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2026 Tally Tango Bikepacking Challenge
Oct 3
2026 Tally Tango Bikepacking Challenge

The Tallahassee Tango routes are the first ultra endurance ITT in the Florida panhandle, centered around the state capital’s finest singletrack as well as surrounding scenic double track, coastal levees, and forest roads.

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Cross Florida Gravel Route: The King’s Road 2026 Coast to Coast Challenge
Oct 24
Cross Florida Gravel Route: The King’s Road 2026 Coast to Coast Challenge

Coast to Coast via the finest combination of Florida Dirt Roads. Challenge yourself to finish this one-of-a-kind adventure!

The 2026 Edition of the Cross Florida Kings Road will begin on October 24th at 7:06 am, Civil Twilight. This year, we have three routes available:

The Kings Road -- 210 mi +-

The King's Road XL -- 333 mi +-

The HoLaTa Loop -- 410 mi +-

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River To Sea Loop 2026
Nov 6
River To Sea Loop 2026

River to Sea loop is a group bicycle tour that takes riders to scenic springs, the Ocean, and Iconic Towns using as much gravel as possible.

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Nov 21
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Experience The MSG! A 180-mile gravel bikepacking ultra in the Red Hills of middle southern Georgia. Join us in Thomasville on 11/21/26.

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Bikepack the Suwanne River Trail 2026 Featuring The Dead River Sink
Dec 4
Bikepack the Suwanne River Trail 2026 Featuring The Dead River Sink

Join us on this dirt road tour to the Dead River Sink and back featuring the majestic springs and dirt roads along the Suwannee River Valley

This ride will start on Friday, December 4th, and end on Sunday, December 6th.

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2026 Cross Florida Individual Time Trial
Dec 12
2026 Cross Florida Individual Time Trial

The Cross Florida Individual Time Trial is Florida’s Premier Off-road Ultra Endurance Event. Coast to coast Bikepacking, Rafting & Running.

The routes are anywhere from 250 - 300 miles of mixed terrain: Singletrack, forest road, paved roads, bike trails, double track, and grassy abandoned easements. This is an at-your-own-risk personal challenge that each rider voluntarily wants to engage in. There is merely a recommended start time for the route, but riders/runners/rafters can start at any time by coordinating their official start times with the event organizer beforehand.

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Cross Florida: The Spanish: Saint Augustine to Fort DeSoto
Jan 3
Cross Florida: The Spanish: Saint Augustine to Fort DeSoto

The Spanish is a coast-to-coast, mostly off-road bikepacking route that takes riders from Saint Augustine to Fort DeSoto.

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2027 Naked indian ride
Jan 30
2027 Naked indian ride

This is the 19th running of the Naked Indian Ride and your chance to ride with the Singletrack Samurai on a short event. The Naked Indian Ride is like a mini CFiTT/HuRaCaN. Part of the Naked Indian Route is part of the Cross Florida Mountain Bike route. So join me Saturday, January 31s0thth, for the most challenging off-road ride in West Volusia!

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2027 HuRaCaN Bikepacking Challenge
Feb 4
2027 HuRaCaN Bikepacking Challenge

The HuRaCaN Challenge is Florida's Ultimate off-road experience, with several route options to experience Wild Florida.

The Huracan Bikepacking Challenge is the ULTIMATE OFF-ROAD ENDURANCE EXPERIENCE in the state of Florida.

The Original route features over 100 miles of singletrack, many remote miles of double-track forest roads and abandoned paths, and a few miles of pavement here and there. During the route, riders cross numerous forests, the Cross Florida Greenway, two mountain bike parks, and miles of some of Florida’s longest and hardest climbs. That’s right; we said long and hard.

Riders are on a self-contained and self-supported expedition on this magnificent, mostly off-road route.

There are 4 route options available.

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Underbiking at its finest: First Impressions of Cane Creeks Invert Fork
Underbiking at its finest: First Impressions of Cane Creeks Invert Fork

First Impressions, after riding the Cane Creek Invert Gravel Suspension fork on a 190-mile ride in Middle Southern Georgia.

