Mount Lawson State Park - Camp - Bushwalk - Bike Ride
Cold and rainy weather here in Albury, New South Wales, Australia, has been the norm for the past ten months. With working full time,...
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Angela Hart
- May 15, 2022
- 3 min
Mental block on getting out on a ride
So here's a thing, I love mountain biking, I love bikepacking, I don't mind a bit of hiking either. The longer I leave it between rides...
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Angela Hart
- Feb 6, 2022
- 19 min
How do I start mountain biking?
You've decided you want to try mountain biking, none of your mates are into it, so how do you get started? Well read on, here's some ideas
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Angela Hart
- Sep 27, 2021
- 6 min
New MTB kit - DHaRCO clothing review
DHaRCO Gear For around ten years I’ve been wearing my Fighter Girls martial arts shorts for everything; hiking, surfing, swimming, biking....
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Angela Hart
- Aug 21, 2021
- 5 min
Oer! Quick Release Pedals - Promend PD R67Q Quick Release Pedal Review
If you purchase these pedals via this link I may receive a small commission https://ebay.us/dMjv05 If you’ve read my Altravesur...
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Angela Hart
- Jul 28, 2019
- 8 min
Chapter 23: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Sierra de Baza to Zujar
I woke up at my wildcamp at the Refugio Canaleja Alta, in the Sierra de Baza, at around 7am, the tent had got quite wet from, I think, only
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Angela Hart
- Jul 25, 2019
- 7 min
Chapter 21: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Bayarcal to La Calahorra
went to dab with my right foot, but nothing was there, it was a twenty foot drop down to a barranco. Me and Bay fell sideways down the
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Angela Hart
- May 27, 2019
- 7 min
Chapter 19: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Trevelez detouring to Alcutar
The terrain varied from very rocky and steep, to meadow with grazing cattle, to mountain springs wetting the soil making it a slippery uphil
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Angela Hart
- May 26, 2019
- 12 min
Chapter 18: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Pampaneira to Trevelez
Flies! Flies had been a problem the last few days when travelling slowly. They would congregate around my sweaty head and face, eventually y
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Angela Hart
- May 26, 2019
- 10 min
Chapter 17: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Niguelas to Pampaneira
So I’d ridden/pushed-up the mountain visible from Nigϋelas, to 1200 metres then along the ridgeline of the higher peak behind it to around 1
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Angela Hart
- May 25, 2019
- 9 min
Chapter 15: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Jayena to Albunuelas
I was so relieved to get onto the trail, it was a mountain edge single-track, and was so fabulous. Mostly downhill, sometimes steep, sometim
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Angela Hart
- May 16, 2019
- 12 min
Chapter 11: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Ardales to Valle de Abdalajis
There was a fence to my right, the chalky roadway, then an embankment up to vegetation and the mountain to my left. So I could only go forwa
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Angela Hart
- May 4, 2019
- 8 min
Chapter 9: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Ronda to El Burgo
Pepe is my hero, he ran down and pushed my bike up the last bit of the hill. I all but collapsed at the top, where is girlfriend, Inma and h
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Angela Hart
- Apr 15, 2019
- 9 min
Chapter 7: Bikepacking the Altravesur - Jimena to Ubrique
Just after the Malaga Province signpost I noticed a turning off-road, onto the Altravesur route, so I took it. If it was too muddy, I could
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Angela Hart
- Apr 7, 2019
- 9 min
Chapter 5-Bikepacking the Altravesur-Barbate to Los Barrios
You can see the YouTube of this section here If you have to be stuck somewhere for a week, Barbate isn't a bad place to be. I spent my...
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Angela Hart
- Apr 5, 2019
- 5 min
Chapter 4-Bikepacking the Altravesur-Zahora to Barbate
You can see the YouTube of this section here My destination on this Sunday morning was Barbate. When I checked out, the lady on the...
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Angela Hart
- Mar 27, 2019
- 7 min
Long time, No blog
I have done nothing of note since my time in Spain last August, that being the last time I rode my bike too. So, I've had nothing to...
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Angela Hart
- Sep 6, 2018
- 3 min
Chapter Three - Helpx at Cortijo Los Plumas in the Alpujarras
I’d ride Bay down the rambla, flat-chat, whizzing through the stream crossings, getting a little wet in the process. It was downhill all the
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