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Alexandera Houchin Shares Her Story, One Drop at a Time – June/July’22 Bikepacking News

Josh Lipton — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 22:27:08 +0000

One Drop at a Time by Alexandera Houchin published by FreeHubMag – June 14th With the bikepacking season in full swing, there are a plethora of great stories and events to highlight. But what stood out most was this powerful written story and accompanying video by Alexandera Houchin. Alexandera has been quietly building a substantial...

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Announcing Our QBP Community Grant Program – Campfire’s May/Jun’22 Highlights

Josh Lipton — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:12:34 +0000

With the transition into summer here in Tucson, we get a moment to catch our breath as our calendar of upcoming events and rides thins out. We’ve been using this breather to relax, reflect and plan out our upcoming fall/winter/spring adventures. As we look ahead, we’re planning on continuing on with our bikepacking ride series...

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Intermountain Connectors – April/May’22 Bikepacking News

Josh Lipton — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:56:07 +0000

Bikepacking Roots & Adventure Cycling Partner Up on Launching the Intermountain Connectors Routes We are very excited about the launch of the Intermountain Connector routes. Bikepacking Roots and Adventure Cycling have teamed up to design these connectors between their two epic bikepacking routes, the Western Wildlands Route and the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. These...

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Tombstone Hustling – Campfire’s Mar/Apr’22 Highlights

Josh Lipton — Tue, 10 May 2022 21:21:56 +0000

It’s been a busy spring here at Campfire and we have been having some fine adventures. The one that stands out the most has to be our lovely overnighter of the Tombstone Hustle- we had to plan this one a bit late in the season. But as luck would have it, we had a cool...

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RAR Atlanta’s Bikepacking Gear Library – Feb/Mar’22 Bikepacking News

Josh Lipton — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 22:39:20 +0000

A Bikepacking Gear Library for RAR Atlanta Our top story for February and March is Radical Adventure Rider’s Atlanta chapter launch of their bikepacking gear library. With the goal of making bikepacking gear more accessible, RAR Atlanta set to work on gathering gear, developing a library system and finding and setting up a space. The...

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Our Sky Island Odyssey – Campfire’s Jan/Feb’22 Highlights

Josh Lipton — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:25:39 +0000

Our first plans for a circumnavigation of the Sky Island Odyssey East loop had been cancelled at the start of the pandemic. Finally getting around to leading this ride felt like a return to forward momentum after the chaos of the last two years. For this trip, I had a slightly modified version of Sarah...

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Queen’s Ransom Published – Dec’21/Jan’22 Bikepacking News

Josh Lipton — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:08:59 +0000

Queen’s Ransom Our top bikepacking news story for December and January is the publication of John Schilling’s new route, The Queen’s Ransom, at Bikepacking.com. We’re building up a great collection of routes here in Arizona, and this one is a great addition. John designed this as a bikepacking route he could depart on from his...

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Our Move Downtown + Campfire’s 2021 Highlights

Josh Lipton — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 07:08:08 +0000

Moving into our new shop locale was our big story of 2021. As we embark on a new year, I want to reflect on the past year and also rattle off other 2021 Campfire and Tucson Cycling scene highlights. In case you missed it, a few weeks ago I summarized the news from around the...

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Stoke-Worthy Bikepacking News of 2021

Josh Lipton — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 16:59:45 +0000

As the year wraps up, I thought I’d look back at the news from around the bikepacking world that inspired us most here at Campfire Cycling. These are the events, products, stories, and films that really stoked the fire, igniting fun conversations among our team as we got it done in the shop and warehouse...

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Adventure Shorts Program Details

Josh Lipton — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 19:53:41 +0000

Our screening is right around the corner, next Tuesday, September 14th from 7 to 9PM! Tickets are still available but selling out quickly. Get Your Tickets Now! If you’re still on the fence about coming out, here is a quick rundown of the just updated Filmed By Bike Adventure Shorts program. The Filmed by Bike Adventure...

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Our Fall Events Are Here!

Josh Lipton — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 19:02:22 +0000

After a long wait, we’re hosting our bikepacking events again! The decision to begin running events has obviously not been easy. And just as we were starting to settle our plans, the Delta variant became a major concern. We are forging ahead with our plans but prioritizing safety every step of the way. The majority of our...

