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Meet Amelia Durst, a cyclist with an inspiring journey that began not on two wheels but with running shoes pounding the pavement. Amelia’s story is a testament to discovery, persistence, and embracing the unexpected—qualities that have defined her path to becoming a privateer racer with an ambitious 2025 schedule.
Amelia discovered cycling in 2016, almost by chance. Coming from a non-athletic background, she began running after high school, eventually pushing herself into marathon distances. But once she found the bike, everything changed.
“Everyone kind of told me I was a natural and that I should start racing,” she recalls. But at the time, she didn’t know how to navigate the cycling world. “I thought you had to be on a team.”
Her introduction to racing came in an unexpected way during her final semester of grad school at Baylor University. For a nutrition project, she reached out to the university’s cycling club and found herself racing just days later. “They told me there was a race that weekend—did I want to hop in? So I did!”
After three collegiate races, the pandemic temporarily halted her momentum, but it didn’t stifle her passion. Amelia was eager to return and explore new cycling challenges.
Three years ago, Amelia found herself drawn to gravel cycling, thanks to the Belgian Waffle Ride (BWR), one of the sport's premier events. Through connections like PT from Floyd’s Leadville and her involvement with the Highlands Club Team, she secured entry to her first BWR event and was hooked.
“Gravel racing just clicked for me,” Amelia says. Her dedication and skill soon earned her an entry to Unbound Gravel, one of the most prestigious gravel events, through a partnership with apparel company Seven Mesh. She’s now preparing for her fourth Unbound appearance in 2025, excited to tackle the challenges ahead.
For Amelia, 2025 is shaping up to be a monumental year. “I’m starting the year in Arizona with some road stage races—Tucson Bicycle Classic and Valley of the Sun—before diving into gravel with BWR Arizona,” she shares.
Her schedule includes most of the Belgian Waffle Ride series, another round of Unbound, and her ambitious goal of taking on Gravel Worlds. As a privateer racer supported by a handful of sponsors, Amelia balances the demands of competition with the freedom to carve her own path in the cycling world.
Otherwise known as "The Hell of the North Desert," if the creative vernacular hasn't impressed you, the course certainly will. We strapped a GoPro on Lance Haidet to give you a little rider POV of the first dirt section of the 2025 Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona.
We finally did it. Our first official-ish ALMSTHRE group ride out of the new HQ in Carlsbad, California. We’d been talking about this forever, but something always seemed to get in the way—until now. One ride down, many more to go.
Few mountain bike races in Southern California have the legacy of the Sagebrush Safari. Since 1987, this event has drawn riders eager to tackle its rugged terrain, fast descents, and punchy climbs. As we gear up for this year's race in March, let's take a deep dive into what makes the course so special and why you should be lining up at the start.
