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My Year of Riding Everything: A lesson in self-discovery and fun

CyclingTips VeloClub member Lauren Giles hasn’t always been into cycling. In fact, it was only last year that she properly discovered the sport. Since then she’s been riding as much as she can, on whatever bike she can, to learn as much about the sport as she can. Along the way she’s learnt a considerable …

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Video: The Atlas Mountain Race looks savagely beautiful

The Atlas Mountain Race is a new, unsupported, single-stage ultraendurance race that will be held in Morocco in February 2020. Judging by the teaser video above, it’s going to be a brutally tough but stunningly beautiful ride. The race will start in Marrakech on February 15 and take riders across the High Atlas mountains towards …

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A ride through the rugged wilderness of Tasmania’s south west

Tasmania’s south west is a land of imposing mountains, raging rivers, button-grass plains and ancient forests. It contains the state’s largest national park — the aptly named Southwest National Park — and it is as remote as it is wild. It is the region’s wild nature that makes it such an enticing destination for a …

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A burrito recipe and gear checklist: How to do gravel raceday mornings right

After half a year in our Endless Gravel van, Marshall Opel has perfected his pre-race routine. It’s simple, and purposefully so, designed to fuel him quickly and keep those race-day nerves at bay. Here’s how his gravel raceday mornings go down. The alarm goes off and I clamber down from my bed, slide open the …

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What it’s like climbing to 4,300m (as a lowlander who hasn’t acclimatised)

It’s most of a decade since I first heard about John Summerson’s book, The Complete Guide to Climbing (By Bike). This catalogue of the USA’s greatest road climbs sang to me — I was already hooked on riding up any and every mountain I could, and learning that there were climbs much longer and higher …

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