It must be three years ago when I first discussed quilts with Alp-Nick at the start of the WRT. He told me that it was something the company were working on but it wasn’t a priority and I should expect it to be quite a while before the concept became reality. I put it to […]
We’re very rarely satisfied for long. We’re content enough while we believe that there’s nothing bigger or better out there but once we discover there’s something new and that it might in someway enhance our lives… we’re happy to discard the present for the promise of a shiny bright, exciting future. My Stooge trundled round […]
As much as we probably don’t really want to think about Christmas and all it entails, time really is marching on. Waking up on December 25th, knowing that you’ve likely got a full day of ‘festivities’ to endure, is one thing but waking up to find nothing except socks and Lynx shower gel beneath the […]
I was fortunate enough to catch the majority of a talk at the Alpkit BSO back in September. It was a talk hosted by Dave Barter and was about the largely forgotten, ‘Year’ cycling record. My late arrival landed me the worst seat in the house and I’ll admit to spending the first five minutes […]
Humans have a fascination with fire and the male of the species seem to be particularly affected. We all know that women aren’t allowed within ten feet of a BBQ … well, not unless the men folk have gone off to hunt down more beer. Not that long ago, everyone had a fire in their […]
A dozen tyres roll onto tarmac and into civilisation. The sound of rubber on gravel ceases but almost instantly it’s replaced by far more irritating noises – beep, beep, brrrr, twing, beep, the sound of communication. Gloves are removed, finger tips skate effortlessly over screens and for ten minutes we stand in the rain only […]
Wood, why wood? In my opinion, the main appeal of using wood as a fuel, is its abundance. There’s lots of it just laid around the countryside waiting to be picked up and put to good use. Any other type of stove requires you to firstly spend money buying something to burn and secondly, you’ll […]
Dianna Ross wasn’t singing about the BB200 when she sang, ain’t no mountain high enough, ain’t no river deep enough, ain’t no valley wide enough … which is a shame, because it would have made a fitting theme tune to the 2015 BB200. 63 riders riders rolled out of Llanbrynmair community centre in back of […]
A few weeks ago I received a big cardboard box containing a pre-production 2016 Genesis Longitude 650b+. Today, I cleaned it and put it back in the box, ready for its journey home … but what’s happened between then and now? If you don’t already know (and if not, why not? I suggest you go […]
Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire is a lovely expression, a way of coaxing tired children upstairs and into bed. Sadly, the bikepacking equivalent of, ‘up the steep, wet, rocky track for three miles before lying down behind a wall’ doesn’t quite capture the same romance and actually sounds much more like the prelude to […]