I love meths, so when I came across Ethanol gel I couldn’t resist having a play to see whether there were any benefits to be gained by using it. It’s marketed as being safer because you can’t spill it … it’s also marketed as ‘eco’ which is a bit misleading really seeing as meths is […]
If you’ve never ridden a long distance ITT before and are considering entering the BB 200, you’ll need to be prepared to ascend a very steep and often painful learning curve … to help get you through the night here’s a selection of tips from previous finishers. Training, do some! I’d done a 10 & […]
Having lots of nice kit is great but it’s also expensive and the desire to have the latest, lightest or smallest whatever, is something many of us could seek counseling for! I sometimes wonder whether anyone looking to dip a toe in the murky waters of bikepacking could be put off by the seemingly infinite […]
Half man, half machine Phil Simcock covered this years HT550 quicker than anyone else, he recorded a time of 4d 1h 45m … that’s an average speed of just over 9km per hour, every hour for 98 hours, it includes the time he was sleeping, eating or just stopped! … think about it. I gave […]
Life is full of compromise and the trouble with compromise is, it usually leaves everyone feeling a little unhappy. The less compromise you have to accept the better you feel about things. Bikepacking mirrors life, indeed for some it is life, so a level of compromise is inevitable … you don’t always get to ride […]
Lighter than some solo bikes! For the first time in six years, the WRT went international. A number of grid references located in England saw many riders attempting to cross the border … those without the required paperwork were obviously turned away and had to contend with the midge infested mountains and bogs of Cymru […]
Hands up, who can resist the dull, silvery grey patina of titanium? The slightly confusing feeling you get when you pick it up and can’t really comprehend why something that feels like it’s not there, can cost so much. It certainly casts some magical spell on most of us, sure it’s light but aluminium’s lighter, […]
Solid fuel stoves come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, some are complicated and heavy, some are complicated and light, others are simple and heavy and a few actually manage to combine simple and light into a reasonably useful package. The first thing I’m going to do is admit that I’m not really a […]
At 10.00am on May 24th, riders from both the UK and abroad will line up on a nondescript stretch of gravel road in the Scottish village of Tyndrum. Their goal is to return to the very same point as quickly as possible … there’s just the small issue of 560 miles of Scotland’s most wild […]
Stooge Cycles probably isn’t a name you’ll be familiar with but given the bikepacking worlds love of steel 29ers, I think that situation may soon change. Just like Mr King, Andrew Stevenson had a dream and that dream is about to become reality … his own bike company.I fired 10 questions over to Andrew hoping […]