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Snow, Ice and Pork Pies

Journal

Reports of adventures from the ADVNTR Team & our contributors.

Cambridge Pork Pie Surly Midnight Special

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Snow, Ice and Pork Pies

The Cambridge Pork Pie Run is a 200km Audax taking riders from Girton, (just outside Cambridge) to Melton Mowbray and back again.  What could be sillier than picking up an unfamiliar bike...

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Transalp

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Hundreds of switchbacks: Germany to Italy

ADVNTR Regular, Bengt Feil decides to stick to the asphalt and climb the iconic mountain passes of the Austrian and Italian Alps in 9 days. Stelvio, Madonna di Campiglio, Gavia – If...

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Serra de Tramuntana

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Almond trees and singletrack: Serra de Tramuntana

Typically a destination for road cycling, Mallorca has a lot to offer those who venture off the asphalt, as Bengt Feil reveals in this route that travels through the Tramuntana Mountain...

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London Edinburgh London Sunrise

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London-Edinburgh-London 1400km Audax

Since its inception in 1989, London-Edinburgh-London has been Audax UK‘s premier event. Held every four years (the next will be 2021) LEL was designed to be the UK’s answer to...

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Tour Divide

Bucket List Rides, Journal, Routes

Tour Divide

“Tour Divide is an ultra-cycling challenge to pedal solo and self-supported the length of Great Divide Mountain Bike Route…as fast as possible!” The Tour Divide is the...

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Bearbones Bikepacking

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Bearbones Café Racer: Debrief

A week ago we told you about our Café Racer plans, and we all know about the best laid plans… After a sub-standard fry up at Newtown Tesco, we rolled into Llanbrymair. Dee, half of...

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Typical Bear Bones 200 Trail

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Bearbones Café Racer: The Planning Process

Back in November we posted news on a bikepacking event taking place in January 2018, The Bearbones Café Racer. If you want to enter, sorry but you’re too late! You can read the full...

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Phoenix Rising GPS Route - Roman Road

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Cambridgeshire: Phoenix Rising

East Anglia doesn’t have a reputation for lung busting climbs, but there are certain lumpy bits if you know where to look for them. “Cambridgeshire: Phoenix Rising” was...

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Rovaniemi 66 Snowy Trails

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Rovaniemi 66: Winter Fat Bike Race

Rovaniemi in Finland is most famous for being the “Official home of Santa” . It is also steadily gaining a reputation as one of the premier locations for fat bike racing. Thanks...

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Typical Bear Bones 200 Trail

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The Bear Bones 200 Bikepacking Adventure

The Bear Bones 200 is not so much a route as a concept. Since it’s inception in 2011, the BB 200 has used five different routes, what they’ve all had in common was being a...

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