![Home for Christmas](https://markusstitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Photo-21-12-2017-07-27-48-590x140.jpg)
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…
![Bikepacking Scotland, the Central Belter and the Reiver Riding Party](https://markusstitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_8691-590x140.jpg)
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….
![An hour of my journey so far ...](https://markusstitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/16-Bulgaria-590x140.jpg)
… in a podcast. https://soundcloud.com/owenp-41022119/scottish-cycling-podcast-16-markus-stitz-bikepacking-round-the-world-singlespeed Thanks to Owen Philipson, who runs the Drum Up Scottish Cycling blog, for taking the time to speak to me…
![A teaser of what's to come - The Central Belter](https://markusstitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Photo-26-01-2017-12-57-56-1-590x140.jpg)
This Thursday we had to celebrate Jay’s new bike purchase, a Jones singlespeed, a perfect machine for bikepacking in Scotland. On a cold but clear…
![Three days in the Highlands](https://markusstitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_5166-590x140.jpg)
After 2014 and 2015 I was once again on the train up to Inverness, for a third time Strathpuffer. Equipped with a new set of wheels…