Backcountry Bike Repair Series - Episode 4
The dreaded sliced sidewall! Sooner or later, anyone who rides rocky trails or rougher gravel roads is bound to suffer from a slice in a tire too big for plugs. In Episode 4 of the Backcountry Bike Repair series, Kurt Refsnider and Kait Boyle walk through how to deal with sliced tire casings using a boot for a temporary solution or stitching it up for a longer-term solution without resorting to installing a tube.
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- by Wolf Tooth
Backcountry Bike Repair Episode #4
The dreaded sliced sidewall! Sooner or later, anyone who rides rocky trails or rougher gravel roads is bound to suffer from a slice in a tire too big for plugs.
- by Wolf Tooth
Michael Van Den Ham - Fuego XL Race Recap
After a packed winter of coaching cyclocross in Europe, I wasn’t feeling quite dialed in for the kind of high-level prep that the Lifetime Grand Prix gravel race demands. Instead, I chose to line up for the Fuego XL MTB race — a race I was excited about, a little more within reach for where I was at in my training this time of year and that fits well with my objectives in the second half of the year.
- by Wolf Tooth
Sea Otter Gravel - Alexey's Race Recap
"Did I work a bit too much? Possibly, but damn do I love racing my bike." - Alexey Vermuelen
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Michael Van Den Ham - Fuego XL Race Recap