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04/11/2026

Celebrating 200 Episodes of Seek Travel Ride! To mark this huge milestone I’ve pulled together some of the top lessons shared by guests who’ve ridden all over the world.

Taking a bike adventure teaches you loads and many of these lessons frequently come up in our interviews. Regardless of whether your adventure lasts a long weekend or multiple years, these lessons shared can apply to all of us.

Swipe through and let me know in the comments which one rings truest for you.

I’m stoked to have been able to share 200 adventure stories with you. Thanks for being part of this incredible community. Being the host of this show has to be one of the best gigs out there. Here’s to 200 more!

Thank you!

01/11/2026

Can you relate?

Bike adventures take us out of our comfort zone. For this happened every day on her adventure which took her all the way from Austria to Australia.

We featured Rebecca for Ep. 200 of Seek Travel Ride. I’d you need some inspiration to go on that adventure, listen to her story. Out now on all pod players.

Now the question is, where is your adventure going to take you?

31/10/2026

When you’re a mountain lover on a 12 month bike adventure, it’s only natural you ride mountain roads.

I’m stoked to be featuring as our guest for episode 200 of the podcast! Rebecca tuned into the pod for inspiration and then set off and did the thing!

She took a year off work and along with her partner Javi, left home in Austria on her first huge bike adventure. They wanted to reach the Pamirs in Tajikistan and set off without plotting a detailed route. They were completely flexible often deciding on the road which country to travel through next.

Rebecca was a total beginner and admits that gravel roads were something she actually hated riding on at the very beginning. By the end of the journey Rebecca felt like a seasoned pro and admits there is now no road that she wouldn’t take.

The mountain views were a constant companion, although routes such as the Assy Plateau in Kazakhstan made them work for them!

They reached the Pamirs ahead of schedule and kept going. Mongolia absolutely battered them with headwinds and also left Rebecca in awe with its beauty. They also rode in China, a country Rebecca never expected to visit but one she loved riding theough.

There was also an incredible experience of arriving into a Tibetan village that was forbidden to foreigners, and somehow managing to spend the night there without getting caught!

She froze during winter in Japan but loved it. New Zealand was where they both hoped to reach summer weather but were instead treated to weeks of rain and cold!

Eventually they reached Australia and Melbourne was the end point for Rebecca. She set off as a complete beginner and has gained so much confidence from what she was able to experience, simply by trusting herself and her capabilities.

Listen to the full episode now on Seek Travel Ride. In all pod players, link in bio.

24/10/2026

Time for an adventure all the way around Australia with Loulou

Lou arrived in Perth and decided to buy a bike primarily as a way to commute to work. You could say things escalated a bit as she ended up on a huge bike tour, riding over 13,000kms all the way around Australia!

She always loved the outdoors and feels her sense of adventure was instilled in her from childhood thanks to her mum. Even still, she’d never actually been bikepacking before. That certainly didn’t put her off though and with a bike that at times weighed close to 50kgs, she made it all around this huge country.

There were some challenging times on the journey, including a lightning storm that came terrifyingly close to her when she was near the 90 Mile Straight. Despite everyone telling her to expect favourable tailwinds, she ended up battling strong headwinds it felt almost the entire time!

Lou also enjoyed doing this journey solo and loved the solitude that came with it. Equally she comments that the conversations she had with countless strangers the entire way, were also just as energising.

Many people warned Lou an adventure like this could be dangerous to do as a solo woman, but she never felt afraid out there and thinks we are all so much more capable than other people give is credit for.

Listen to the full story with Lou, out now on Seek Travel Ride. Available in all pod players (link in bio).

17/10/2026

An adventure that combines long distance bike travel with the challenge of racing the Silk Road Mountain Race.

That’s exactly what Rob MacLennan did a few months ago with a bikepacking tour that started off in Mongolia and ended at the finish line of one of the hardest ultra races in Kyrgyzstan.

Rob’s no stranger to this form of travel. His very first bike adventure saw him ride from London to Cape Town. He’s also raced a few ultras since and yearned to be able to combine the freedom of long distance travel with the intensity and challenge that racing brings.

What he ended up with was an absolute wild time through Central Asia, tracing the route of the ancient Silk Road.

It was also an adventure that was plagued with multiple equipment failures from the outset. But while many would pull the pin and call it a day, Rob persevered and always found a solution.

Even when his crank literally broke off during Silk Road Mountain Race, he pedalled with one leg for 50kms while searching for a replacement bike. All of a sudden a race to see if he was capable of mixing it up at the pointy end of the field, ended up being a race with the snail to make it to each control point and the finish line before the cut off.

Gratitude, discipline and patience were the three words Rob used to help fuel his motivation to continue making forward progress. In every single country he was shown intense hospitality and the weather extremes were as intense as all the climbs he encountered along the way.

It was an absolute pleasure to sit down and chat all about it and dog I to the mindset to take on such a journey. Listen to the full conversation now, on Seek Travel Ride. Available now in all pod players (link in bio).

Photo credit - pic 17 Danil Usmanov , pic 7&8 Eleanor Hulm | Bikepacking

10/10/2026

Here’s a bike adventure through Asia with Shuhena Islam ! She didn’t grow up riding bikes, in fact she learnt how to ride aged 20 and vividly remembers those early short rides to get an ice cream as feeling like a big achievement.

Fast forward a few years and Shuhena quit her job in corporate law and set off on a bike packing adventure through seven countries in Asia.

It was great to learn how Shuhena got into cycling and also hear her perspectives of cycling solo as a Muslim woman. It was also interesting to hear how she changed her focus of travel during the trip, allowing herself to enjoy the side quests off the bike.

As always, the hospitality of complete strangers shines through. Indonesians took the prize for being the most hospitable. China was originally never part of the plan but being so close to the border how could she not go there too! It ended up being the country where she felt the safest. Mount Fuji in Japan and Mount Bromo in Indonesia were both super tough, the latter so steep that it became necessary to hitch a lift to the summit!

Lastly, I loved hearing how Shuhena was able to connect with the community throughout her trip in every country.

Listen to the full story on Seek Travel Ride. Available now on all pod players. Link in bio.

07/10/2026

Planning to go bike packing in Indonesia? Hear all about what it’s like to cycle there from Olly Hargreaves - Travel etc who cycled from Java to Bali with his girlfriend Ellie Ormerod

It was an adventurous start just to make the ferry crossing from Singapore. A 36hour ferry no less and the only tickets left meant sitting on the floor the entire duration.

Once landing in Java it was clear that the terrain was going to take a lot of effort to get up and over with the steepest gradients of the entire journey so far from the UK. Olly thinks the gradients were close to 30%!

As ever the scenery got them through the physical challenge. The weather usually built up for huge thunderstorms around 4pm a lot of days.

Getting to Mount Bromo was a challenge but so rewarding and seeing the huge volcanoes in the area was energising!

Listen to the full story now on Seek Travel Ride in all pod players (link in bio).

03/10/2026

If you’ve ridden the TransAmerica Trail or plan to, chances are you’ve heard of its most legendary Trail Angel Wes Murray.

This week I’ve flipped the script from interviewing bike adventurers and instead interviewed a Trail Angel super host.
Wes has been hosting cyclists passing by his place in Houston, Missouri since 2012. To date almost 300 cyclists have been hosted at ‘The Shack’, taken out for frozen custard at The Corner Store and then departed with a hearty breakfast feed at the local hospital the next morning.

Here are Wes’ top tips for giving hosting a go. What a man he is. The world would truly be a better place if there were more like him in it.

Listen to the full episode now in Seek Travel Ride in all pod players. Link in bio.

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