The Endless Trail
Adventure enduro is the perfect discipline. Long rides in the wild, across continents on small trails, seeking the elusive immaculate line and exploring the forgotten places of the world. Riding out is a step into chaos and the outcome will remain a mystery until the end. It is an escape from ordinary life, where one does not run into wild bears, camp at abandoned nuclear missile bases or wake up staring at the business end of an AK47 in the middle of the night.
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The Crimson Trail 2017
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Back in the Arctic
I had planned to spend summer riding to Russia and heading up north to the Kola Peninsula via Karelia. [...]
Bikepacking of sorts….
I’ve lately found myself more and more interested in cycling and mountain biking over engine powered enduro. Although I do [...]
The Crimson trail alive and restructured
The Crimson Trail has proceeded to week two, with some unexpected events with Perra's bike. The Crimson Trail page has [...]
The Crimson Trail continues to day four
The 2015 ride report on the first season of the Crimson Trail is back on track. Day four is [...]
Absolute Albania and EXC touring
I’m back home. The end of the Greek trail was very nice, but Albania was truly spectacular. The riding was [...]
Going solo
The ride continues from Thessaloniki towards Albania today. Unfortunately Perra is injured and on his way north on tarmac, so [...]
Until the end of the trail
Our journey from La Gruber continued west, with Felix from Deva joining us on his Transalp. We were on the [...]
KTM Ukraine interview
We sat down with KTM Ukraine in Kiev for an interview. I can't remember what I said and don't understand [...]
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Exile
I love the Netherlands. The Dutch are probably some of the most approachable, friendliest and helpful people in Western Europe. Having said that, the options for off-road riding are between slim to non-existent, which is problematic. But if you [...]
Migrating with bikes
The time in Tallinn, Estonia has come to an end and I have relocated to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is great to be back in the hustle and bustle of Western Europe, although I do miss the world [...]
The northern detour
The ride from Georgia, through Turkey and Bulgaria to Romania, was uneventful. Although it was interesting to witness the terrain transforms from high grassy mountains with grazing cattle into cultivated farmland, we were on transit on tarmac, and I did [...]
Eastbound
We crossed the border to Bulgaria in stifling heat and continued towards the Turkish border on smaller roads. It seems that Bulgarian roads are mostly paved but did find the occasional gravel track also. We camped on a hill at [...]
On two wheels
The ride finally kicked off yesterday in scorching heat. We pushed towards the Turkish border and camped somewhere in Bulgaria as darkness fell. We should reach the border in an hour or two and then hit the Turkish TET trail.
Fifty hours in a van
Our 2200 km van ride through Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary ended in Bucharest Romania. It took about fifty hours with one quick nap in a Polish truck stop, a night in a Romanian gas station motel, lots of sunshine [...]