Rachel Nolan becomes the first female to win Ireland’s epic TransAtlanticWay endurance cycling race. We caught up with her to see how she fared on her Spinergy Zlites. Rachel Nolan is an avid adventurer who bikes hard and explores endlessly. She runs an adventure tour company called Rachel’s Irish Adventures taking people on rugged escapades to experience, discover and taste the best of Ireland. In September, Rachel completed an epic one stage self-support endurance cycling race called The TransAtlanticWay. This race started in Derry in the north of Ireland and followed the Wild Atlantic Way down to Kinsale in county Cork, a staggering...

I'm recently back from one of those bucket-list rides we cyclists dream about: all 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway over 7 days. Me and my riding buddy expected long hard days in the saddle, trained for months, and completed a few centuries and gran fondos leading up to it. In retrospect, however, we had no idea the epic adventure that would ensue. We took spare Xaero and Z-Lite wheels just in case, and set up for bad weather and rough surfaces—and lucky we did. From the start atop Afton Mountain in Waynesboro, Virginia, the ride included 7 inches...