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Stagecoach 400 kit list
The Stagecoach 400 is a 360+ mile bikepacking race in Southern California, starting out of the mountain town of Idyllwild, going through the hills and descending to the coast, through the city of San Diego, through the Anza-Borrego desert, and back up to Idyllwild. It’s got a lot of up and down, some real chunky
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MidSouth 2026
A Recap from the Pro Non-Binary winner Robin Cummings I have heard the red sawtooth roads outside of Stillwater, Oklahoma compared to a roller coaster. It seems fitting, then – if far from ideal – that the Nine Lives Cycling Collective’s shared first experience at the race was an unending series of peaks and valleys.

