Who do you find at La Casa De Ciclistas?

Tumbaco is a plain old suburb to the East of Quito, but it’s likely to be on the map of everyone travelling in South America by bike. It’s near a disused train line turned cycle path, that’s gentle gradients were a merciful change to the steep climbs of Ecuadorian roads. But the main reason for […]

Getting Away From It All

First Impressions of riding the TEMBR in Northern Ecuador.

The other death road

Cycling ‘el trampolin de la muerte’, Colombia’s death road: Mocoa-Pasto.

Stop Making Sense

The challenges of learning a language and getting through daily life while doing a Spanish crash course in Bogota.

Indirect Advantages

Most of the joys of cycling around the world have nothing to do with cycling, but cycling acts as the means to them. My last few days in New Zealand are a case in point to this.

Type Two Fun

The difficulties of getting off the beaten track, if you’re somewhat on the lazy side, are of course what you encounter while you’re having ‘type two fun’, but also are found in the process of getting off the track in the first place. Here’s me on my first time doing what my ‘bikepacking’ setup has allowed me to do: push my bike a lot and love it

The Last Leg

The final few hundred Kilometres in the mountains of Australia. Melbourne to Sydney.

The Decompression Chamber

Riding around Tasmania when I should have been looking for a job.

The Land of Plenty

A bike ride through bustling civilisation, and an encounter with a spider. Hawker to Melbourne, Australia.

Going, Going, Ghan

Tales form cycling the Oodnatatta track. Coober Pedy to Hawker, Australia.