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An exercise in pointlessness: Emma Pooley on her world-record Everesting

Last month former world champion Emma Pooley broke the women’s Everesting record, eclipsing the previous mark set by fellow Englishwoman Hannah Rhodes. Pooley is the first female rider to complete the enormous challenge in under nine hours. Now that Emma has had time to digest her effort, she reflects on those painstaking hours in the …

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Ride to the race: Ultracycling becomes our climate conscience

GBDuro sees riders traverse the length of Great Britain following a 2,000 km route from the island’s toe to tip. It is run by The Racing Collective, a not-for-profit bikepacking club founded on the belief that professional cycling is not just an innocent bystander, caught in the crossfire of climate change – it’s an active …

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Ted King’s ridiculous 23-hour gravel ride across an entire state

Three weeks ago, on a damp night on the Canadian border of Vermont, Ted King set off for a very big bike ride. With a chipper ‘ciao’, the ex-roadie-turned-gravel-pro rolled into the driving rain and the inky dark and set a course south. King didn’t know it at the time, but by the end of …

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Gallery: Lachlan Morton’s Everesting

The first attempt, a little over a week ago, came on a whim and ended in heartbreak. Lachlan Morton thought he rode 8,848 meters in seven hours and 32 minutes; accurate elevation data, dug up after the fact, said otherwise. He’d have to go back. His loss is our gain. Not only do we get …

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Pete Stetina helps your loved ones understand your gravel obsession

This piece is brought to you in partnership with Sportful. Find out more about our sponsored content policies here. Now that you’ve heard the call of the Privateer, and maybe you’ve answered, it’s time to answer all the questions that your friends and family may have about your clear and obvious obsession. They want to …

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