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with Claudia Bastien

Presented By

Saturday Nov 15 / 2025

Speaker

Show Genres:

  • Biking
  • Canadian
  • Diversity
  • Indigenous
  • Mental Health
  • Mountain Culture
  • Women

A night to celebrate two-wheel powered missions that push limits and redefine freedom.

Celebrate the power of two wheels with films spanning urban downhill in India, adaptive mountain biking, and extreme endurance challenges. Featuring Claudia Bastien’s solo 5,000km ride to Mexico, Bike Night is a powerful journey through endurance, culture, and freedom.

Show Details

Saturday Nov 15
7:00pm
10:00pm
Doors: 6:00pm

Presentation:

Home on the Gravel Road

In 2024, Claudia Bastien set out on a solo, unsupported bikepacking journey from the Canadian Rockies to the border of Mexico. Nearly 5,000 kilometers of remote gravel roads, small-town encounters, mechanical failures, and moments of quiet wonder.

“Home on the Gravel Road” is a raw and reflective story about what happens when you leave behind comfort, certainty, and routine, and choose to live from the saddle instead. For months, the road was home. A tent was enough. Meals were whatever she could carry. And the days were long, slow, and often brutally honest.

Speaker

Claudia Bastien

Indigenous Endurance Athlete

Indigenous endurance athlete Claudia Bastien shares Home on the Gravel Road, a raw, reflective 5,000-km solo bikepacking journey of solitude, resilience, transformation, and unexpected kindness.

Films

King of Chaos: Justinas Leveika

Advisory: Violence, Coarse language, Parental Guidance

35 mins |
UK |
2025
DIRECTOR:
Fraser Byrne
LANGUAGE(S): English
Three epic bikepacking races test Justinas Leveika’s endurance, fueling chaos, resilience, and the thrill of survival.

Ride to Ride

Advisory: Coarse language, Parental Guidance

North American Premiere
30 mins |
Finland |
2025
DIRECTORS:
Mikko-Pekka Karlin, Henna Palosaari
LANGUAGE(S): English
Henna Palosaari and Karen Ekman bike, splitboard, and camp ten days across Norway’s Sunnmøre Alps.

Slope City

Advisory: Violence, Parental Guidance

37 mins |
India |
2025
DIRECTOR:
Sarang Aigalikar
LANGUAGE(S): English
Red Bull’s Slope City transforms Mizoram’s streets into a cinematic, high-speed downhill race of culture and sport.

Still Rider

9 mins |
Canada |
2025
DIRECTOR:
Daniel Stark
LANGUAGE(S): English
“Still Rider” follows Chantelle Grafton’s adaptive journey after spinal injury, redefining resilience, accessibility, and mountain biking.
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