Further information, all gpx files and ride notes on both of these two bikepacking rides can be found on the Self powered cyclist group Facebook page Crookwell Cruise Challenge (Updated Dec 2025)To celebrate the start of spring and to test your winter body out, attempt the annual Crookwell Cruise Challenge Read more
The following was taken from my Strava posts throughout this adventure. You can view the video on YouTube here Annapurna circuit – Day 1 – Pokhara to Bhotewodar Hot one today, max of 31 degrees c and very high humidity especially on the climbs. Mostly tarmac roads with the odd Read more
The following blog was written by Simon Kleyn, aka Biking the Bland, of our cycling trip in the central west of New South Wales over the Easter / Anzac day holiday in 2025 which was 1,175km with 9,925m elevation gain, averaged 147km each day over 8 days of riding You Read more
Rode this ride over Easter in 2024 as a training ride for the tour divide. Strava Posts: Canberra to Cowra Garmin again not saving route to Strava. Also it says that I have ridden 290km whereas in fact I have ridden 350km with 4,500m elevation gain. Was great to have Read more
This ride took place in a training lead up ride for the 2022 Tour Divide. We followed the established Attack of the Buns route, which is from Bungendore to Bundanoon in NSW Australia, then added the return to Bungendore via Marulan. You can view the video on Youtube here.
The following is taken from Strava posts. Great two days on the bike from Canberra to Wagga via Tumut, for Gears & Beers bike festival 130km tomorrow. Hot though. Day one I rode with Nat and Heather. Had quite a lot of elevation and I didn’t drink enough fluids and Read more
This post is made up from all the daily Strava rides I completed from August to October 2022. This made up three months of my six month overseas trip, which also included starting the 2022 Tour Divide, hiking for two weeks in Utah, catching up with friends in Dubai after Read more
This year’s Tour Divide is done and dusted! For those unfamiliar, the Tour Divide is an off-road, unsupported bicycle ride from Banff, Canada, to Antelope Wells, New Mexico, on the US-Mexico border. I’m incredibly happy and thankful to have completed the ride within my originally budgeted 25 days. Covering a Read more
Well what can I say about completing my first 1000km bikepacking event (furthest that I have ridden in a single event so far) but what an adventure. This inaugural ride had a good mix of elevation and flat, with hot days in the north and cool nights in the ranges. Read more
Hope you like “bikes leaning against things” photos. 29-30 March 2021: Bit of a tour around some of the mid central of Victoria. Day one was following the GDT Castlemaine to Ballarat, which was mainly on singletrack and sometimes difficult to find the correct track. 253km 3,900m elevation gain, averaged Read more
Is great to be finally traveling by plane to somewhere. I haven’t flown since July 2019. Made sure my cardboard bike box got on board though. For some reason or other my Garmin didn’t record the final 50km of the 2021 650km Brisdivide that started and finished at Mt Coot-tha Read more