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Happy Spring! Despite hitting 100F earlier than any previous year, moderately cool temps seem to be hanging around a little longer, and there’s nothing bad about that. You know what is bad? Tariffs. This month, we have a collection of all the usual fun stuff from around the bike world, with a focus on tariffs…

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Hello and welcome to the 2025 Campfire news roundup! Given that we’ve already had a couple of 80F+ days, “winter” suddenly feels like the wrong season for the title. But alas, it’s the desert. We hope everyone has had a great start to the year so far, and we’re excited to share our first series…

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We’ve figured out the logistics, updated the calendar and we’re ready to get you stoked to join us for some southern Arizona adventures.  Feb. 14th to 16th:Advanced 2 Nighter – Black Canyon Trail We’re really excited for a new to us route and to get our “Spring” bikepacking season rolling. We’ll be heading up toward Phoenix to ride…

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It’s always a little tricky selecting the focus for these roundups. There’s never a shortage of unique stories or interesting pieces of new gear to write about. Yet, the close of another year feels like it merits something a bit more introspective or thought-provoking – something that feels settling, calming, and reassuring as we’re all…

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Last week I would have been writing with a glass of ice water on my desk, but with the recent drop in temps, there’s a mug of hot chocolate instead. Fall is finally here. We’ve got some refreshing stories and gear to share to celebrate the changing of the seasons. Hope you enjoy, and thanks…

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It’s time for another roundup, and this one has a little bit of everything. From Lebron James, to an amphibious bike canoe, recipes for eating better while on tour, and also some tips for how to stay safe and smart while on tour in wildfire season. Leading off, from BIKEPACKING.COM, we take a look at…

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Dang, half the year gone already and summer in full swing! We’ve been feeling the heat here in Tucson but have luckily been hit with an early monsoon, albeit during our Swift Campout a couple of weeks ago. If you’re looking for some reading material to pass a hot afternoon, then we’ve got you covered…

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It’s hard to call this a Spring news roundup seeing as how those of us in the desert are already enjoying consistent 90-degree highs. While many folks in the Northern Hemisphere are still thawing out, we’re looking to get in as much riding as we can before it uncomfortably warms up. Whatever the case may…

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It’s our first news roundup of the year (Happy 2024!), and we’re excited to bring you a pretty rad collection of stories, events, and gear that’s peeked our interest so far this year. The theme starts off with some unique long-distance travel stories and then narrows down to events closer to home. When you’re done…

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We thought we were done for 2023, but in the spirit of tallies and tidy wrap ups, we’ve got one last collection to share with you. Read on below for our Campfire recap where we reminisce on our events, trips, and shop happenings this past year, along with the usual collection of inspiring stories and…

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While most folks are sharing their Spotify Most Played from the past 12 months, we’re sharing our last news roundup of 2023 with a collection of intriguing, entertaining, and maybe inspiring news from the past couple of months. Read (and watch) on for a mini adventure race in Athens, Greece, a book chronicling the life…

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Summer has finally started to subside here in the Sonoran Desert, and my morning cups of coffee are starting to make sense and do their job of warming me up instead of inducing sweat at 7AM. The transition felt like it would never happen, but it’s here, and it’s glorious. Speaking of glorious, we’re stoked…

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We’re back for a Summer roundup of bikepacking news, and as always, we’re excited to share with you a collection of stories and other tidbits that caught our attention. June and July are full of endurance racing in the Northern Hemisphere, and with the Tour Divide being the big draw, we decided to cast a…

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Welcome back to another news roundup! In this Spring edition we’re excited to share a smattering of films, inspiring and interesting reportage, gear, and upcoming events right here in Tucson. We’ll keep the intro short this time. Read on for our favorite tidbits from the last couple months, and if you’d like to see more…

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It’s never easy to pair down the list of exciting, entertaining, and inspiring bits of news to share for these roundups, and the past couple months have made it extra challenging. The list was especially long this time around, but we’re excited to bring you a paired down version featuring a hilarious and heart-warming film…

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Happy New Year and welcome to our first news roundup for 2023! The end of the year can be a little slow at times, but we’ve managed to put together a solid collection of events, stories, and bits of gear from the world of bikes that we came across in the last couple of months….

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It’s been a little while since we’ve done a roundup of our favorite things from the bikepacking world, but we’re back! A lot has happened in the past four months, and we’re excited to share a few pieces that caught our attention. We’ve got a collection of videos and articles covering events like the Arizona…

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One Drop at a Time by Alexandera Houchin published by FreeHubMag – June 14th With the bikepacking season in full swing, there are a plethora of great stories and events to highlight. But what stood out most was this powerful written story and accompanying video by Alexandera Houchin. Alexandera has been quietly building a substantial…

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Bikepacking Roots & Adventure Cycling Partner Up on Launching the Intermountain Connectors Routes We are very excited about the launch of the Intermountain Connector routes. Bikepacking Roots and Adventure Cycling have teamed up to design these connectors between their two epic bikepacking routes, the Western Wildlands Route and the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. These…

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A Bikepacking Gear Library for RAR Atlanta Our top story for February and March is Radical Adventure Rider’s Atlanta chapter launch of their bikepacking gear library. With the goal of making bikepacking gear more accessible, RAR Atlanta set to work on gathering gear, developing a library system and finding and setting up a space. The…

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Queen’s Ransom Our top bikepacking news story for December and January is the publication of John Schilling’s new route, The Queen’s Ransom, at Bikepacking.com. We’re building up a great collection of routes here in Arizona, and this one is a great addition. John designed this as a bikepacking route he could depart on from his…

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Moving into our new shop locale was our big story of 2021. As we embark on a new year, I want to reflect on the past year and also rattle off other 2021 Campfire and Tucson Cycling scene highlights. In case you missed it, a few weeks ago I summarized the news from around the…

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As the year wraps up, I thought I’d look back at the news from around the bikepacking world that inspired us most here at Campfire Cycling. These are the events, products, stories, and films that really stoked the fire, igniting fun conversations among our team as we got it done in the shop and warehouse…

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