New Section on Rider Safety
We all want to stay safe when cycling. Advice on risk level, types of crashes, how to avoid them, safety equipment, sleep deprivation & dealing with animals.
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Transcontinental Race No5, 2017: Individual Ride Reports
Provisional list of links to reports about participants in the 2017 Transcontinental Race No. 5 that has since been moved to the main 2017 TCR results page.
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The Importance of Time Efficiency and Time Management in Bikepacking Races
Time efficiency when off the bike is at least as important as cycling speed when trying to improve your rate of progress in bikepacking races.
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Book review: Ultra-Distance Cycling by Simon Jobson & Dominic Irvine
Contains a lot of useful content about riding far. Well-written and reasonably well-organized. Highlights include the training & nutrition chapters.
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Exploring the French Alps: Haute Savoie & Savoie
Report from a week of idyllic riding on Alpine roads, some gravel and some trails in the northern French Alps, including highlights from my action camera.
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2018 Ultra-Distance Bikepacking Races
What are your bikepacking race plans for next year? List of all of the major races that have been announced for 2018.
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Garmin Edge 1030 – Initial Review
The Edge 1030 has a larger screen than the Edge 1000 and has excellent daytime visibility and the battery life is finally sufficient for ultra-distance cycling.
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Exploring Instead of Touring
VeloViewer Explorer scores divide the map into small tiles and counts how many you’ve ridden through. I’m trying to tick off as many as possible.
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Transcontinental Race: Five years worth of veterans
636 different people have started one or more of the first five Transcontinental Races. How do the finish and scratch rates compare across editions?
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Transcontinental Race No5, 2017, Update
An update after 13 days of this year’s race. There was tragedy at the start, then the closest-ever finish between 1st and 2nd places plus much more.
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