Steve
Kilimanjaro 2023 - An adventure by bike.
I craned my neck to look high above my position, and headlamps in the distance cast tiny bubbles of light across the mountain. I looked...
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Steve
- Dec 29, 2022
- 11 min
HT550 Solo Winter Kit List & thoughts.
. Hey folks, a few people have reached out asking what kit I used for the winter attempt on the HT550. I’ve written up what I used, and...
Steve
- Dec 28, 2022
- 19 min
Arctic Scotland - A solo winter attempt on the Highland Trail 550 2022.
“The right decisions in the mountains are the difference between telling a story or becoming a story,’ I read off an instagram post as I...
Steve
- Jan 10, 2021
- 7 min
Toasty Digits
With a cold snap in the Calder Valley over the past couple of weeks, I’ve truly made the most of the wintery conditions. My fat bike has...
Steve
- Jan 3, 2021
- 1 min
SOLO - a local fatbike adventure
December 28th 2020 I slept on the snowy ground, under the stars in a local quarry, sharing the breathless evening with my fat bike, the...
Steve
- Nov 11, 2020
- 1 min
Insta Live Series - Naomi Freireich
What an absolute pleasure it was to speak to this amazing women! Naomi has an incredible story, one that starts in a controlling abusive...
Steve
- Aug 1, 2020
- 2 min
Insta Live Series - Helen Scott MBE
Helen is probably one of the nicest people within the British Cycling programme, however her attitude to training and racing are...
Steve
- Jul 13, 2020
- 3 min
Hebden Bridge - Arnside via the Fred Whitton!
I’ve been eyeing up the Fred Whitton round for a while, and decided it was time to go and ride the thing. I wasn’t that keen about...
Steve
- Jul 5, 2020
- 1 min
Insta Live Series - Markus Stitz
Markus Stitz has ridden single speed round the world and is an adventurous storyteller, as well as many other things, He's one busy man. ...
Steve
- Jun 25, 2020
- 1 min
Insta Live Series - Calum Maclean
Calum Maclean is a photographer, filmmaker and presenter. In his spare time, he's one of the countries craziest outdoor swimmers. I met...
Steve
- Jun 12, 2020
- 2 min
Insta Live Series - Joseph Ogunmokun
I met Joe a couple of weeks back, he was undertaking a huge cycling challenge. Riding from Wimbledon to San Tropez on a turbo trainer...
Steve
- Jun 5, 2020
- 2 min
Insta Live Series - Becci Skelton
Becci is a bad ass down hill mountain biker, and last year she smashed the British Downhill Series becoming the over all winner. Some...
Steve
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
Insta Live Series - Simon Davies - Ultra Runner and Dad
Simon describes himself 'not' as an athlete, even though he has finished one of the toughest ultra running race series there is, Beyond...
Steve
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
Insta Live Series - Al Murchison - The Performance Chef
Al started his days as a young man washing pots in the highlands of Inverness, before climbing to the very top of the game earning a...
Steve
- Apr 18, 2020
- 6 min
How to ride 1000 miles (on a turbo!)
It’s simple - just start! With the Games being shifted to next year, and wondering what my future holds as a 42 year old athlete, I...
Steve
- Mar 10, 2020
- 2 min
Time is simple....
There are few things in life as simple as time. It ticks by unnoticed for most of the day absolutely harmless. However with the pressures...
Steve
- Nov 15, 2019
- 9 min
Second City Divide - Part 2.
Part two. I was awake before my watch alarm starts vibrating on my wrist. Four thirty am. My Alpkit sleeping system is warm, but not warm...
Steve
- Nov 15, 2019
- 5 min
Second City Divide - Part 1.
“Just another half hour”, I tell myself. Its pitch black, my head torch sending a blurry white light into the driving rain and mist. It’s...
Steve
- Nov 4, 2019
- 7 min
Dunoon Dirt Dash - dirtdash.cc
I feel uncomfortable; I can feel the eyes staring as I stand in the queue for a brew. I’ve never felt like this before at such a low key...
Steve
- Oct 28, 2019
- 6 min
RetinaUK Tandem Challenge2019
A message tone beeps on my phone, the email is from Jon Pett, the manager of the British Cycling Team. The mail is about a trip to Tokyo,...
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