Unpaved Podcast

03/04/2020

Want to know how you can add one of our sweet patches to your collection?

If you've enjoyed series one of Unpaved and you wanna add one of these purple roundels of joy to your favourite bikepacking bag/shirt/cap etc, DM us your address and we'll send ya one for £4.20 delivered in the UK/ask us about global postage.

They're easy iron-on, or Katherine will sew one on for you if you're ever in Bristol!

Thanks for your support ✌️ & thanks to
for the rad crumbling road design.

01/04/2020

Let's have a PHWOAR for Adeline's hardtail, built initially to race Grinduro, and here in full touring spec on a month's bikepacking trip across Morocco last year.

Hear more from the builder behind Mercredi Bikes on our latest episode.

30/03/2020

Our latest episode is out now, with The Bicycle Academy's Sturdy Cycles, Jack Watney and Mercredi bikes. Check it out here:

The adventure cycling and bikepacking podcast. Join us as we travel the length and breadth of the UK, seeking out the very best off road riding in the wild and wonderful British Isles. We’re seeking out the riders, route masters, gear designers and creatives that help us get the most out of leavin...

17/03/2020

That feeling when you hear there's no Unpaved Podcast release tomorrow... Sorry folks, we need a bit more time to edit our jolly to The Bicycle Academy with Sturdy Cycles Mercredi bikes Jack Watney.

We'll have our fifth and final episode of series one ready for you soon, chatting all about bike design, materials and fit.

Promise it'll be worth the wait!

15/03/2020

There's never been a better time to explore on your own doorstep. If you're lucky enough to live in the UK, that means a network of ancient roads, bridleways, byways and tracks, old drover's roads and forestry fire roads.

Instead of a holiday seeking foreign lands in this year of uncertainty, why not make the most of what's local?

There are tonnes of fantastically thought through bikepacking and off road routes here in the UK. Here's a photo from .cc's ride of the Second City Divide from last September, 600km linking the cities of Glasgow and Manchester, which we chatted about in episode 2.

Wherever you are, stay safe & be kind.

13/03/2020

The knapsack of logs that Tom Probert hauled and The Racing Collective supplied to keep us toasty by the campfire! 🏋️‍♂️
Part two up for your listening pleasure now.
https://podfollow.com/1499280472/episode/1fdec31d49acca9f453ef003d1f277700f695efc

12/03/2020

Frosty sunrise vs toasty campfire.

From late night bivvi kebabs to race catastrophes, there's plenty to enjoy from Philippa Battye and Tom Probert's endurance cycling anecdotes in episode 3 part 2; Becoming Ultra.

Listen - https://podfollow.com/1499280472/episode/1fdec31d49acca9f453ef003d1f277700f695efc

11/03/2020

From very different beginnings, both Philippa Battye and Tom Probert are experienced endurance riders, having completed , Silk Road Mountain Race, numerous The Transcontinental races, Further and Italy Divideto name just a few.
But how do you get into this kind of racing, and what are the mistakes you learn from along the way? We huddled around the campfire with some whiskey and our friends to find out.

The adventure cycling and bikepacking podcast. Join us as we travel the length and breadth of the UK, seeking out the very best off road riding in the wild and wonderful British Isles. We’re seeking out the riders, route masters, gear designers and creatives that help us get the most out of leavin...

09/03/2020

Getting part 2 of our Oxford winter The Racing Collective bivvy ready for you this Wednesday, featuring a chat with Philippa Battaye & Tom Probert around this campfire.

Just what we needed when it was minus two!

06/03/2020

Have you listened to our splashingly good episode three in Oxfordshire with The Racing Collective yet?
These pictures help set the scene for a soggy socks ramble around the city of Oxford's local trails.

05/03/2020

The Racing Collective's checkpoint 1, mid Wales.

Listen to stories from the longest and arguably toughest endurance ride in the UK, completed first by Lachlan Morton in 2019 in episode 3 out now.

📸 Dan Monaghan Photography

04/03/2020

Ultra Rough: how bikepacking is taking racing to the extreme, ft. The Racing Collective,
Lachlan Morton Philippa Battye,
Tom Probert & Bike Zone.
Listen on all podcast apps.
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03/03/2020

Second City Divide route masters Luke and Christian on long distance route plotting 🗺️
Luke in the mud by Cameron Jack.

01/03/2020

We’re getting a round of bamboo tees in to celebrate the launch of Unpaved Podcast! Well, that and we love riding in them in the summer months, when they actually arrive…

https://unpavedpodcast.com/shop/

01/03/2020

What to pack for Bikepacking according to Stefan Amato of Pannier 🎤
Listen now on all podcast platforms.

What are your bikepacking essentials?

📸 Luke Douglas

28/02/2020

Been hiding from Storm Jorge today inside the workshop and classroom of The Bicycle Academy in Frome, Somerset.
Gonna be hibernating this weekend? Make sure you catch up on episodes one and two before next week's mega two-parter!

28/02/2020

Been recording with Albert today, any guesses where we've been?

