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The Sonder Signal Ti – Building a Dream Machine.
The Motel du Mugling is an oasis of calm on the bustling Kathmandu-Pokhara Highway. I called in and ate an unplanned lunch with my friend Sagar, the manager. It was unplanned because I had already eaten breakfast there a few hours previously; inbetween times I had...
Yak Attack – The Essentials (2018 onwards)
As a seasoned Yak Attacker I get asked a lot of questions throughout the year; what kit? what bike? what to expect? I wrote a piece about this in 2013 (See here), most of which is still relevant, some of it is not. After being involved in six...
Not The Manx 100.
The Manx 100 is a 100 mile single day ultra-endurance mountain bike race around the mountainous terrain of The Isle of Man. It had been on my radar since it inception in, I think, 2012. This year was the first time that I had found a window to enter. Mitch, Paul,...
Helping Paws ?Ride across Sri Lanka.
A little note to say THANK YOU to everyone who has supported our fundraising effort for the Helping Paws nueter and vaccination program. We completed our epic ride, a full post to follow, and reached our initial target of £2000!Now for something else...On our final...
A helping hand for Helping Paws.
So, here's a thing... A few months back my friend Phil Evans came up with the hare-brained idea that it might be good to do something, well, hare-brained, to raise some money for the Helping Paws neuter and vaccination project in Tangalle, Sri Lanka. Phil,...
A Signal of Intent. The Sonder Signal Ti.
The Signal Ti is soon to be the latest addition to the Sonder(Alpkit) range of highly regarded, and highly capable, bikes. I was in the very fortunate position to ride the final pre-production model during my recent trip to Nepal. It is an astonishing machine. Anyone...
New Year… Same Me. Now, Next, Later.
Puffertime. Nothing much changes in my world from one year to the next. I'm not one for making resolutions, if I need changes in my life I just get on and make them. One year just rolls into the next without much fanfare, in much the same way that one day rolls into...
2017 review. All or nothing.
It hardly seems possible that exactly a year ago today, shortly after returning from a 3 month trip to Nepal, I took ownership of my very own 6.4 acre parcel of ancient woodland. For the most part it has been a labour of love and an absolute joy... for the most part....
Rumble in the Jungle 2017.
“Do you fancy going out to Sri Lanka for The Rumble?” was a bolt out of the blue from my friend, the Race Director at Yak Attack(MTB Worldwide), Phil Evans. “In fact we’re going out three weeks early to recce the trails if you fancy that too?” was his second question....
The sound of silence. Yak Attack 2017,
For the first time in a while I was riding alone and I was enjoying the solitude and the simple pleasure of spinning the pedals at a natural pace. I rolled to a halt, mesmerised by the same view that had stopped me in my tracks exactly a year earlier. The low sun cast...
