Footbiking
Testing a Kickbiking Touring Set Up
Almost since the day I purchased my Kickbike Sport G4, I’ve wanted to try doing multi-day rides with it. For a few years I tried various setups to allow me to achieve that, based on the cycling touring equipment I…
Golden Triangle Virtual Challenge
On 1st December 2023, I started a new virtual Kickbiking challenge – the Golden Triangle in India. India’s Golden Triangle is a tourist circuit that connects New Delhi, India’s national capital city, with Agra and Jaipur. It is called “The…
Romantic Road Virtual Challenge
Germany’s Romantic Road ( https://www.romanticroadgermany.com/ ) is based very loosely on an old Roman route that linked the participating towns, with some stunning medieval locations to the north added. The Romantic Road concept is a modern marketing idea which appears…
Nakasendo Trail Virtual Challenge
On 1st January 2023, I started the Conquerors Nakasendo Trail virtual challenge. I did it as a Kickbiking challenge, and have set myself 10 weeks to complete it, which means a finishing date of 12th March. I need to average…
The Road Back To Health
As mentioned in a previous post, on 1st May 2022 I injured my knee and the subsequent healing of that injury brought virtually all my physical activity to a screeching halt. From the activity when the injury occurred through to…
North Coast 500 Virtual Challenge
The North Coast 500 is a touring route 516 miles (approximately 825km) long around the northern coasts of Scotland. The official length is the 516 miles. The Conqueror Virtual Challenges also has a challenge called the North Coast 500, which…
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A Very Outdoor Month
Late March 2022 was the time of a “wife and me” holiday – the first such holiday after the last of our progeny departed the nest. The destination was Mitta Mitta, a place I had stayed at twice before. Mitta…
St. Francis Way Virtual Challenge
The start of 2022 meant the start of another Conqueror’s Virtual Challenge. On 1st January 2022, I started the challenge, and allowed myself 10 weeks to complete it. The challenge is 503km / 312 miles long which means I have…
Rundown Under Virtual Challenge Update
As I haven’t posted an update on my progress on the Run Down Under Virtual Challenge since April, and as 2021 has now now finished, it seemed like a good idea to do an end of year update for that…
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The Camino De Santiago Completed
Following on from the previous post about Camino De Santiago virtual fitness challenge, on 8th October 2021 I reached the 60% completed point of the challenge. The next postcard was only a couple of days away at that point. 10th…