What is the Tour Divide Starting in Banff, Canada and finishing in Antelope Wells, New Mexico, each year on the second Friday of June the Tour Divide (TD) is an unsupported bikepacking race roughly covering 4,418km or 2,745 miles with 50,000 meters or 165,000 feet of elevation gain of unpaved Read more
In July 2026 I attempted the Alps Divide Rally. Didn’t go according to plan as I got suspected poisoning from a public drinking water fountain a week in and had to scratch. Still managed to have a great journey along the way with some great friends. Some absolutely stunning scenery Read more
What a great weekends ride. Perfect winter weather riding. Couldn’t have asked for a better weekend out on the bike. Great training for the upcoming Crookwell Cruise Challenge. Thanks to all that came along. Was made better with your company. Most of the photos are mine but some are from Read more
Day 1: A little rain in the morning along with some headwind but ok. Max 7 degrees c. Day 2: Better day weather wise but more elevation gain today than yesterday. Pretty happy with my average speed over both days riding loaded getting ready for Alps Divide Rally in July. Read more
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 the 2023 Gears & Beers bike festival Dirty 130km tomorrow. Hot though. Day one I rode with Nat and Heather. Had quite a lot of elevation and I didn’t drink Read more
This post is made up from all the daily Strava rides I did 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 (click here for the link to that Read more