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BAM 2020 – March

by JoseMcTavishBikepacking, Cycling, Mountain BikingPosted on 7th April 202020th February 2023No Comments

With the panic about COVID-19 beginning to really ramp up, I decided I would bring forward my bivy from it’s usual last-gasp position at the end of the month, to a Wednesday night barely two weeks into March. It was just a precaution, but the lockdown that was enforced the following weekend proved it to …

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BAM 2019 – July

by JoseMcTavishBikepacking, Cycling, Road CyclingPosted on 25th July 201915th March 2023No Comments

Determined not to leave it till the very end of the month as usual, I hatched a plan for a midweek bivy on my way into work, as it looked like a nice weather window. I figured that I could leave myself around 50km from work overnight and still have time to get in without …

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HT550 2018 Epilogue

by JoseMcTavishBikepacking, Cycling, Mountain BikingPosted on 16th June 201820th March 2023No Comments

The Day After So, did I enjoy it? Yes, without a doubt. As is the way, the longer ago you did something tough and amazing, the more amazing it seems, whilst the toughness subsides to mild discomfort. Immediately after the finish however, I was more interested in filling my face with fizzy drinks from the …

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HT550 2018 Prologue

by JoseMcTavishBikepacking, Cycling, Mountain BikingPosted on 25th May 20183rd September 2019One Comment

So here I was, in the Ben Doran hotel looking at my bike and wondering how I still hadn’t managed to get it packed in advance. Various things breaking on my original bike choice had led to me taking along my newly minted fat bike for the HT550.  I had just built up some 29er …

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