Outdoor Hong Kong (Part 7)
This was our first trip back to Hong Kong for five years. A lot has happened there since 2018, so we were interested in seeing what had changed. Perhaps there was a bit more Mandarin and a bit less English … Continued
Always an Adventure
New Zealand is the perfect environment for multisport races, with its wild rivers and uncompromising terrain. The Coast to Coast is the most well known of these, and if you want to find out more, you’re where I was about … Continued
One of things we love about travelling with our bikes is the feeling that you get when, having figured out when and where to ride, you know your way around a city and have found favourite places to eat and … Continued
Rarotonga may be the largest of the Cook Islands but it is still just a tiny, mountainous speck in the enormity of the Pacific only measuring 11km across its widest axis. It is encircled by a lagoon and protecting reef, … Continued
After having multiple planned cycling events cancelled in Europe over the last 2 years, we were looking forward to a summer of races and sportives in New Zealand. Sadly, the omicron variant finally breached the NZ border and thanks to … Continued
Fiordland is a wild and spectacular part of New Zealand. On a recent trip there in February 2022, organised by Ride Holidays, we were lucky to experience some of the best the region has to offer the cyclist. This is … Continued
When I’ve driven by the sign to the Waikato River Trails, which start about 30 minutes drive from Hamilton, the city we live in, I imagined a gravel track along the bank of the mighty Waikato River. Something like the … Continued
I had wanted to ride up Mont Ventoux by the mysterious ‘fourth’ way ever since I heard rumour of it during the trip in 2007 when I first rode up the mountain. The three classic routes up are road climbs … Continued
The North Coast 500 (NC500) has, since its launch in 2015, become increasingly well known and popular as a tour on both 4 and 2 wheels. We originally planned to follow the whole route, but when we heard from Simon, … Continued
King Alfred’s Way in two days gave us a challenge without too much risk of an epic. There was no riding late into the evening, and we had enough time to enjoy the views and stop a few times for … Continued