2026 Cutty Caps have arrived! This year, we handed the canvas to Brazilian illustrator ninhol to bring his vibrant flowing style to life. A fresh look and energy for a growing collection of cutty caps.
As a bonus, we also brought back the classic logo cap this year!
Want to get your hands on one of the limited edition caps?
HOW IT WORKS ⬇️
On May 16th, caps go out into the wild across 38 cities. We’ll email a link to the map. You hop on your bike, ride to the caps, and claim yours. First come, first served. That’s it. No catch, no fine print. Just you, your bike, and a city full of hidden caps waiting to be found.
6️⃣ Six years in… how many caps do YOU have?
Special shout out to @headdy_original for always delivering on bringing the artwork and caps to the world!
West Virginia just got an epic new curated route network and we’re so excited to host all 66 routes on Ride with GPS.
🏕️The Appalachian mountains of the Mon are home to a diverse landscape of high spruce plateaus, deep river valleys, remote backcountry, and thousands of miles of pristine gravel roads.
* Routes from 10 miles to 600 miles for a total of 4,800 miles of routes
* Gradual rail-trail grades to challenging routes full of steep Appalachian climbs
* 11 Signature Bikepacking Routes and even more overnighter options
* 12 ‘Ride to the Mon’ routes linking surrounding regional hubs and trails such as the Great Allegheny Passage and the C&O Canal into the network
* Collections of routes from each of the 12 Mon Forest Towns
☕ Most routes pass through at least one of the twelve Mon Forest Towns, offering opportunities to resupply, grab a meal, or spend the night before heading back into the mountains.
👏 Huge shout out to the groups that brought this network to life. Head over to RWGPS, save a collection or two, and start planning your next trip to WV!
@monforestgravel@monforesttowns@v2vtrails@mountainrideswv
#ridewithgps #bikepacking #gravelcycling #adventureriding #westvirginia
Welcome to PART 1 (of 3) — Paris to Mussoorie by Bicycle. Originally ridden in 1972 on 10-speeds, Jon Jantzen retraced the 10,050km/6,281mi and 6 month journey from France to India, rebuilt it as a Ride With GPS collection of routes, and shared extensive trip notes from his daily journals and photos in a 3 part series. Truly epic. The full Ride Report is available at the link in our bio, but here’s a slide by slide glimpse, with words by Jon.
1. The start at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Jon is on the left, Paul is on the right.
2. Buying bikes at the Gitane shop in Paris.
3. We bought Gitane 10-speed road bicycles and bicycle bags in Paris.
4. The scenic French countryside and a campsite in a cow pasture. The tent was a 2 lb 10 oz Stephenson tent.
5. Farmers in the Rhône River valley south of Lyon.
6. The beautiful Mediterranean coast.
7. Italy - A campsite found after dark. Another campsite near Passo dei Giovi. We cooked with only 2 cookpots - a red teapot and a small saucepan.
8. Yugoslavia (modern day Croatia and Montenegro) - At one point we crossed a fjord by boat.
9. The tire that made it 2,200 kilometers and a friendly family near Klenovica that took us in for the night when we were wet and cold.
10. Life on the Dalmatian coast.
11. The rain caused us problems, but the scenery was fabulous
12+13. The high mountains of Montenegro.
14. Up the Morača River gorge and to the Monastir Morački, and a near disastrous accident resulted in a front wheel twisted into a figure 8!
15. Mt. Olympus in northern Greece, and a fisherman in Poros.
16. Friends in Greece — Two Canadian bicyclists, Fred and Joanne, in Kavala, and scenes near Komotini.
#ridewithgps #bikepacking #biketouring #1972
CUTTY CAPS BUDAPEST 2026
THAT WAS FAST! ⚡
The 10 hidden spots across Budapest and the Buda Hills went live on Ride With GPS just after 8 AM (sorry for the slight delay)—and by 9:30 AM, you had already cleared them all out! WOW! 🤯
A huge thank you to @ridewithgps for the program itself and awesome Caps from @ninholl . Also a big shoutout to our local partner @paul_lange_hungary for providing some Shimano care products for the bikes. It was an incredible experience once again, and we’re already looking forward to those custom caps next year! 🧢
Want more? If you’d love us to organize similar events throughout the year, let us know in the comments!
