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Get prepared for your first. All the content you need to start your ultra distance journey is here (tutorials, tips, tricks and stories from our team and BikingMan veterans).
Stage 1 – Getting prepared
You’ve made up your mind and are willing the catch the ultracycling wagon, pushed by that desire to discover more of the world, more of yourself. But before the D-day, a first journey is necessary: getting prepared.
The following ressources are meant to guide you through this process, helping you defining and creating your bike, finding and fitting the necessary equipment, adjusting your bike to your body, your fitness and your race objectives.
Prepare yourself for ultracycling
Get ready with the BikingMan France recce
Lighting for ultracycling
Mini-series with ProBikeShop
Ravitalk about ultracycling
Learn about your race
Get inspired
How to prepare for ultradistance riding
The minimum kit for ultra bikepacking
Choosing the best ultra bike
Stage 2 – Managing your race
There is a lot more than just pedaling to reach the finish line of an ultracycling event. From the random punctures and mechanical issues, to the multiple pains that can appear on a long distance ride, to the challenges of the weather conditions and elevation, to navigation and refueling…
Bikepacking over ultra distances features many aspects you will have to overcome, not to mention the mental strength to get through all this.
So follow along to learn how to cope with these.
In the heart of the adventure – Nico Faure
The start of my new life – Thomas Delaplace
Inside BikingMan Brazil with Axel
The multiple Corsican experiences of the FastClub
A BikingMan, as any ultra race, can be approached in many ways, every one joining to find something different. Between pure competitors and cyclists eager for wide open spaces, there...
BikingMan AURA: The Confirmation
When you are a spectator of a participant's performance, you often forget that you had to put together a lot of cogs to get there, and even more the next...
Bikingcrash in AURA
It is a somewhat singular story that we share with you since, fortunately something quite rare, it is one of an adventure that ended with a fall. If Rémi shared...
AURA in duo for the turtle
Today, we are sharing another feedback on the 2022 edition of the BikingMan AURA, which nicely complements the experiences of Rémi and Patrick. This time, Damien dit La Tortue, gone...
Stage 3 – Leverage your riding
You have accomplished your first objective, reaching the finish line? Now it’s time to take the next steps and build on this experience to learn and develop even more.
Whether physically, mentally, logistically or technically, there are plenty of areas where you may want to improve. These segments are meant to help you identify where and how you can leverage your riding.
Learn from your mistakes (and others’)
9 strategy tips from Clément Clisson
Discover the bike of Bérengère, the AURA champion
Discover the Bousquet tandem, the first finisher tandem of a BikingMan
Discover Benoit’s Fixie
Race ReportsRead the experiences and stories from our veteran participants
Ultra Women
BikingMan races can be the source of fabulous stories, thanks to the variety of amazing people it gathers, coming from many different countries and backgrounds. Today's race report makes definitely...
Sprint away from the sun
New race report today, from the 2020 edition of BikingMan Oman Sprint with Jean-Philippe telling the story of his bike adventure in the sultanate. Especially how he had to fight...
Family ride episode 2
After a first successful experience on the 2019 BikingMan Corsica, Clémence's home territory, it was time for more adventure this winter as they had enrolled for another ride in the...
Tough route in tough conditions
This year's edition of BikingMan Taiwan was brutal. It was not particularly easy last year, but the changes brought to the route for 2019, to avoid boring urban areas when...
Scratching with benefits
Today's race report is a special one. It's a special one first because it comes with the words of veteran Marcus, who has an undeniable talent for writing, but it's...
Buddy story in Portugal
After an impressive first ultra experience in the peruvian Andes, finishing 4th of the 3rd edition of IncaDivide, Guillaume was back for a different flavor of ultracycling, this time a...
Corsican cold
After a podium finish for his second attempt in Oman, Jason was back for more on the mediterranean island. Applying the famous mantra "light is right", with a rather minimalistic...
A magic backcloth
Today, a race report from one of our BikingMan legends, and veteran rider, Rob. After successfully completing Corsica and Taiwan, and before willing to tackle the peruvian Andes, Rob had...
Ultra Duo in Taiwan
Romain shares his story beyond the race of Taiwan, from his meeting with Simon, pair partner in Asia, to the decision process to join Taiwan as a pair, to the...
Start of an ultra journey
Describing herself as a "flatlander" with a rich experience in track cycling, with several record attempts, Jasmijn flet incredibly attracted by the images and stories out of BikingMan Oman inaugural...
Fighting against sleep
Taiwan is full of surprises. The first one obviously is its discovery itself as only few have a good idea of what the island is made of. Then, there was...
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