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Emotional journeys, incredible characters and epic expeditions – they’re all here in our features section.
Get inspired by the big projects or follow in the footsteps (and tread marks) of adventurers all over the world. 

Story • Jan Bakker • Jul 27, 2022

Dusty Trails and Hidden Waterways

Bikerafting the wetlands of Mabamba Bay

Story • Sami Sauri • Jul 13, 2022

32 Degrees North: Bikes and Waves on Maderia

Sami Sauri explores the best of this Atlantic island by bike and surfboard

Story • Jordan Gibbons • Jun 02, 2022

Coastal road to the Garden of England

Bikepacking the Cantii Way’s seaside stretch

Video • BASE editorial team • Apr 22, 2022

Where Roads End

Bikepacking a shorter more gravelly version of the NC500

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Video • BASE editorial team • Mar 29, 2022

Wild about Bikepacking

A 496km bikepacking route connecting the Scottish islands of Mull, Jura, Islay and Bute

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Story • Hannah Mitchell • Mar 23, 2022

Hot aches and cold snaps

Reflections of Scottish winter from the wider BASE community

Video • BASE editorial team • Feb 24, 2022

What Would Mary Do?

A 300 mile commemorative bike ride around the Scottish Highlands

Story • Benjamin Sutton • Jan 28, 2022

Salt sand and gears

Bikerafting the Outer Hebrides

Komoot

Story • Aled Bath • Jan 19, 2022

A Short Day Out

Adventure on the shortest days of the year

Story • Aled Bath • Oct 14, 2021

How to Ride The West Kernow Way

A bikepacking route through Cornwall’s Wild West

Komoot

Interview • Chris Hunt • Sep 03, 2021

The Power of Slow Adventure

We catch up with the Adventure Syndicate’s Lee Craigie to chat about their latest Source to Sea project

Video • BASE editorial team • Sep 02, 2021

Riding the Rails

A pedal-powered rail car for the ultimate camping, fishing and biking trip

Story • Jess Vyas • Mar 03, 2021

The Sea to Me Now

The immediacy of life on unsupported adventure

Video • BASE editorial team • Mar 03, 2021

The Further Away The Better

The first-ever unsupported ride to cross Iceland’s Sprengisandu

Lael at Antelope Wells, New Mexico, having just finished the 2100 mile Tour Divide race starting in Banff, Canada. © Rugile Kaladyte / komoot

Story • BASE editorial team • Oct 08, 2020

Pro Record: Lael Wilcox

Ultra-endurance bikepacking legend, Lael Wilcox explains her love of long days in the saddle through remote terrain, and her optimal route-planning tech for any adventure.

Scale becomes redefined in the high desert where ‘vast’ takes on a whole new meaning.

Story • Rob Ferguson • Aug 26, 2020

State of Change

Discovering the power of bikes for social change in New Mexico

Story • Chris Hunt • Jun 03, 2020

Fen to Fell: Bikepacking from England’s Lowest to Highest Point

From Holme Fen, Cambridgeshire to Scafell, Cumbria

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Story • Jo Burt • Apr 19, 2020

Bear Spray and Gravel Tracks

a bikepacking journey across Slovakia’s Low Tatras Mountains

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