In Australia, Victoria has a strong history of cycle advocacy. Over the decades, the state has accumulated extensive bicycle infrastructure.

A ride on the Deccan plateau, from Nagpur to Hyderabad via the Ajanta and Ellora Caves. We chose the Swabia model, with 40mm Goodyear tyres and 50:19 Rohloff gearing.

South Korea has become a cycling favourite for many, so we decided to explore its appeal. After covering 1,300 km, we’re now enthusiasts ourselves and are already planning a return trip.

A ride from Zurich, through Lichtenstein, across southern Bavaria to Salzburg in Austria, to Linz, over the Danube into the… Read More »Smelling the Artichokes in Central Europe

We are publishing this 7 years later. We never documented this ride as it came to an abrupt end when… Read More »The Syncope and Broken Collarbone Ride

A 1,350km ride linking Merida and San Sebastian (Donostia), via eastern Portugal. Riding a Swabia with 700c G-One 45mm tubeless… Read More »Farms & Art in Spain & Portugal

After taking the Spirit of Tasmania ferry from Devonport to Geelong we completed a 1,500km tour in January 2025, avoiding bushfires and heatwaves.

For a November test ride this year we chose the deep south of the USA, primarily Alabama and Tennessee. It’s… Read More »The Deep South of the USA during the 2024 election

Riding a Swabia with drop bars, I went from Lille to San Sebastion through France during election season and ate cherries on the side of the road.

Murray from Albury to the junction of the Darling. We chose January, and were fortunate to not strike a heatwave.

It’s a long way from Australia and seeing this part of the world had waited until I was in Europe… Read More »The Narrow Roads from Bergen to Trondheim in Norway

A 1,200km A to B ride in mid-summer, returning to Chicago and O’Hare airport on Amtrak. We are riding a… Read More »Chicago to Minneapolis with my son and a snapping turtle

A post-Covid, A-to-B ride, from Milan to Brussels. If felt strange to be on a big plane again. A 100%… Read More »Cycling from Milan to Brussels via the Nufenenpass and the Grimsell Pass

A Covid-period, A-to-B ride,  using walk-on and off metro trains to access both ends of the route. We start in… Read More »Exploring the Central West NSW, Australia — continued

A COVID-period ride in Western Australia (WA), made possible because I was in Tasmania, the only eastern state from which… Read More »Testing Wider Tyres on the Munda Biddi Trail, Western Australia