My feelings about gravel bikes were mixed. I never warmed up to the idea of drop bars and off-road. This combination only offered limited attraction to me, but I was proven totally wrong since I started working on this project. It is the nature of gravel riding, fast and adventurous…
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Sitting in an empty office, well equipped with a sleeping couch, shower and kitchen I am writing this sitting in the middle of Hamburg. After cycling 310 km, which started with cold temperatures, which then changed into heavy rain and while the temperature gradually rose during the day, the wind…
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3 days, 14 hours, 710 km. My fourth ride home for Christmas is history, this time with gears on a Surly Straggler. I thoroughly enjoyed the long distance grinding again, with added spice thrown in on the last two days, where I stuck to gravel wherever I could. Instead of…
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Hello everyone, as it has been pretty quiet here in the last few months, I thought an update would be a great thing to do. In the last few months I have been working on developing new routes and a resource for bikepacking in Scotland. Bikepackingscotland.com is the result of…
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Tom Seipp is just 11. He loves riding bikes as much as his dad, and even more with his dad. I met his dad, Rich, on my Highland Trail ride in 2014, where he thankfully ordered dinner before the 9pm cut off at Strathpeffer, where we both enjoyed a great evening…
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