
Hammerhead Team Journal

Team Israel Start-Up Nation Signs 2-Year Renewal Deal with Hammerhead
Hammerhead is proud to partner with Team Israel Start-Up Nation, providing Karoo 2 units and Heart Rate Monitors to all riders and staff for the next two race seasons.
Hammerhead Welcomes Vincent Luis to the Team
Hammerhead proudly welcomes World Champion and Olympic medalist, Vincent Luis as our newest athlete ambassador.
Safa Brian | Forgotten Roads
There are some places you will never get to experience if not for a bike. Storm-ravaged canyon passes, towns long-ago abandoned, and all of the forgotten roads.
Maghalie Rochette | Ride for more.
Written on the top tube of Maghalie Rochette’s bike are the words “Make it count.” For Maghalie, nothing haunts her more than the fear of laying in bed at night knowing that she could have given it more; that she could have pushed a little harder in training or been more present during a trip to the river with her family.
Transiberica - Badlands
Hammerhead is proud to share our partnership with Badlands – an unsupported ultracycling gravel race on the edge of Europe.
See the road ahead.
To be the best takes more than strength and heart. One must ride intelligently. One must anticipate upcoming turns, track critical data closely, and understand every rise of the upcoming climb to attack at just the right moment. To be the best requires being able to see what others can’t.

Hammerhead Partners with Justin Williams and L39ION of Los Angeles
Williams joins Hammerhead Advisory Board to offer new product insights and innovations to support the L39ION team and all Karoo 2 riders across the globe.
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.