The day is far from over! Join us from 2:00 PM at @amajomhoz , where we’ll be hosting our route-planning workshop and a KLND merch/jersey pop-up shop!
Cheers everyone, you rock! 🙌
@lilichripko Thanks for the great and lightning fast photos! 📸🙌
Ready for Saturday? 👀
Here’s how to join the Cutty Cap Challenge… 1. Update the Ride with GPS app and turn on email + push notifications. 2. Check your email at 8am local time — that’s when cap locations drop for all 38 cities. 3. Ride to a location and claim yours.
⚡ First come, first served.
🔗 Link in bio to learn more.
#ridewithgps #cycling #cuttycaps #cuttycapchallenge
Welcome to Tennessee, “where every ride is the scenic route.”
We’re super excited to host 37 newly curated gravel routes by @biketennessee and @tnvacation . The gravel routes range from scenic mountain landscapes and challenging climbs, to farmland connectors, river valleys and tree-lined backroads.
🚲 Add this to their network of 52 road cycling routes and you’re looking at over 1,800 miles of pristine riding across 50 counties!
👏 Big shout out to Shannon Burke of @tennesseegravel for curating these routes!
📌 All routes are now live and free on Ride with GPS. Check out @biketennessee to view each route and then save them to your bucket list collections on Ride with GPS!
#ridewithgps #biketennessee #gravelcycling #cycling bikepacking
Lost Dot 101 // Alleycat
Organised by Race Reporter Sophie Potter (@sophiepotter ) for some light-hearted shenanigans before the nerves kicked in, riders gathered yesterday afternoon for a mini alleycat in a public park on the eastern edge of Santiago de Compostela’s historic centre. Completing prescribed tasks in groups while navigating the city by bike, riders were instructed to eat a donut, recreate the Spanish flag, find some pilgrims, and spot Camino shells, among a list of other tasks that could be completed as creatively as desired.
New connections were made, and the all-FLINTA ridership came out to play for some much-needed downtime after travelling from far and wide.
Video: @roxannagbaz
#LostDot101 #BeMoreMike
With special thanks to our race partners:
@albion.cycling@ridewithgps
6 years of cutty caps. 🧢 How many do you have?
Show us your collection — post a photo and tag us. We want to see which caps you’ve been rocking out there.
Year 6️⃣ kicks off on May 16!
#ridewithgps #cuttycapchallenge #cycling #gravelcycling #bikepacking
252 towns. 1,700+ miles. 159,000 ft of climbing. 4 years.
In 2021, Marcia Gauvin and Chris Leister set out to join the “251 Club” by visiting every single town in Vermont, but instead of driving, they took their gravel bikes. Their adventure wrapped in late 2025.
🚵 ~90 rides total
📍 Shortest ride: 1 mile (Winooski)
🛤️ Longest ride: 60 miles (Lamoille Rail Trail)
⛰️ Average climb: 1,000 ft per 10 miles
✔️ “Vermont ain’t flat” confirmed
🎨 Shout out to Tom B. of Colorado who converted all 90+ routes into one colorful Ride with GPS collection. A work of art!
Check out all 252 free routes at the link in our bio.
#ridewithgps #gravelcycling #vermont #bikevermont #bikepacking cycling
⏮️ Another month, another round of updates to help you go on better rides.
April brought updates big and small, and we’re excited about them all. From better weather insights to a smoother route planning experience across devices. Swipe through to catch everything that dropped this month.
Full recap at the link in bio. Or watch the webinar back to see some of these tools in action!
#ridewithgps #cycling #gravelcycling #bikepacking