26/02/2020

Missed our weekly news round? Here's our new episode, and what else we've been watching & recommend.

Remember if you sign up to our newsletter you'll be automatically entered into our draw thanks to komoot for 2x tickets to the Brother Cycles 'Brother in the Wild' bikepacking weekender!

Sign up here; https://mailchi.mp/f4c8a3b0741a/brotherinthewild

26/02/2020

We're up with episode 2 in the Peak, listen here:

https://link.chtbl.com/Peak

25/02/2020

One of those rides where you wear all you own in an attempt to keep warm... And apparently the crazy chicken dance helps too.

Get cosy tomorrow with episode two dropping first thing in the morning on all platforms.

📸 Stefan Amato

24/02/2020

New week, new episode this Wednesday.
We'll be taking you to the Dark Peak to chat bikepacking, route planning and Bakewell puddings with the fine company of Pannier's Stefan Amato, the guys behind Second City Divide / Outdoor Provisions Luke Douglas & Christian Smith, and outdoor photographer Duncan Philpott.
The countdown is on!

22/02/2020

Thanks to our podcast sponsor komoot, we're giving away 2X tickets to Brother Cycles' Brother In The Wild, a rad bikepacking weekender int the Purbecks which we chatted about with Will Meyer in episode one.

To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is sign up to our Unpaved Podcast newsletter (weekly episode release and other cool things we've been watching/reading).
Full here hopefully see ya there!

https://mailchi.mp/f4c8a3b0741a/brotherinthewild

22/02/2020

Wonder where the idea behind Unpaved Podcast came from? Check out our interview with Wideopenmag here:

Pete caught up for a chat about the Unpaved Podcast with Katherine Moore to see where the idea for a gravel podcast came from.

21/02/2020

Accessibility is one of the key values that we're working towards with Unpaved Podcast, as we want enable more people to find great places to ride and people to share the outdoors with.
It's fitting that we bear accessibility in mind in terms of how we produce the podcast, too.
If you're unable to listen or would simply rather read, you'll find a full transcript for each episode on our website and site, plus captions on our if perhaps you're a non-native speaker and would like to follow along.
📸 from ep. 1 in the New Forest @ New Forest Wildlife Park

20/02/2020

We're pretty excited to see that the global cycling media is as into the idea of Unpaved Podcast as we are! Just because we're focussed on places and people in the UK right now doesn't mean that our audience has to be, in fact far from it...
Thanks for all the support in spreading the good word 💜 BIKEPACKING.com The Radavist Gravel Cyclist Gravel Union Racefietsblog ADVNTR.cc BikeBiz off.road.cc

19/02/2020

The wait is over, episode one with The Woods Cyclery and Brother Cycles in the New Forest is live now.

Listen on: Apple podcasts, Spotify, Simplecasts, YouTube, Castbox, Pocketcasts, on our website and Google podcasts coming soon.

Where as this off-road boom come from? Why is 'gravel' the current cycling buzz-word? Is it really something new? In our very first episode we join The Woods Cyclery in the New Forest for their Sunday shop ride, chatting to co-owner Tom Farrell alongside Brother Cycles co-owner Will Meyer.

13/02/2020

The next stop on our Unpaved tour is to The Bicycle Academy in Frome, to chat all things frame design for off road.
We'll be discussing the different constraints and challenges posed by off road terrain and how this is shaping the we approach gravel bike and mountain bike design.
Episode four with Sturdy Cycles, Jack Watney and alumni Mercredi Bikes coming soon! 👀

12/02/2020

Join us as we travel the length and breadth of the UK, seeking out the very best off road riding in the wild and wonderful British Isles. We’re seeking out the riders, route masters, gear designers and creatives that help us get the most out of leaving the tarmac behind.

Our introductory series launching in February 2020 will explore the fundamental concepts of what it means to ride off road; exploring cycling history, how new communities are being born all over the country and how attitudes are changing more than they have done in decades. We want to show you what happens when we take this kind of riding to the extremes and how the cycling industry is responding to the surging all-terrain appetite.

This is not a studio podcast. We’ll be joining our guests as they showcase the very best of their local dirt, come snow, rain or shine (literally, it’s winter you know). You might be tuning into us from your commute, work or your local rides, but you won’t be missing out. With each episode we’ll be providing you with the route and highlights on our Unpaved komoot account so you can go and enjoy the locals’ best off road trails all over the UK too.

12/02/2020

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11/02/2020

We're working on episode two today, chatting route planning and navigation with the guys behind , and while on a chilly ride around Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District.
The Peak, not Peaks, as we learnt the hard way.
Podcast launch coming soon, get hyped! 👀
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05/02/2020

We loved chatting to yesterday about his experiences on 's GBDURO for episode three, which investigates the extremes of off road racing.
We discussed the transition from WorldTour to endurance racing, what Lachie's dream one-bike-to-rule-them-all would look like and what pro cycling can learn from alternative events like this.
Thanks to for this photo, from CP1. Podcast launching soon 🎉