Category: Bikepacking Armenia 2019

Over the last decade or so, I’ve become known as someone who cycles alone on unknown roads for vast amounts of time. This year, however, I broke the habit of a lifetime and went on a very different kind of ride. The biggest difference wasn’t that I’d pre-designed the route, or that it was entirely off […] Continue reading →

In September 2019 I was privileged to lead a bikepacking expedition across Armenia, following remote dirt tracks and singletrack trails with a fantastic group of fellow riders.  The goal was to test out a new bikepacking route across Armenia – a mashup of Bikepacking.com’s classic Caucasus Crossing (Armenia), the Armenian national section of the Transcaucasian […] Continue reading →

It took four days longer than planned, but I’m happy to say that the #BikepackingArmenia fundraising ride is complete – and what a ride! Over 17 days of pedalling, we covered nearly 800km of dirt and gravel trails with over 16,000m of climbing as we traversed the portion of the Lesser Caucasus mountains that dominate the […] Continue reading →

Heads up, people! Stop what you’re doing and tune into the #BikepackingArmenia social media hashtag to follow the team’s live progress as we attempt to traverse Armenia, off-road and unsupported, over the next two weeks! From now until September 22nd, I will be live-sharing the story of the first attempt to bikepack the Transcaucasian Trail long-distance […] Continue reading →