Tag: trip
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Elements
Click or not: Elements Iceland has to be the most picturesque country in the world. We never get tired of the jagged landscapes, turbulent waters, and barren glacial tundra. Stick a bike or two in and it’s a winning formula, as demonstrated here by Sam Needham’s documenting of Hope Tech’s bikepacking trip. …
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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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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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The Flandrian Diaries: Paris-Roubaix
Click or not: The Flandrian Diaries: Paris-RoubaixNo matter what the Belgians say, the biggest Monument of all is definitely Paris-Roubaix. Its sheer brutality, unpredictability and stones that make their kassien counterparts look wimpy by comparison all add up to the most anticipated race of the Spring, and a fitting end to the cobbled classics, still the most exciting time of the… …
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The Flandrian Diaries: De Ronde
Click or not: The Flandrian Diaries: De RondeThis was it. The time had arrived. Belgium’s biggest day of the biggest month of racing was finally here, the holiest of days falling on Easter Sunday no less and the church was overflowing with worshippers. Drunk, loud, super-hyped worshippers spread over a 260km diocese, all with their own personal gods who they hoped would… …
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The Flandrian Diaries: Gent-Wevelgem
Click or not: The Flandrian Diaries: Gent-WevelgemAs we exited Rick’s Hungarian SUV that I still didn’t believe was a bonafide thing and something he’d made up, the smell of freshly ploughed fields and the unmistakable cowshit filled our noses. But there was something else that had our senses abuzz: “bicycle racing in Flanders… YES!” Strolling along through a mix of centuries-old… …
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Journal 6: The Road To Meteora
Click or not: Journal 6: The Road To MeteoraThe Japanese purveyors of Italian style bring their latest Journal entry in video form, No 6. As the Transcontinental Race looms, they follow friend Stefano as he prepares on the strade bianche. We have been following our friend Stefano in the last months while he was training and getting ready for the Transcontinental Race. For… …
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Bikepacking Trans Germany
Click or not: Bikepacking Trans GermanyThe Trans Germany bikepacking route from Basel in Switzerland to Rügen at the far northern coast of Germany covers 1600km through some glorious scenery on roads and tracks which just beckon to be ridden. Turn on the subtitles and decipher your way through a mix of great photography, wildly varying landscapes and some Cat Stevens… …