Detours: Bikepacking, Ultra-Cycling and Adventures by Bike

By Mel Webb

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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

Episode Date
Cynthia Carson on Racing the Transcontinental Race & The Art of the Comeback
Oct 02, 2025
Julie Von Gruenigen on Racing on Her Own Terms
Sep 25, 2025
Chris Burkard on Taking Joy Seriously & Life Lessons from the Silk Road Mountain Race
Sep 19, 2025
Kyrgyzstan, returning home and what's next
Sep 11, 2025
We are so back... kinda!
Sep 04, 2025
Women of Silk Road Mountain Race 2025
Aug 14, 2025
Jake Cullen on 16 days down the Tour Divide
Aug 07, 2025
Five Times Unbound XL: Rachel Wills on Ritual, Resilience, and the Allure of the Flint Hills
Jul 31, 2025
Community First: Making Bikepacking More Inclusive with Bikepacking Roots
Jul 24, 2025
On The Edge: Molly Weaver’s World Record Ride
Jul 17, 2025
Washed Away: Kerry MacPhee on HT550 2025 and Finding Joy in Going Fast
Jul 10, 2025
Racing Season is Here! Crying in the Desert & Other Summer Highlights
Jul 03, 2025
Emma Bateup on Going Full Send at Highland Trail 550 and Beyond
Jun 26, 2025
Get to Know Nathalie Baillon [ReRelease]
Jun 19, 2025
Women of Tour Divide 2025
Jun 16, 2025
In the Field at Hellenic Mountain Race: Listen to the Mountain Races Podcast
May 26, 2025
Nelson Trees on Building The Mountain Races
May 15, 2025
For the Vibes: Alyssa Gonzalez on Building Inclusive Spaces and Joyful Movement in Cycling
May 02, 2025
Building Confidence in Bikepacking Through Mentorship: Athlyn Cathcart-Keays and Roll Models
Apr 17, 2025
Do I Always Need to Race? Mel Catches Up On Life Lately
Apr 10, 2025
Tandemonium with Shona and Rich Oldfield: Bikepack Racing on a Tandem
Mar 27, 2025
Sherry Cardona’s Off-Road Ultra-Cycling Journey: From the Transcontinental Race to Atlas
Mar 16, 2025
Inviting Adventure: Jen Adams & Eric Betteridge on the Log Driver's Waltz
Feb 26, 2025
Racing Free: Mascha Wahlig on Confidence & Mental Strength
Jan 31, 2025
Riding in the Moment with Marei Moldenhauer
Jan 23, 2025
BIG NEWS! Mel's reflections on 2024 and what's in for 2025
Jan 10, 2025
Alexandera Houchin on racing with heart and 10 years of bikepacking
Dec 12, 2024
Theo Kelsey-Verdecchia on creating the Golden Horseshoe bikepacking route
Dec 05, 2024
Leanne Bentley: Alps Divide 2024 women's winner and bag maker at Carrie Gere
Nov 28, 2024
Justinas Leveika on racing the Triple Crown Challenge: Tour Divide, Colorado Trail & Arizona Trail
Nov 19, 2024
Emma Missale, bike messenger World Champion, on her first year bikepack racing
Oct 24, 2024
Jade Simpson-Field on a life of big adventures & the Silk Road Mountain Race
Oct 17, 2024
Stephen Shelesky on photographing the Silk Road Mountain Race
Oct 03, 2024
Joe Nation, winner of the 2024 Silk Road Mountain Race
Sep 26, 2024
Hannah Simon, women's winner of the 2024 Silk Road Mountain Race
Sep 07, 2024
Mateo Paez on racing the 2024 Tour Divide
Aug 01, 2024
Catching up with Mel & Quinda: HT550, the art of resupplying and more
Jul 24, 2024
Meaghan Hackinen, 2024 Women's Winner of the Tour Divide
Jul 16, 2024
Justinas' Leveika on winning the 2024 Tour Divide and breaking the record
Jul 02, 2024
Austin Killips on her Arizona Trail 800 FKT
Jun 19, 2024
Weronika Szalas: the fastest woman at the Accursed Race and life by bike
Jun 12, 2024
Cynthia Carson on Unbound XL and preparing for the Trans Continental Race
Jun 07, 2024
The Women of the Highland Trail 550 2024
May 25, 2024
Hannah Simon on the Triple Crown, Atlas Mountain Race and bikes as a tool for good
May 17, 2024
Quinda Verheul: artist, bikepacker, women's winner of the inaugural Hellenic Mountain Race
May 07, 2024
Sarah Sturm on her alternative approach & life as a gravel pro
Apr 18, 2024
Jenny Tough: making space for women in cycling, pressing pause & returning to racing
Apr 08, 2024
Meg Knobel on the Stagecoach 400
Mar 27, 2024
Nathalie Baillon on AMR, SRMR and all things adventure
Mar 18, 2024
Atlas Mountain Race 2024 Recap
Mar 06, 2024
The Women of the 2024 Atlas Mountain Race
Feb 07, 2024
Ep. 13 - Atlas Mountain Race Preview with special guest host, Allan Shaw
Feb 04, 2024
Ep. 12 - Luisa Werner, the 2023 women's winner of Atlas Mountain Race
Jan 30, 2024
Ep. 11 - Molly Weaver, leaving the professional peloton and entering the world of ultra
Jan 18, 2024
Ep. 10 - Mel and Cynthia take the hot seat
Dec 19, 2023
Ep. 9 - Robin Todd, the bikepacking poet
Dec 07, 2023
Ep. 8 - Allan Shaw: Gay's Okay Cycling, Silk Road Mountain Race finisher... on a cargo bike!
Nov 20, 2023
Ep. 7 - Nils Laengner, tales from behind the lens of an ultra-photographer
Nov 07, 2023
Ep. 6 - Meaghan Hackinen
Oct 23, 2023
Ep. 5 - Katya Rakhmatulina, Colorado Trail women's FKT holder
Oct 09, 2023
Ep. 4 - Abe Kaufman, self-care & FKTs
Sep 25, 2023
Ep. 3 - Whop Wagon has it her way at Badlands 2023
Sep 11, 2023
Ep. 2 - Dr. Marion Dziwnik, women's winner of Badlands 2021
Aug 30, 2023
Ep. 1 - Adventure, camaraderie and... pit toilets?
Aug 21, 2023