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Considering riding an Ultra? You need to listen to this episode!
A few months ago Anna Ruddiman was on the podcast talking about cycling from  London to Turkey, and mentioned she might try an ultra cycling race. Well, she just went ahead and did it. Anna has just finished El Piri, an unsupported 800km race through the Spanish Pyrenees (with 20,000m of climbing no less), and she's sent through a full debrief.
TL;DR: you're never going to feel ready, you're more capable than you think, and the only way to find that out is to go anyway.
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Belgium bikepacker Jimmy Vervoort shares his awesome journey riding from Alaska to New York City. This was a trip split into two parts with the first starting in the middle of winter which made for some very cold riding days in Alaska.  One of the golden rules of bike travel is being adaptable, so Jimmy changed up his route, flew to Vancouver and then cycled south down the Pacific Coast trail. 
When he ran out of funds he flew back to Belgium worked and saved up to restart the journey this time in Louisiana. Eventually he'd ride all the way to New York incorporating sections of the Arizona Trail and Colorado Trail, where he admits there is some 'unfinished business' to take on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route in the future. 
You can follow Jimmy's future adventures via his instagram @Jimmy_Two_Wheels
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Twenty kilometres outside Mumbai, sitting in a half-flooded slum with the rain hammering down,Daragh Cronin had what he calls one of the lowest moments of his life. This week he's filling us in on what happened since his last update during his adventure of cycling from Ireland to Mount Everest Base Camp. 
To keep up with Daragh's future adventures you can follow him via instagram @RoaminWithConin

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Juan Pablo's first bike trip was a huge solo journey over 16 months. Then he came home to Chile, met Paula, they got married and six weeks after their wedding they both got on bikes and started bikepacking together.. 
All up they hope to spend two years on this adventurous version of a honeymoon.
We discuss:
Bikepacking as a couple: a newlywed honeymoon covering 20,000km
Solo bike touring: 19,000km across Turkey, the Middle East, and Africa
Bikepacking Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia: expectations vs. reality
Route planning and gear for long-distance cycle touring
Relationship and communication tips for touring as a couple
Bike mechanical failures and storm survival on tour
Juan Pablo's 104 tips for bike travel
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This week's episode is dedicated to Heinz Stücke, who passed away on July 22 aged 86. Heinz is a legend in the bike travel community, the holder of the world record for the most travelled person in the world. He spent over 51 years cycling to every single country and territory in the world. 
In Sept 2025, I visited Heinz in his home in Hovelhoff and spent the day chatting about this adventures. This episode features excerpts from that conversation. 
You can listen to the original episodes in full here - Part 1 and Part 2.
RIP Heinz. I like to think you are still out there travelling now.

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