Hello and congratulations on finding part 2 of the Bear Bones guide to maps and stuff – that in itself must surely prove that part 1 was a great success – perhaps? We’ll continue in part 2 with more random map related stuff that I’m afraid isn’t really in any particular order but just happened […]
The UK has some of the best maps in the world! It might even be true to say that we have the very best maps in the world. That’s right, our little group of islands probably has more detailed, user friendly and useful map coverage than just about anywhere. – in fact, the maps of […]
Dave Barter aka ‘Sweary Dave’ will require no introduction to some of you but there will be others for whom Dave is unknown. For those people, I shall just say that, some years ago Dave stumbled upon bikepacking and the deep joy that sleeping beneath a hedge can bring. Since that time, he’s embraced the […]
A tent that you blow up and you can wear, really? Well, kind of. The Zelter Shelter is certainly wearable and you do blow it up but it’s probably best to think of it in terms of ‘shelter’ rather than ‘tent’. If you compare it to a very spacious hooped bivvy then you’ll be on […]
In an effort to save my typing finger from the pain of RSI, every know and then I thrust the responsibility of product reviewing onto an unsuspecting citizen of Bear Bones land. On this occasion Sean who hails from a little island of the south coast seemed like the ideal candidate … he rides a lot […]
After last years heatwave, the weather on this years Highland Trail took a swing in the opposite direction. Wind and rain combined with cold temperatures made conditions harder than they’ve probably ever being on May’s group start. Following an unfortunate incident with a cow last year (really), Karl Booth once again lined up in Tyndrum […]
You may choose to identify yourself as a ‘bikepacker’, a modern day frontiersman exploring the lesser known. Maybe a ‘gravel rider’ blurring the line between road and trail? How about an ‘ultra-racer’, the epitome of long distance efficiency or a traditional ‘tourer’ perhaps, propelling your laden beast of burden across continents? It’s been discussed, debated and […]
You might have noticed that the word ‘progressive’ gets used quite a bit within the cycle industry these days. It could be a bike, a trail or even a pair of socks that have the word ‘progressive’ applied to them or in some cases, they’re things that have been ‘designed for the progressive rider’. If […]
In bikepacking nirvana, we’d all ride round carrying no more than what we’re stood up in but we don’t live in a grunge rock utopia, we live in the real world, one that’s often far grungier and not always so agreeable … if we want to stay warm and fed, then carrying a certain amount […]
My mum once told me, “there’s someone for everybody” … Gravel is a place where influences and ideas from every cycling genre meet and mingle. With such a big gene pool available it shouldn’t be a surprise that ‘gravel’ covers a wonderfully broad and diverse spectrum. For some, gravel may have tempted them away from […]
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