Always an Adventure
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
This is a varied and interesting bike-packing route taking in about 50km of each of King Alfred’s Way, the South Downs Way and the Downs Link. You can ride it as a loop or, as we did, link it up … Continued
Multi-day adventures are about the journey as much as the destination, none more so than the King Alfred’s Way as the journey takes you full circle back to the starting point. The trail was launched in 2020 and covers c.360km … Continued