Hammerhead Team Journal
Chris Froome | Ride for more.
After crashing just weeks before the height of the 2019 racing season, Chris Froome has been training hard to return to cycling as he vies for a 5th Tour de France win. We are excited to bring you his story in this episode of our ‘Ride for More’ docuseries.
The Velo Barber | Ride for more.
Written in sharpie on a mirror in the at-home barber shop of Julien Howard (aka The Velo Barber) are the words, “Be a blessing.” It only takes a few minutes of hanging with Julien to experience his infectious positivity and ability to capture your emotion and without missing a beat, make any previously held stresses disappear.
Isabel King | Ride for more.
On an early Los Angeles morning, in a house with an orange door, Isabel King kits up and sets out for yet another day of crushing nearby climbs in the Santa Monica Mountains. Since the start of the COVID pandemic exactly 12 months ago, Isabel has taken over 1,000 Strava QOMs (Queen of the Mountain’s - fastest time on a given Strava segment).
Joe Cruz | Ride for more.
Having traveled 6 continents on bike, bikepacker and philosophy professor Joe Cruz reflects on what it means to exist in a place and to be open to its story.
Karoo 2 - Ride for More
Our ability to transcend what seems possible - to push further, to dig deeper, to climb higher - is more powerful than gravity itself. By exploring new roads we expand our horizons. Because deep within ourselves, we know that there is more.
9x World Champion Flora Duffy and Cycling Tech Innovators, Hammerhead, Team Up to Support Kids in Sport
Hammerhead and Olympian Flora Duffy are teaming up to create a custom-designed Karoo 2 inspired by her home territory of Bermuda. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of this design will go to The Flora Fund, a sport-funding program established in 2018 by Flora Duffy to support other young Bermudian athletes.
How Bike Odyssey Leverages the Karoo to Facilitate World-Class Bike Tours
We had a chance to chat with Sam Wood, Bike Odyssey's lead guide, and learn more about how he has been using the Karoo to guide clients on iconic cycling adventures around the world.
A Three-Day Journey to Colorado Citizenship
It might have taken a pandemic and lack of racing to show me the beauty of a true adventure ride, but I can tell you now…I am hooked.
Sean Gardner and His Karoo Set a New Everesting World Record
Just weeks after setting a U.S. National Everesting record, but missing out on the world no. 1, Sean Gardener is now the official world record holder.
In Search of Sanctuary
Sometimes you dream about waking up one morning and setting out for the big adventure, leaving the daily life behind. More rarely though, you take the freedom to actually do it – to dare to go on that voyage, discover unknown land and fresh air, and rediscover the beauty of an empty mind.
Sean Gardner Breaks US National Everesting Record with Karoo
With no domestic pro racing in 2020 due to ongoing pandemic concerns, CS Velo Racing climber, Sean Gardner, needed to find something to ride for. He planned an audacious attempt on the Everesting world record.
