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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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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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Bellingham to San Fran Road Trip (plus bikes)

larsmarshandlebars — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:00:29 +0000

We already had our flights back to Blighty out of Vancouver booked for June, but our premature departure from Colombia mucked up the schedule. We tried to pull the date forward and discovered that the nearest available alternative for our fare was from San Francisco! At first this seemed like …

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Getting Reacquainted With Bellingham Trails

larsmarshandlebars — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:34:39 +0000

Of course I was disappointed to leave Colombia early and miss out on the rest of South America, but I was also thrilled by the chance to get reacquainted with the trails and backroads around Bellingham, WA. Having lived there from 1998-2002, I had vague memories of the trails around …

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Costa Rica: Heading To The Highlands

Jenbell — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 16:34:46 +0000

As we’re currently enjoying a short break at La Casa Amarilla in Mompos, we’re trying to catch up on some photo stream posts for Costa Rica and Panama – this post being the first of a handful. Whilst taking a break for maintenance chores in Liberia, the mountains and volcanoes …

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