Adventure

Kicking off the NYC MTB racing season with Mayhem in Medford

New Yorkers storm the desert outside Tucson, Arizona for a 24-hour mountain bike adventure.

We’re two months into a new year, which means it’s time for our first newsletter of the year!

The squad is ramping up for an epic weekend of racing at 24 House in the Old Pueblo

The Great DIvide comes to a conclusion with Montana and Canada

Closing out the team’s Belgium cyclocross adventures with a recap of some of our favorite moments and races

For those who have time off during the holidays, are looking to spend time with family outside (or avoid them), or are just newly trail-curious, TBD presents the Twelve Trails of Christmas—a dozen of our favorite trail systems within an hour(ish) from New York City.

In one of the biggest adventures we have ever shared on the Journal, Naveen takes us on her South African bikepacking expedition

Alvaro recounts some of his favorite riding during a winter partly spent in Puerto Rico

Looking back at the summer that was for TBD

I’ve always wondered how I’d fare in one of these big gravel races and particularly at SBT. It’s a punishing course but, as they say, it’s a “roadie’s” course— largely, smooth roads and not technical. If you’re good at putting your head down and burying yourself for hours, you might do well here. I suppose that’s the promise these events deal in— the prospect of testing yourself on a level playing field against the very best in the discipline.

Every year, the Tour de France picks one stage for normal people to ride and race. It’s amazing.

One of New York’s biggest gravel events, as captured by Steph

Returning to Unbound after an 8-year hiatus and finding that all the mud was right where I left it

Steph’s guide to the Central Connecticut Gravel Loop featuring Barkhamstead Reservoir, Lake McDonough, Nepaug Reservoir, Tunxis State Forest, and Satan's Kingdom Recreational Area

Recapping our annual pilgrimage to the Rasputitsa Gravel Grinder in Vermont

The TBD squad goes to Spain for winter training but discovers difficult conditions for riding

One of New York’s biggest gravel events is this weekend and TBD has your guide

Recapping a special day on the bike in Westchester County with our friends at ACME Bicycle Co.

Images from the 2023 Toad Strangler Gravel Grinder in New York State

A new series on the TBD Journal: a quarterly (or thereabouts) recap of our favorite posts

TBD’s collected thoughts and tips ahead of the Rasputitsa gravel event in Vermont

Newfound Buddies, Greg & Tom, head up to northeastern Connecticut (aka “The Quiet Corner” ) for the fourth edition of the Natchaug Epic (aka “The Quiet Hell”)

Friend of the team, ACME Bicycle Co, is hosting a three day bike festival in Katonah, NY in May

A weekend at Santos, a trail system is just outside Ocala in central Florida, and has over 50 miles of trails crisscrossing the Cross Florida Greenway.

Old Man Winter Rally 50K didn’t go the way I expected but it gave me what I needed.

Part 2 to a pre-pandemic journey across Japan - this time in Kyoto and Osaka