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Powering the gadgets

28/12/2016
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| Bikepacking, Equipment
Exposure Revo light

So when you do any big trip one of the big things these days is keeping your gadgets charged, especially if you aren’t going near mains electricity at all. Camera, phone, GoPro, GPS, as well as lights all need powering and recharging. The dynamo hub is great for this job, but some extra electronics is…

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Posted in Bikepacking, Equipment Tagged bikepacking, busch and muller, dynamo, dynamo set up, e-werk, exposure lights, gdmbr, mountainbiking, mtb, revo, tour divide, travers bikes 14 Comments

It’s not about the bike…

28/12/2016
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Travers Russ Ti

It’s not about the bike… or is it? Who am I kidding I love bikes, I love shiny stuff, and I love putting something together from the ground up and building a bike that works exactly the way I want it to. I’m lucky as I work in the cycle trade and have had a…

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Posted in Bikepacking, Equipment, Reviews Tagged 29+, adventure race, alpkit, apidura, BarYak, bikepacking, dynamo, exposure lights, gdmbr, hope technology, ITT, mountainbiking, mtb, revo, titanium, tour divide, travers bikes Leave a comment

Bach 2 Bach

28/12/2016
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Bach 2 Bach

This was going to be an interesting weekend, first time away somewhere more remote for Tom, first time loaded up on my new Travers and first time for us both with what we imagine to be our Tour Divide kit shared between us. The weather forecast was horrific, but the reality was somewhat better, initially…

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Posted in Bikepacking, Ride reports, Routes, Trips Tagged adventure race, bach 2 bach, bear bones bike packing, bikepacking, mountainbiking, mtb, ride, wales, winter event Leave a comment

Tour Divide, the start of it all

28/12/2016
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Jim & Tom Tour Divide

The Great Divide Route is the world’s longest off-pavement cycling route, it covers 2745 miles. The route is highlighted by long dirt roads and jeep trails that wend their way through forgotten passes of the Continental Divide. It travels through Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, and the United States of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming,…

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Posted in Bikepacking, Ride reports, Tour Divide, Trips Tagged bikepacking, cancer research, for jenn, gdmbr, great divide mountainbike route, mountainbiking, mtb, tour divide Leave a comment

Avenue Verte

28/12/2016
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Avenue Verte

The plan was simple, ride to Paris, watch the Tour de France, ride home! On paper the Avenue Verte looks east enough, in reality there are some bits where the signage could be better… Day 1 The 23:00 turned into the 00:00 ferry and we were packed on board with what seemed like a peleton…

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Posted in Bikepacking, Routes, Trips Tagged alpkit, apidura, avenue verte, bikepacking, exposure revo, london to paris, tour de france, tripster atr Leave a comment

2015 Welsh Ride Thing

28/12/2016
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lluest cwm bach bothy

Apologies, this is going to be a mega blog! I’ve been playing at bivvying with the boys for over a year now. Slowly I’m refining my kit, stuff is slowly getting lighter, more functional and better packed. This was my first multi day trip and I was a bit nervous about it as it was…

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Posted in Bikepacking, Ride reports, Trips Tagged bear bones bike packing, bikepacking, microadventures, mountainbiking, mtb, wales, welsh ride thing Leave a comment
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