary’s Fat Pursuit. The first place finisher was Jacob, so I clicked on his profile and was immediately intrigued when I saw he was only 15!
Bailey Newbrey ~ Q&A
Bailey Newbrey, owner of Sincere Cycles, and 2018 2nd place Tour Divide finisher swept BOTH categories. His episode was downloaded 4,792 times in the first 30 days. His episode also received the most number of votes from our online pole getting 10% of all votes.
2020 BoD Awards
Welcome to the first ever Bikes or Death Awards! It has been a challenging year for everyone, but through it all BoD has continued to share uplifting and inspirational stories from the cycling community. The truth is that every guest is a winner in our books. It is the collective commonality of bicycles that brings us together, but it is the uniqueness of each individual that makes this community so great.
Ep. 62 – Kait Boyle, FKT on the kokopelli
On the morning of Christmas Eve 2018 Kait Boyle was at the height of her ultra endurance racing career, having won the 24 hour World Championship in 2018 and set a new record on the AZT 300. Her life would take an unexpected turn later that day when she was involved in a horrific vehicular accident that left her with a long list of injuries and a long path to recovery.
Ep. 61 – Ted King, FKT on the ARHCR
From 2006 to 2016 Ted King was a professional road cycling before switching to gravel where he took 1st at the DK200 in 2016 and 2017. Earlier this month he completed the 1,000+ mile Arkansa High Country Race in first with a time of 4 days, 20 hours, which was good enough to snag the FKT set by Jay Petervary in June of this year.
