This week\u2019s episode of the Velo Podcast is all about riding long.<\/p>\n
Factor\u2019s new Sarana ultra-distance race bike made its first appearance at last weekend\u2019s Traka gravel race in Girona, Spain, and Velo tech editor Logan Jones-Wilkins answers Levy\u2019s questions about how it aims to combine speedy handling and all-day comfort. Its geometry leans more towards speed and agility than outright stability, but it also has room for 2.2\u2033 tires and a carbon frame designed for vertical compliance and integrated frame bags, making the Sarana a novel endurance racing option, but did Factor go far enough?<\/p>\n
And speaking of all-day (and all-night) adventures, Lisa Charlebois recounts her recent 600km \/ 373 mile ride at the Mendocino 600 that saw her on the move for over 20 hours while bagging 5,128 meters (16,824-feet) of climbing. Logan and Levy ask her about the pre-ride planning that goes into an effort like this, how she fueled herself while on the bike, and why she rode a steel frame equipped with some ultra-light carbon wheels and components. They also get into using a power meter to limit yourself, how being a trash panda is a superpower during ultra-distance events, and the deeper meaning of being on your bike for such a long time.<\/p>\n
We also answer more reader questions about 32\u2033 wheels and bikes not being too expensive.<\/p>\n\n
Timestamps<\/h3>\n
00:00:00 \u2013 Intro
\n00:03:07 \u2013 Reader questions
\n00:12:59 \u2013 Factor Sarana gravel bike
\n00:28:22 \u2013 Lisa\u2019s 600Km ride at the Mendocino Coast 600K<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Velo-podcast-may-8-thumbnail.jpg”] Mike Levy Updated May 8, 2026 09:24AM This week\u2019s episode of the Velo Podcast is all about riding long. Factor\u2019s new Sarana ultra-distance race bike made its first appearance at last weekend\u2019s Traka gravel race in Girona, Spain, and Velo tech editor Logan Jones-Wilkins answers Levy\u2019s questions about how it aims to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-1925528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1925528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1925528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1925528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1925528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}