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Cornwall
June 30, 2017
Video made from phone footage, shot on Cornish coast. No zooming, short static clips and borrowed (attributed at the end of the video). Capturing a range of scenes and landscapes from beaches and waves to cliff tops and fields. Purely for fun to capture the typical holiday scenes but also the textures, light and the weather.
Tags: UK
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Brand X Ascend Dropper Seatpost Review
June 29, 2017
On first look you might think a dropper seatpost is another gimmick for bikers with too much spare cash. However, out riding recently with others with dropper posts, everyone was raving about them. I thought about the possibility that one offers - simply being able to change your seat height on the fly. When mountain biking it is necessary to shift your weight and body position around on the bike and move the bike around under you.
Tags: DropperSeatpostBrand-XKitGearMountain bikingbike-components
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A Slice of British Pie Mountain Bike Film
June 29, 2017
Combine Josh Bryceland, Phil Atwill, Brendan Fairclough and a bunch of other riders. Add in some wintery British slopes and you’ve got yourself a slice of lunacy, a slice of ‘what the hell just happened’, and A Slice of British Pie. Homegrown This 25 minute long nutter fest, brought to you Dirt, celebrates good times on bikes with some of the world’s biggest and most loved mountain bikers. None of that slo-mo, none of that dubstep and nobody is putting their goggles on in this film.
Tags: Brendon faircloughDirt magazineBritish pieMountain biking
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3 of the The Best Vlogs / Youtube Channels on Mountain Biking
June 6, 2017
Cedric Gracia Is a French mountain biking legend. 50to1 (Josh Bryceland etc) Is a world cup winning mountain biker from the north of the UK GMBN (Global Mountain Bike Network) Is a Youtube channel about all things cycling.
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Matt Hunter - Lone Wolfe Mountain Biking Camping Trip and Grizzly Bears
May 19, 2017
Its a bit after this video was originally published but I’m glad I just came across it. Matt Hunter is a mountain biker I’ve seen in videos before and is a great rider. This Specialized bikes promotional video shows him taking a plan ride deep into the mountains, landing on a lake and then setting over with lightweight camping and fishing gear for an adventure. A amazingly well shot video and a nice way to show how you don’t need a lot of kit or framebags to go and do a biking trip with a stay overnight.
Tags: Grizzly bearsSpecializedMatt hunterMountainsMountain biking
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5 Mountain Bike Routes in Georgia on Strava
May 13, 2017
Routes recorded with Strava in the mountains in Georgia - The first 3 in Tusheti are on jeep tracks, the other two are singletrack / mixed. Diklo to Shenako | Ride | Strava Upper Omalo to Shenako | Ride | Strava Girevi to Dartlo | Ride | Strava Udzo Monastery Ride Kustba Side | Ride | Strava Evening Ride | Ride | Strava
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Mountain Bike Tyres
May 13, 2017
Mountain biking tyres A list of links from research I did about buying mountain bike tyres. These are quite old now, but I still recommend Maxxis tyres. Maxxis maxxis | Chain Reaction Cycles Maxxis ranchero xc tyre | Chain Reaction NZ Maxxis Ardent MTB Tyre | Chain Reaction Cycles maxxis ardent folding in Wheels & Wheelsets | eBay MAXXIS CROSSMARK FOLDING TYRE 26 X 2.10 | eBay Maxxis Ignitor XC Tyre - LUST | Chain Reaction Cycles Maxxis ignitor | eBay maxxis ignitor folding - Google Search Maxxis Advantage MTB Tyre | Chain Reaction Cycles Maxxis ADvantage 2.
Tags: Tyresmountain-biking
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GPS and Mapping
May 13, 2017
Garmin GPS I have used the Garmin Etrex Vista HCX. Etrex Vista Review. I bought it for the Ride Earth trip. I put it on to record a track log of the route. I didn’t use it for navigation until the Mongolia trip. Although now it looks a bit old school, Garmin still does this kind of product. Garmin has an app called Basecamp for route creation. How to open maps in Garmin Basecamp.
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Backstreet Atlas - A Skateboarding Documentary
March 30, 2017
I used to commute to work on a longboard and got into Skateboarding again recently. I starting watching some Youtube videos and came across this documentary. Long distance travel on a normal street skateboard.
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Should You Try Crossfit? How I Got into Crossfit.
March 8, 2017
Back in February, some friends who were ‘Crossfitters’ offered to me to go and try and try a session with them. I was sceptical at first. In hindsight I’m not sure why. However, let me try and explain. Training evolution I consider myself to be quite fit. In the past I’ve done some epic, hard, long, steep, trips, journeys, adventures, races, blah, blah, blah… I have always done something through my life to keep up my fitness.
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Mountain Running Race, Rustavi Georgia
March 4, 2017
I participated in a team race at Rustavi, a city about 20 miles outside of the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi. It involved runninig up a very steep hill for about 20 minutes, then passing over to my teammate to rode back down the hill. It was a good laugh but a hard run. I was blowing by the top. However, it gave me a taste for racing and some experience.
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Open Wilderness Guiding Book
February 26, 2017
Back in the 60s a revolutionary group of geographers called the Situationists came up with a way to explore city spaces called the Dérive. They went on simple walks but with a difference. They deliberately paid attention to their feelings and thoughts and followed them leading them to adventures. This book expands on this concept with further techniques such as exploring a city with a compass instead of a guidebook. It encourages you to share your findings with others via online and offline media.
Tags: Bookurbanwildernesswalkingurban exploringSituationists