Logan Watts

Joe takes a pull from our ‘samples’ we picked up at the Alchemist… the Focal Banger in his right hand and a Heady Topper in his left.

Bikepacking Vermont's Beer Trail

This past fall, local Vermonter Joe Cruz and I designed and scouted a bikepacking loop weaving together a selection of dirt roads, flowy New England singletrack, and rugged historic woodland paths to create a majority off-tarmac circuit of some of the world’s best and most coveted craft beers. The result is the Green Mountain Gravel Growler—a 248-mile loop that links 13 breweries.

Logan Watts

Published: Nov 21, 2017

On January 1, my wife, Virginia, and I joined our riding buddy Joe Cruz and set out to cycle across Cuba using mainly rugged dirt tracks, horse paths, and mountain roads. As with all of our bikepacking trips, the objective was to dig ourselves into the backwaters of our new surroundings and find out what the country is really like. We began on the eastern coast, in the city of Santiago de Cuba, and rode through three mountain ranges, countless fishing and farming villages, and finally into Viñales, on the opposite coast. Ultimately, we discovered a country full of warm people, quirky eccentricities, and natural beauty.

Here, Logan Watts, the editor at Bikepacking.com, shares a selection of images from their 860-mile, 20-day trip.

Photo:Many times, folks insisted on stopping us to hear where we were from and where we were going. Other times, they just reached out their hand for a friendly shake.

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The Only Way to See the Real Cuba Is from the Saddle of a Bike

Bikepacking Cuba coast to coast

Logan Watts

Published: Apr 6, 2017