Exciting Events and Inspiring Adventures
Welcome to RAD HQ, the group behind the PEI Mussel Tear, and the Fundy Highlands Challenge.
After experiencing some incredible ultra bikepacking events worldwide, we wanted to bring the experience home to the Maritimes. 2025 saw us put on the inaugural PEI Mussel Tear, a 430km ultra bike packing gravel race across Prince Edward Island. With participants coming from all 5 provinces across Eastern Canada, the event was a great success.
For 2026, we look forward to putting on another bigger and better PEI Mussel Tear, as well as a new Mountain Bike Ultra, called the Fundy Highlands Challenge. We can’t wait for you to come out and challenge yourself and push those limits to see what you’re capable of!
events
Fundy Highlands Challenge
Atlantic Canada’s first Mountain Bike ultra-endurance event. Come test your mettle with a 350km MTB-focused route, with over 8000m of climbing.
PEI Mussel Tear
Atlantic Canada’s first gravel ultra bikepacking race, criss-crossing the amazing red dirt roads of PEI with way more climbing than you thought was on this little island!
About RAD HQ
Rad HQ was born out of a passion for ultra bike packing events, and the desire to bring long distance events home to Atlantic Canada.
Keenan Cook and Joey Landine both have a long personal history with bike packing and racing, having competed as a team in the 2024 Trans Balkan Race, becoming the first Canadian’s to finish the gruelling event and taking 3rd place in the team category.
After coming home, they tried to find the best routes in the maritimes to put on events here, and Rad HQ was born. 2025 marked the first PEI Mussel Tear, and the beginning of what we hope will be a growing and competitive scene in Atlantic Canada!