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Bikes of the 10th Annual Tally Tango
Bikes of the 10th Annual Tally Tango

Hello and Good Day Fellow Adventurers, 


Saturday October 5th will be the official 10th running of the Tally Tango Bikepacking extravaganza.  For me its been an honor to continue hosting this event with this outstanding local community.  Forever and always, huge thanks to Mat Bull for creating the original route and helping every year to continue to assist me with my crazy ideas and concepts. I knew long ago when I first experienced the route that Mr. Bull understood what it took to create a compelling work of route architecture.  Because I like to keep things interesting.  This year I asked riders to send in photos of their trusty steeds and share some of their details in the process.  So Enjoy the following contributions from our local Bikepacking Community. 


Take Care,

Karlos

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Creating the Tango Through Hell Aka the Tango Lite
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2020 Tally Tango OYO Team Samurai Trip Report
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Crossing Concho Billie
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About Me...
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Singletrack Samurai and Gravel Star
Inspired to Divide Part 7 : The Logistics
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Inspired to Divide Part 6: Weapons for Mass Adventuring
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Inspired to Divide Part 5: Best Made Plans
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Inspired to Divide Part 4: Reverse Death LOOP
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Registration is live! Experience The MSG! A 180-mile gravel bikepacking ultra in the Red Hills of middle southern Georgia. Join us in Thomasville on 11/21/26. Join the Grand Depart, Race or Party Pace, you choose. Get ready for an unforgettable bike
Without Further Ado I want to share with you the results of the 2025-2026 Florida Bikepacking season. In order to qualify for this distinction riders had to complete 4 rides either at the Grand Departs or OYO within the time period that went from Oct
Registration is live for the first tour of the 2026-2027 Florida Bikepacking season, The River to Sea Loop. This is the oldest tour I have had the privilege to organize and run and everyone who has done it raves about how much fun it is. We swim in
SoJourn to SaCWeeD Final Day Bell Canyon camp to WaterFall Lodge 35 miles- I had a spectacular sleep! Got up that morning ready to jam out the final miles. Really felt super confident that I could finish by noon. So I left early after saying goodb
SoJourn to SaCWeeD Day 2 Roger’s Ruins Meadow to Bell Canyon camp 59 miles- I won’t say it was the worst sleep I have ever had at a camp, but definitely in the top ten. That sweet cowboy camp spot I had so carefully acquired was slightly
SoJourn to SaCWeeD Day 1 Waterfall Lodge to Roger’s Ruins Meadow 41 miles- I was fed and prepared as I grabbed my bike and joined the 70 other plus souls who had lined up to embark on this foray into the forest. It wasn’t but 30 seconds
SoJourn to SaCWeeD The Piñata Pot Luck Pre Ride Party - After a wonderful evening at the Pica-Pau Farmstead, we left early to make our way south to The Waterfall Lodge in Cloudcroft. I was fortunate enough to have Dawn make a ton of cookies t
Sojourn to SaCWeeD Day 0- The First Time I had the pleasure of experiencing New Mexico with a bike was June 15th 2011. After Greyhound lost my bike for a week I finally got started from Antelope Wells on my first attempt at the divide. Long story s
Registration is live for the 2026 Kings Road Dirt Road Challenge! New for 2026 is an opportunity for folks to LOOP! Here are the options: The Kings Road -- 210 mi +- The King's Road XL -- 333 mi +- The HoLaTa Loop -- 410 mi +- Shuttles are available,
The first event of the 2025-2026 Florida Bikepacking Season is LIVE! The 2026 Tally Tango Bikepacking Challenge will roll out at Sunrise on October 3rd! Find a link to register in the bio or head over to Singletrack samurai dot com>events>Tall
Without further ado, I present to you first in photos the order in which folks signed in after completing their HuRaCaN Challenge. Florida is unique. Not only in its riding but in the way we conduct our business with this ride. The HuRaCaN is not
Today I want to take a moment to induct the 50th member of the Samurai Cross, James Wilson. James has completed his journey to complete all the necessary routes for the Florida Triple Crown and his results have been verified. Cross Florida Individ
 
 
 
 

OFf road/on road ROUTE CREATOR

Karlos Bernart (DeLand, FL) is better known as the Singletrack Samurai and has spent nearly a decade coordinating and developing bikepacking routes in Florida and the Southeast.  An avid bikepacker and rider, Karlos is constantly at work with new routes and advocacy for all trail users.  He is currently ultra-focused on the organization and the development of the Eastern Divide Project.

 
 

Contact me for route creation, event planning or speaking engagements:

Karlos@singletracksamurai.com