Hosted by Tailfin, mid-September 2025 saw the inaugural Detours bikepacking event kick off in the heart of Wales. In a unique format, riders would forge and navigate their own route through the Brecon Beacons to gather points before spending the evening together sharing food and stories of their individual adventures. Despite a rowdy weather forecast, PINCH FLAT compadre Michael Drummond took it upon himself to make the trip across the Severn to discover what Detours was all about.

Sisters in the Wild is a women-led cycling and adventure community that creates supportive, inclusive spaces for women, non-binary, and other marginalised gender riders to explore, upskill and connect. Now, it launches its first Bikepacking Bursary. The new initiative is designed to support women and marginalised genders to experience the freedom of bikepacking.

Set against the backdrop of his attempt at the Triple Crown, King of Chaos dives into Justinas Leveika’s motivation, home life, and infectious attitude for life as he aims to race the Tour Divide, Colorado Trail, and Arizona Trail in one calendar year.

Always at the pointy end, his smile is impossible to wipe from his face, find out what it takes to dig so deep.

There’s a logical pursuit among bike manufactures towards creating more capable, more practical, more efficient bikes. But in that evolution, there’s a simplicity lost and a growing disconnect between rider and machine. Through the medium of his highly unpractical single-speed mountain bike, Varun Jyothykumar explores the beauty in struggling across challenging terrain with a single, and often unsuitable, gear ratio.

In 2024, Cordelia Hughes (one half of Roll Models) was lucky to enter GBDURO with her beloved friend and housemate Lucy Wood as the one and only pairs entry. In order not to forget the experience, below Cordelia shares a handful of the stories that remain.

In 2024, Lael Wilcox set a new world record for circumnavigation of the earth by bicycle. For 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes she rode, joined by friends and fans, with her journey documented by Rugile Kaladyte. This is the film of that ride, filled with highs and lows, incredible roads, friends and fans.

Undisputed route-building workhorse, Markus Stitz launches his latest contribution to gravel cycling in Scotland with a brand new guidebook, Gravel Rides Cairngorms & Perthshire. Below he gives us a sneak peak, sharing from it three of his favourite routes.