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Highland Trail 550 2021

larsmarshandlebars — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:18:11 +0000

It has been five years since I first completed the Highland Trail 550 route in 2016 in 4 days 21 hours 35 minutes. At risk of sounding cliche, it was a life changing experience. Aside from having near perfect weather and conditions, there was a shared sense amongst the riders …

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Bear Bones 300 (2020 Lockdown edition)

larsmarshandlebars — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 21:45:13 +0000

As with everything in 2020, endurance cycling events have been impacted by COVID-19. There was no Bear Bones group start this year. Instead, we received the top secret GPX crafted by Stu @ Bear Bones and we were given the option to ride any time in October, starting from any …

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Highland Trail 2016: Speechless and euphoric with a sore bottom

larsmarshandlebars — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 11:06:11 +0000

I rolled into Tyndrum on Thursday morning at 06:35 after riding through the night to finish under five days where I eagerly joined the other Highland Trail 2016 finishers for hours of storytelling over Scottish breakfasts, cakes, coffees at the Real Food Cafe in Tyndrum. A strong bond had developed between the riders whilst riding and it was cemented by our post mortem huddle, a sense of mutual …

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Countdown to Highland Trail 2016

larsmarshandlebars — Thu, 26 May 2016 12:58:06 +0000

Sometime towards the end of 2015, I made two impulsive decisions: I bought a piece of titanium with fat wheels named Rasputin without considering the clear lack of space in the bike shed; oh well, it will have to live indoors. I signed up for the Highland Trail 2016, in order to test …

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Winter Bothy Loop, Mid Wales

larsmarshandlebars — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 21:25:05 +0000

I somehow overlooked the email from Stu about the Bear Bones Bach to Bach winter event, but I saw the bothy photos popping up on the forum and I got a bit jealous. I had a few spare holidays rolled over from 2015, so I decided to get back out to Wales for a long weekend of bothy biking.

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A Dusting of Snow in the Hope Valley

larsmarshandlebars — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:38:45 +0000

After the bikepacking ‘getaway’ in Spain in Sept, I thought I’d treat Jenny to a surprise weekend away. I had all intentions of finding us a luxurious day spa… with bikes, of course. I booked a little cottage in the Hope Valley, Peak District *ahem* with good intentions. Unfortunately, I got a little side tracked with the route …

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Bear Bones 200 (2015 edition)

larsmarshandlebars — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 06:02:21 +0000

Bear Bones 2015 route was not only more rideable than last year, I'd say it was altogether more fun (mostly the type 1 kind).

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Basque Bikepacking… Una Vuelta de Vasco

larsmarshandlebars — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 20:07:12 +0000

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 …

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