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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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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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Quantocks & Exmoor Bikepacking Weekender

larsmarshandlebars — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 22:41:59 +0000

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 …

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Battling the Abominable Bear Bones 200

larsmarshandlebars — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 10:32:51 +0000

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 …

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Bikepacking Around The Brecon Beacons

larsmarshandlebars — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 12:03:03 +0000

With a new job starting in June, I realised that May might be my last chance for a while to squeeze in a mini cycling adventure. It was rather short notice for planning a bikepacking trip in Wales, but I had the bug and my bike legs were itching to …

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