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Ready to go. Finally

markusstitz / July 25, 2012 / Comments Off on Ready to go. Finally / Cycle Trips, Events

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Pictures from a great long weekend in Sweden, expl

Pictures from a great long weekend in Sweden, exploring Kalmar & Öland. The agricultural landscape in the south of the island was surreal - especially when I went for a gravel ride early in the morning with the fog obscuring the sun, everything covered in beautifully spun spiderwebs. Sweden’s cycling infrastructure is superb - we loved discovering the island on a tandem. This place well & truly is worth the World Heritage site status. One for the bucket list, highly recommended!

Riding a bike - ace! Riding as a team - even bette

Riding a bike - ace! Riding as a team - even better. Öland in Sweden provided the best possible rote!

Some of my favourite images from test riding parts

Some of my favourite images from test riding parts of the new bikepacking route in Yorkshire & filming with @jennygrahamis_ on @routeyc - fascinating how varied the coast & moors from Whitby to Bridlington are. And the wee cruise on the Yorkshire Belle was a nice add-on. Route launches next year, can’t wait! Next filming will be with @mrmarkbeaumont - and afterwards you’ll see the three of us in action! #bikepacking #routeyc #yorkshire

If this was a new bikepacking route - would you be

If this was a new bikepacking route - would you be interested in cycling it? While it is still a work in progress, @routeyc for two wheels is shaping up well. I look forward to the next step - filming with @jennygrahamis_ & @mrmarkbeaumont here soon!

Only a brief visit to 🇳🇴 A lovely opportunit

Only a brief visit to 🇳🇴 A lovely opportunity to ride some of the gravel roads around Ås before heading back to Scotland. Re-united with my Tripster too, exactly the right bike for the riding here.

Cycling on the wild side of Scotland takes much lo

Cycling on the wild side of Scotland takes much longer than expected. This was a tough ride/hike with @jamesl_w & @mrmarkbeaumont - fantastic team work to get to Britain’s remotest pub. You’ll see more soon on GCN. This is a route that wouldn’t make it into any of my books though (: But Knoydart was a superb adventure!

This Yorkshire coo was enjoying the heather. I did

This Yorkshire coo was enjoying the heather. I did enjoy the cycling across the moors on @routeyc - 4 days #bikepacking packed full of beautiful landscapes, nice places to stay & eat and great roads & tracks. It’ll take a wee while but the route I’m working on should be live in late 2023 or early 2024.

Bikepacking 390km along the beautiful Yorkshire Co

Bikepacking 390km along the beautiful Yorkshire Coast & beyond. After two days scouting a gravel bikepacking version of @routeyc I’m really happy with what I have discovered so far. This is different from the routes I mapped so far, cycling here is a great way to discover the varied landscapes, the architecture & chat to the friendly people. I’m looking forward to the next two days, which will be hillier!

If you ask me for my favourite place in Scotland -

If you ask me for my favourite place in Scotland - this is it. From the berry paradise in the south to the mountains of the Cairngorms - the Cateran Ecomuseum provides a spectacular backdrop for a new @dirtdash_cc in 2.5 weeks. Let’s hope the weather is as fair as last Sunday when I recced the two day route in a day.

New work project - mapping a bikepacking route in

New work project - mapping a bikepacking route in Yorkshire & new film with @mrmarkbeaumont & @jennygrahamis_ This looks epic! More soon on @routeyc

Pre-holiday pictures from a new film project in th

Pre-holiday pictures from a new film project in the Cateran Ecomuseum in Perthshire/Angus. One of my favourite places in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and home to a new @dirtdash_cc

Scotland at its best and worst (for cycling) - bea

Scotland at its best and worst (for cycling) - beautiful contrasts one moment - torrential rain at the other. Mudguards on the rear were properly used today. My short trip to the Cateran Ecomuseum was great, nice to have this as the host for our next @dirtdash_cc event in August. There are loads of great cycling routes here, two bikepacking routes in ‘Bikepacking Scotland’ include the ‘museum without walls’, and two routes in ‘Great British Gravel Rides’ too. And those strawberries are seriously tasty ….

A bit more than 2 weeks ago I set off on a bikepac

A bit more than 2 weeks ago I set off on a bikepacking trip around the Gaspesie Peninsula in Quebec. I’ll share words and hopefully a film as well, but here are some of my favourite pictures from the journey. I really enjoyed to explore the history of this part of Canada on two wheels. The people in Quebec are incredibly friendly & curious and I sampled great food along the way. My route can be found as inspiration on @komoot - but I’ll also tweak some bits around to fine tune it soon. Watch this space! #bikepacking #canada #quebec

Images from a long-awaited trip around Gaspesie -

Images from a long-awaited trip around Gaspesie - my first time cycling in Canada, and I love it. Great mix of remote gravel & nice coastal roads - and very friendly people. Happy to share my experience in more words after the trip! And if you see me, my jersey says ‘Capital Trail - Edinburgh’ - first bikepacking route I designed (: #gravel #bikepacking

A short edit from the first two weeks in Gaspe in

A short edit from the first two weeks in Gaspe in Quebec. Incredible landscapes, captured on a few adventures by foot, bike and six-wheeler. This will be the place for my bog trip starting next week - 1000km across the Gaspe Peninsula by gravel bike. #gaspe #canada #quebec #adventure

A quick update from Quebec - inspired by a few sho

A quick update from Quebec - inspired by a few shorter day trips on the Gaspe Peninsula I’ll set off on a 925km gravel adventure next week on midsummer. I’ll share more images then, this area is simply beautiful for cycling & walking. #gravel #bikepacking

Monday inspiration. The journey here was an advent

Monday inspiration. The journey here was an adventure in itself, and I just managed to get the first ride in in Gaspe, which will be my base for a few weeks.

As I have never been to Canada I am looking forward to get to know the country at a slow pace - and share routes & pictures along the way. Any recommendations for gravel riding/bikepacking are welcome. #gravel #canada #cycling

Happy! Just back from Ayr, launching a new film fo

Happy! Just back from Ayr, launching a new film for @southayrshirepathsinitiative - The Culzean Way. This is the first step to engage the community and raise awareness of the plans to bring this dismantled railway line back to life. If it becomes reality, this route will be a strong contender for one of the most beautiful cycle journeys in the world. Link to film is in my bio - I’d be interested in your opinion! #bikepacking #cycling #scotland

A short edit from our stay at @macdonaldhotelsandr

It would have been rude not to take the Kinesis G2

It would have been rude not to take the Kinesis G2 out for a quick test ride before the Dorset Dirt Dash. Great to see @kinesisbikes_uk supporting the event. And as I couldn’t take my own bike down, they paired me with the G2 for the weekend. The scenery & gravel tracks here are nothing short of spectacular. Lens duty tomorrow at @dirtdash_cc - really looking forward to it. Thanks also to @schwalbetyresuk & @komoot for supporting grassroots gravel & bikepacking. And if you like what you see, part of my route from tonight is featured in Great British Gravel Rides. #gravel #dorset

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