Tag: Adventure
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Go The Distance
Click or not: Go The DistanceQuite a simple plan really, ride to the ferry, do a loop around Northern France of about 250 kilometres, ish, get the ferry back, ride home. Borrow the route from a long distance cycling partner, he knows a good route, thanks Gav. It doesn’t have to be Epic, just a big day out, and just… …
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Stages Of Pain And Euphoria: Tour de Gravel
Click or not: Stages Of Pain And Euphoria: Tour de GravelGravel riding is not exactly a new thing, but its increasing popularity is spawning a whole new form of riding and with it a slew of new events. In fact, gravel riding is probably the oldest discipline of bicycle riding, or transport as it was called a hundred years ago. Before tarmac there was dirt,… …
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Eroica Montalcino
Click or not: Eroica MontalcinoI thought I was pretty lucky getting the chance to ride Eroica Japan in 2017, but my luck continued in 2018 with a five week trip to Italy, Croatia and Slovenia, with five days in Montalcino Tuscany, to ride the Eroica Montalcino. It started out as an opportunity to reunite with some Eroica friends from the Japanese… …
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JKW Lives La Pura Vida
Click or not: JKW Lives La Pura VidaJeff Kendall-Weed is living the dream. Probably our favourite mountain biker to watch due to his super-smooth yet technical style on the bike and laid-back attitude to riding, he visits some of the world’s most beautiful places to ride, most of them undiscovered by the masses. In his latest adventure he hits Costa Rica and… …
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Waiting To Keep The Appointment She Made
Click or not: Waiting To Keep The Appointment She Made“Can you talk? Are you on your way?” “Yes, Bluetooth in the car.” ”Good, come home quick, I think she’s only gone and done it.” He hangs the car keys up by the door, “Have you seen this?” she says, holding the letter, “It’s from her, I think there’s clothes missing from her room, I… …
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Silk Road Mountain Race
Click or not: Silk Road Mountain Race It will take a special kind of crazy to take this on… The PEdALED Silk Road Mountain Race is a fixed route, unsupported, single-stage cycling race through the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. The clock does not stop and prizes are not awarded. It will follow gravel, single and double track and old soviet roads that… …
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From The Doorstep
Click or not: From The DoorstepThe term “urban bikerafting adventure” isn’t one I’d ever expect to hear, but hey, what do I know? It’s real and evidenced here. Now I’m not one to go and mess around with water, I believe that the human being is primarily a land creature, and I’ve learnt to stay away from where things you… …
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Insider Rides: Brett’s Jaegher Interceptor Speedmaster
Click or not: Insider Rides: Brett’s Jaegher Interceptor SpeedmasterI’m an impatient type of guy, mostly. I’ll lie in bed thinking about something that I need to do tomorrow, but jump up and do it right now. If it can be done inside, of course, I mean I’m not heading out to change the oil in the car or anything. So waiting for a new… …