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Rigs of the Central Texas Showdown

Katya Rhkmarunlina just won the 2023 Colorado Trail Race and set a new FKT in the process. With a time of 5d 1h 53m she beat the previous time of 6d 1h 34m set by Alexandera Houchin in 2019. Prior to this she placed Second at this years Tour Divide behind Lael Wilcox.

Last week Bikes or Death hit 1 million downloads.

In June of 2023 James Collins attempted the first ITT of the new Central Texas Showdown route created by Bikes or Death

The third East Texas Showdown and Slowdown, with the inaugural year for the Lowdown, is only a couple weeks away! So, we’re going to spend time highlighting some of the bikes you’ll see on the route this year. With two hundred riders this year, we’ve got a variety of different rigs. To see the bikes … Read more

Another year in the books and, man, what a year it was! We hosted two Bikes or Death events – The East Texas Showdown and The Bikes or Death Takeover at Mulberry Gap. We went on countless road trips across the country to track down podcast guests. We added to the Bikes or Death team. … Read more

By Jake Bleggi 12:00 Day Three:  It’s rainy, it’s cold and we are over it. We rolled into a gas station that barely looks like it’s still standing. We grab the basics… pizza, chocolate milk, a Gatorade along with some trail mix. The gas station clerk looks at us and says, “I didn’t expect to … Read more

Bay Area Big Grand Epic bikepacking trip. by Buck Crockett

As a single parent with two kiddos it’s been imperative to learn out to take my kids bikepacking with me. Like almost anything with kids going kidpacking is equal parts challenging and rewarding. Many of my friends either ride and don’t have kids or don’t ride and have kids, so I found myself wanting to … Read more