HUNT Engineering Paper - Gravel: Does Aero Matter?
HUNT Engineering Paper Gravel: Does Aero Matter "As riders & racers of gravel, we've increasingly been discussing (and asked by our customers) whether or not aero is particulary relevant within...
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VISIONARY - Ft. Becci Skelton
We wanted to dive into our athletes' minds and dissect what their own personal visions were for the 2020 season. How they deal with their mindset, not only whilst riding but succeeding in bringing those visions to reality.
How to Pull Together Your Very Own Training Camp
Fiona Moriarty is a Neo-Pro Triathlete living in Portland, Oregon, and races for the Castelli Multisport team. For the pros, a solid block of training and time off before the start of a season is often key to success. For those who can't quite make triathlon their full-time job, it is even more crucial for success.
Coming back from a recent self-organized training camp in Arizona, she shares her top tips on creating your own training camp. Whilst some of the pointers revolve around heading somewhere new, we appreciate at this unprecedented time that this may be difficult to do.
However, many of the points made within the below guide (written weeks ago) do still apply to those of you who are able to train/exercise around your own homes. We hope you're able to get outdoors, but please ensure that whenever you do so that you do it responsibly, stay safe and be mindful of others.
Coming back from a recent self-organized training camp in Arizona, she shares her top tips on creating your own training camp. Whilst some of the pointers revolve around heading somewhere new, we appreciate at this unprecedented time that this may be difficult to do.
However, many of the points made within the below guide (written weeks ago) do still apply to those of you who are able to train/exercise around your own homes. We hope you're able to get outdoors, but please ensure that whenever you do so that you do it responsibly, stay safe and be mindful of others.
A Japanese Odyssey, by Eleonora Balbi
In October 2019 a super typhoon was closing in on Japan. Hagibis. Japan was ready: airports got closed, Shinkansens were put on hold, two rugby world cup games got canceled and everyone was getting prepared to spend a weekend inside.
Everyone except for 49 people who traveled to Kagoshima to go on a bike ride.
Introducing... HUNT Race Team
Having announced our support for Canyon dhb, LA Sweat, and Bianchi Dama... the fourth & final squad for 2020 is the in-house HUNT Race Team.
Dream Build: Focus Raven 8.8 by Alessandro Cardona
Here we have Alessandro lovely XC hardtail. The bike has been set up with a full Shimano XT 12sp groupset, Shimano XTR pedals, Hunt XC Race Wide wheelset, Vittoria Barzo TLR 2.25 on the front, Vittoria Mezcal TLR 2.1 in the back. Wolftooth Silicon Grips and a Prologo Scratch X8 saddle.
Meeting Sofiane Sehili
Sofiane Sehili has made waves in the world of Ultra racing in the past year winning Italy Divide, Inca Divide and most recently the inaugural Atlas Mountain Race. He has developed a tough style of racing which entails very little sleep. We spoke to Sofiane to find out more about him and what makes him tick.
Read on to find out more…
Hunt Beyond Supported Riders 2020
Hunt Beyond was created to focus on developing wheels for those riders who don’t quite fit into the ‘normal’ cycling bracket. We all know that one person who just has to go a little too far, not content with ‘just’ riding 100miles they are the ones that would ‘just’ ride 150 miles off road instead, or go on a family holiday to Spain and ‘just’ ride there. Or ‘just’ disappear for a month and return after cycling across some far flung mountain range in central Asia.
We know you are out there, and we are here to serve you and make the best products for the job.
HUNT Partners With LA SWEAT
We are very excited to announce we will be supporting the LA SWEAT Women's team in 2020. LA Sweat has had our attention for several years now and when the opportunity arose to support them in the new year, we jumped at the chance. Kelli Samuelson, owner & team mom, has developed the squad into one of the best crit & road teams in the US.
Bikecheck: Sofians Atlas Mountain Race Niner Air9 RDO
Sofian Sehili is no stranger to the world of Bikepacking having won Italy Divide and Inca Divide in 2019 as well as previously finishing in the top 10 of the Tour Divide. Sofian is a bike messenger based in Paris so long days in the saddle come very naturally to him.
HUNT Beyond will be supporting Sofian in 2020 and he is already at the pointy end of his first race, The Atlas Mountain Race.
Atlas Mountain Race is underway
The Altlas mountain race is a second new race to the early season Backpacking calendar and, as the name suggests, takes part in the Atlas Mountains of Morroco. The Atlas Mountain race is a predominantly off road event which began in Marrakesh on feb 15th, crosses the Atlas mountains and winds its way through the fringes of the desert and smaller Anti Atlas mountains before finishing on the coast near Agadir.
At 1000km in length this isn’t the longest event on the calendar, however the substantial elevation, rough roads and tracks will make it a tough ride. Winning times will be expected to be under 4 days, with the majority of the participants completing the event in around a week.
