For the Mountains.

Backcountry Adventure Cyclist

World champion, record holding athlete. climate + trails advocate

Kait-Boyle-about

I’m Kait

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off season things ✌️ •house building. from a subfloor to framed. i've learned more in the last month than 8 years of college. •annual prp & prolo injections, and the down time that follows, and some tough days emotionally as well (the
Who else is ready for earlier sunrises? 🌄 There's been a lot of headlamp time as the dark mornings get longer and longer, but feeling the sun come up over the mountains is always a highlight of the day. It's my favorite time in ultras, too. Pitch
The hard thing about bikepacking in the mountains this time of year is bringing *just* enough to stay warm and dry. So I made a video of unpacking my bike and bags after my most recent trip. The goal was to ride full days on trail and be able to man
Went full-send trying out bikepacking on full-sus mtb with a rear rack - 24,000' up and down steep, loose moto trails this week. My impressions, strategy and take-aways from riding physical and technical terrain with a rear rack are recorded at the t
Wrung out the last of the high country mountain riding in central Idaho this week with 4-days of bikepacking for long, rugged descents, mostly accessed by big, burly climbs. @kurt.refsnider and I pieced together some trail recommended by various folk
3 things rise as enabling carrying on to race for 24hrs for a solid finish amidst challenges: 1. Food! no matter how great or terrible you feel, you HAVE to eat and drink enough to sustain a 24h effort. I relied on having @guenergylabs roctane in m
I've been riding the wave of feeling proud of myself, and disappointed in my ride as I navigate post world's recovery on the south coast this last week, and it feels worth sharing about because I know I'm not the first or last person to have an impor
A tough, but rewarding race for me at 24h worlds this weekend, which in the end was 4th in the world on the day. And in a way, I'm more proud of this than if I'd had the smooth and flawless race I hoped for. Something wasn't quite right in me from
All in for 24hr Worlds! ✨ My why: because I can. And I get to. There's so much more behind that statement. iykyk My bike: a very special little @pivotcycles mach4sl, dressed for the occasion. 🇺🇸 🐾 The team: it's the "Solo" elite categ

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