The Dorset Dirt Dash is a 100 mile offroad gravel event around the Purbeck peninsular in Dorset. This post is about the first day of the two day (50:50) event. I rode it with my youngest in 2022, the weather was fabulous, the route epic, organisation efficient, participants friendly. It was a very memorable weekend […]
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If you have a cyclist in your life, here are 12 great gifts for cyclists ideas to inspire you. There are ideas for bike maintenance, items to improve rides, for inspiring rides, and a few things for times away from the bike. So whether you are looking to cover the 12 days of Christmas or
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The biggest of my cycling resolutions in 2022 will be to go bikepacking/cycle camping for the first time this millennium. Previously I’ve done loads of motorcycle camping but experiences of powering myself and camping were all when I was much, much younger. I hatched this plan during sunny autumn days with the gorgeous colours of
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Cyclist deaths soar on rural roads in England is a depressing headline this morning from the BBC. The good news is that cycling has increased massively during the pandemic. The bad news is that deaths on rural roads have increased by nearly 50% in each of 2020 and 2019. In response British Cycling and MFU
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Inspired by the hero of The Dig, in the summer I decided to plan a Basil Brown cycle route in his honour. Brown, a self-taught local archaeologist, discovered the incredible Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, as featured in the film. He lived in Rickinghall, so this first leg links Woodbridge to Rickinghall.
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Alton Water is one of my favourite destinations on my bike. Not only is the circuit around it great, especially for families, but you can get there by bike too with some good sections off-road. This route via Belstead and Bentley includes a challenging wooded section that can be very muddy when wet. This route
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“It’s a bit technical” a cyclist who had appeared from the gorse on a trick Mountain Bike told us cautiously as he looked sceptically at our bikes: a gravel bike, a 29er MTB that had seen many years’ service, and a hybrid. I assured him we didn’t mind walking and thanked him, relieved that we
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