In February our founder Rob Quirk set out on the Atlas Mountain Race to finally fulfil his wish to ride through the Moroccan Atlas Mountains. It was a tough ride, with some super challenging unpaved paths and hike-a-bike sections, but this made it all the more rewarding to finish. Here you can read Rob’s write-up of the race.
Read MoreFor the inaugural edition of the GBDURO race, Rob teamed up with Francis Cade to try and attempt the 2000km Land’s End to John o’ Groats on off-road.
Read MoreWhen Nelson Trees, a veteran Transcontinental Race finisher, decided to set up the ultimate self-supported bikepacking race, the isolated country of Kyrgyzstan seemed the perfect fit. Rob and Nelson had shared beers at the finish of the 2016 TCR with Nelson explaining his plan for what he thought would be the toughest bike packing event yet devised, setting in motion a chain of events that resulted in Rob flying to Bishkek in August 2018 to compete in the inaugural Silk Road Mountain Bike Race.
Read MoreJust how far can you push the limits of road bike geometry? Can you combine the best elements of a road-focussed machine with the ‘go anywhere’ ability of an MTB? This was the challenge faced by Rob when he was invited to Grinduro in July 2018.
Read MoreThe Tour de Friends is a ride not a race. With a group of friends we tackle the challenge of riding across Europe’s highest mountains, but can it be done on a hand cycle?
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