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Detours: Bikepacking, Ultra-Cycling and Adventures by Bike

by Mel Webb

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About the show

Hosted by ultra endurance and adventure cyclist Mel Webb, Detours brings you stories from inside the world of bikepacking and ultra cycling, featuring racers, community members, race directors and more. This show is about celebrating the journey, and the detours along the way, as much as the destination. We're especially passionate about providing space for folks that identify as women to share their stories and hope to inspire more people to ride bikes.Presented by Albion CyclingHave a topic you'd like us to cover? A guest you think we should interview? We'd love to hear from you! Please shoot us an email at thedetourspodcast@gmail.comIf you love the show and want us to keep making it, consider becoming a supporter at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/detourspodcast