We both had two weeks holiday remaining and enough air miles to get to Bilbao and back. That seemed liked enough of a plan to get started. I thought up a route and fiddled with our bikes whilst Jenny worked her magic on our clothing to climate calibration (CCC) and optimised the pack list for bikepacking. The flight date approached faster …
Recently I’ve been getting the hint from Jenny that I should get better at surprises. So far I’ve flat out disagreed. I am full of surprises! I take her on downhill singletrack that she would never expect. I often don’t tell her how far we have to get home or about the next big climb that is around the …
WHY!? This is the question I heard repeatedly when I explained that I would be away for the weekend cycling over 200km off-road, riding through the night just hoping to finish as quickly as possible without stopping. I didn’t have a good answer before the Bear Bones 200 and I …
My recent trip around the Brecon Beacons called for a revamped setup. Unsurprisingly, my gear lust got the better of me. I …
With a new job starting in June, I realised that May might be my last chance for a while to squeeze in …
Like many before us, we began our first bicycle tour fully kitted with Ortlieb panniers. These are really durable and waterproof, but …
I forgot how much I enjoy riding in the dark. The short daylight hours of the Pacific NW winter often catch me …