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Introducing our New Shop Manager

Josh Lipton — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:44:23 +0000

As you might imagine, launching and growing Campfire Cycling over the last two years has not been an calm, relaxing affair. Riding the waves of these times and circumstances has provided a steady supply of challenges to untangle. This spring the challenges really reached a crescendo. It was time to find a new location all...

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Our New Location!

Josh Lipton — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:36:59 +0000

We just signed a lease at a new downtown Tucson location! We’re moving to 15 E. Toole on the NE corner of Stone and Toole. Tuesday, March 23rd we’ll be open at 15 E. Toole. Our last day at the old location (2801 Flowing Wells) will be Friday, March 19th. Temporary hours – March 4th...

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A Winter/Pandemic Family Overnighter to Catalina State Park

Josh Lipton — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:07:46 +0000

The weekend following Thanksgiving, our family went on an overnighter bike campout from our house in central Tucson to Catalina State Park. It was the first bicycle camping trip of any sort that I’d taken since the start of the pandemic. Figuring out how to stay safe, manage our time, keep the kids having fun...

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Vaccine Prioritization for Tucson Bike Shop Employees

Josh Lipton — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 17:23:59 +0000

Until the process becomes more clear, I thought it would be helpful to post up this info as a reference for other Tucson Bike Shops. This is the Pima County COVID-19 Vaccination info portal. And here is the tentative 1B plan. While I have not had this confirmed, I’m thinking that bike shop employees are...

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Announcing the Campfire Garage Sale

Josh Lipton — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:42:20 +0000

We are now selling our used, tested, returned and closeout products in a new section of our shop, the Campfire Garage Sale. We’ve organized the gear into these sections: We will be keeping the Garage Sale replenished with new goodies, so check back if you don’t find what you need right away. *We’re keeping things...

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Is it In-Stock? A Guide

Josh Lipton — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 14:00:57 +0000

The theme of this year’s shopping guide is: What is Actually in Stock? Finding the good stuff for gifting may be a bit tricky this year when it comes to bicycle touring gear. This guide should get you to what we have quicker! One thing that is always in stock are Campfire Cycling Gift Certificates....

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Salsa!

Josh Lipton — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 23:02:48 +0000

A few months ago Salsa brought us on as a new dealer. We managed to get some bicycles in just as the last available models were selling out. Being that we’ve been busy and haven’t put the word out, we still have some Salsa cycles around. In case you haven’t heard, bicycling has become a...

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Statement of Accountability

Josh Lipton — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:05:55 +0000

You may have noticed that Campfire Cycling has stopped almost all of our content and messaging since the murder of Mr. George Floyd and the global civil rights movement that has followed. As a white, male-owner of a small business with an environmentalist mission, this period of time has made me think deeply about my...

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Two Months of Pandemic Life, the Campfire Cycling Version…

Josh Lipton — Sat, 30 May 2020 15:11:15 +0000

This has been a strange time to publish marketing content for Campfire Cycling. As a business we’ve been blessed by a strong surge of e-commerce orders since Coronavirus began. We’ve been so busy in fact that we’ve had no time to invest in continuing to create content and stoke the fire. And while we’ve been...

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Survey Says… How Can Campfire Cycling Help You Now?

Josh Lipton — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 20:36:43 +0000

Our Take on the State of the World The rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic has caught all of us by surprise and is forcing all of us to rethink so much. Many of us will suffer either directly from the impacts of the virus, economically or some other way. Amidst the doom and gloom, it’s important...

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Our COVID-19 Precautions

Josh Lipton — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 21:11:53 +0000

Masks Optional Mask wearing is no longer required. We do have free masks available at the front.

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You Are Unlimited w/ Kait Boyle

Josh Lipton — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 18:11:16 +0000

On December 7th, Kait Boyle visited our shop to share her remarkable story as part of a fundraiser for the Cairn Project. Her triumphant 2018 of bicycle racing was dramatically curtailed by an accident on Christmas Eve. Over the course of 2019 she endured a grueling rehabilitation however was able to fully recover and has...

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Comparing Bicycle Camping Stove Systems

Josh Lipton — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:05:45 +0000

The Following was Boiled Down from the Video: Howdy bike campers! I’m Josh with Campfire Cycling. I’m out on a overnighter bikepacking trip out near Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. I brought with me the most commonly used styles of lightweight camping stoves that you would commonly use while bikepacking. Hopefully I can help get...

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