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If you try searching for advice on bikepacking with a laptop, you’re generally going to get a few responses: Backpack - Gives you a sweaty…

When you’re out riding for weeks at a time, there are all sorts of devices to keep charged. Phone, bike computer, head torch, the remote for…

I took the Garmin Edge 530 for a little jaunt through Ireland, England, north Spain, then down the west coast of Portugal. It was my main…

Various questionable decisions had lead to me being in the Balkans in July. It had been hot as hell in June, and the first half of July wasn…

Figuring out exactly what bags to get for my tour was tough. There’s loads of options and obsessing about it is hard to avoid. Should I try…

Bosnia was wild. It was first wild camp since the Slovakian mosquito/bivy failure, and it was the most remote, spidery, beautiful, broken…

It’s not my first time in Serbia, but this was a fantastic experience. I set off from the Hungarian side of the border after having…

Since the madness in Slovakia I’ve gone a bit quiet on the place-based blogging. I’ve moaned about how bad the Garmin Vector 3 pedals are…

Tubeless in cyclocross and mountain biking these days is pretty much the default, but going tubeless for road is a long frustrating drive on…

When you spend $900 on some fancy power pedals, you kinda hope the hardware won’t literally fall apart while the software bugs out every few…

Milan was a great rest stop after a bonkers trip through the French Alps, and I had three days off the bike as once again there were things…

Things went to absolute shit between Montpelier and Nice, and got a bit silly getting over the Alps to Italy. Constant headwinds and cold…

I’ve had a spot of bad luck over the last few months. First a fractured heel in late October, all my bikes have had mechanical trouble, then…

I try setting up a Cyclops Hammer and was about as smooth as a brick. Ended up running through about five bike shops to find a 11-speed…