Bikes of GBDURO24

Alasdair Hitchen

Age: 28

Location: Bouremouth, Dorset (UK)

Bike: Cannondale Topstone 1 with Tailfin Rack & Top Tube Bag, Alpkit Handlebar bag. For the ride (not pictured), I will be running Vittoria Terreno Mix 45c on Hunt All-Road wheels.

Key items of kit: Most importantly - the Thermarest NeoAir Xlite NXT & Forclaz MT900 Down Sleeping Bag for a comfy night's sleep!

Tent: Alpkit Soloist Navigation: Garmin 840 Lighting: Various Cateye lights front & rear, charged by battery packs. Key Clothing: GORE-TEX Endure for wet weather, Spinshift Cargo bibs.

Frances Rawson

Age: 42

Location: Cumbria, UK

Bike: Kona Big Rove in steel

Key items of kit: Tyres - WTB Riddlers 45 x700 Shimano Alfine dynamo hub Alpkit Flare solar panel (it's waterproof too!) Ortlieb City panniers and bar bag in red Alpkit Elan bivvy bag and Ultra 80 sleeping bag Smokey the Bear water bottle

Steven Geelen

Age: 56

Location: Kontich

Bike: Jaegher (steel) adventure bike Enve fork

Key items of kit: Revelate panniers Pedaled top tube bag Sram Eagle Axs 29’ carbon wheels Icon Byshulz G.2 suspension (seatpost) Wtb saddle (Kona) Son & Edelux light Schwalbe G-one ultrabite tires 55mm front, 50 mm back Vap cycling Butterfly Ortlieb rack

Lily Beaven

Age: 30

Location: Nottingham

Bike: Sondar Camino Aluminium frame with Alpha 700C wheels and Sondar carbon forks. Salsa handlebars wrapped in SuperCaz bar tape with profile design aero bars. GRX 810 1x groupset with 11/42T Cassette. Specialized Mimic saddle held together with electric tape. WTB Byway tubeless 700x40 tyres

Key items of kit: Apidura 17l saddle bag then budget frame/bar bags. Exposure front light, some basic misc rear. RAB Cinder Kit bibs & jacket.

Jamie Begg

Age: 27

Location: Glasgow

Bike: Kona Rove LTD, Mason x Hunt 650b Adventure Sport Disc wheelset, Pirelli Cinturato M 45mm tyres, Zipp Service Course bars, stem and seatpost,11-34t cassette. Shimano GRX components and everything else as it came with the bike.

Key items of kit: Nothing about my setup or bike is the lightest but then again nor am I! I've got a set of Restrap bags which have done me well and an Alpkit top tube bag. For navigation I've given in to the bike computer thing and have picked up a Garmin Edge Explore 2. Lezyne bike lights, head torch and a hefty Lezyne front light for any night riding(??). Various puncture repair kit and a couple spare inner tubes, along with other bike spares.

Sleeping wise, I've borrowed my pals Wild Country Laser Compact 1 tent (thanks Cam) which is a cracker and I'll try my best not to put a hole in it. Sleeping bag, Cloud Base mat and pillow (I'm planning on sleeping), Alpkit's teeny Kraku stove and their pan. Coffee bags, midgie net, tick card, soap and a tea towel (come travel towel) to keep things tolerable. I'm just hoping egg rolls and trail mix will get me through.

Tom Hall

Age: 43

Location: Lewes

Bike: Mason Bokeh

Key items of kit: I’m pretty proud of this set up which has had lots of little tweaks since last year. 2.25” Mezcal at the front to save my wrists, 70mm stem for a chilled riding position, aero bars for a change of posture on the roads, son/hunt 650b dynamo set up with k-lite light and charger for the nights. Oval 38t wolftooth chainring to save the knees. Full Apidura bag set up with full frame pack, bar roll, fuel pods, long top tube pack and seat pack. Sleeping in a Big Agnes tent (luxury!) sea to summit spark sleepy bag and tiny x frame mat. Food and water carried in an Apidura hydration back pack.

Cordelia Hughes

Age: 25

Location: Bristol

Bike: Specialized Chisel 29”

Key items of kit: This is my first and well loved mountain bike. Key to the set up are the multiple hand positions including ergon Ga3 grips, controltech aero bars and ergo my ride inner bar ends. The restrap top tube bag is also a key item which lines up my snacks for me. I’ll have a camelchops feedbag for more snacks and store even more in my hydration pack. The setup will be decently heavy with two forks bag (only one pictured - the other one fell off on this trip) for the sleep set up, tailfin downtube for tools / charging, and the ortleib saddlebag with clothes and more food. Buzzing!

Gavin Rogers

Age: 53

Location: Cheshire

Bike: Planet X On one Titanium Cross/Gravel Combination of Sram Groupset 46/34 Front Chainring 42/12 casette Restrap Luggage all round and bottles Gone for reliabilty in wheels with stans no tubes grail Brooks Saddle Pirelli Cinturato Gravel M 45mm Tyres Tubless Shimano XTR pedals Restrap Dual Sided bottle cages

Key items of kit: Exposure Lights 6 pack MK13 Main Light Exposure Tracer and tracer are daytime lights Restrap city Carry handle for lifting bike over styles and Hike a bike strap Restrap Hydration vest for extra load carry and water Bisinna Lightweight sleeping bag with OEX bivi bag Wahoo element roam V2 Rapha Pro Team goretex jacket 2x Spatz Cycle clothing and leg warmers Zipp TT bars EC technology power bank 22400Mah

Adrian Reynolds

Age: 49

Location: Taunton

Bike: Specialized Crux SRAM Red XPLR group set 36 x 10/44. 3T Aero bars, Apidura Bags, Hunt 42 Limitless gravel wheels on 47mm Specialized Pathfinder Pro tyres.

Key items of kit: NORDISK LOFOTEN 1 ULW TENT & Sea to Sumit SP1 sleeping bag.

Richard Newey

Age: 59

Location: Cranleigh, Surrey

Bike: Fiftyone Assassin with Hunt wheels and running a Sram mullet set up with an 10x52 rear cassette

Key items of kit: Mainly Tailfin bags, Use exposure 6 pack, Montane Gore-tex, Rab sleeping bag and Vango F10 hydrogen air tent

Martyn Stottlaw

Age: 42

Location: Carrbridge, Scotland

Bike: Pipedream Sirius. Sid Ultimate 120 forks, Shimano Linkdrive 1 x 11, Terravail Sparwood 2.2 rubber, Stooge Moto bars, Ergon GS2 grips, Pro Designs aero bars & Charge Spoon saddle. Solid, heavy, comfortable.

Key items of kit: Frame bag and front roll by Revelate Designed, Aero Spider rack on the rear and top tube bag by Alpkit. Taking a Laser Comp 1 person tent, Alpkit Pipedream sleeping bag and Thermarest NeoAir and lighting the darkness will be an Exposure 6-pack and Joystick.

Sam Asher

Age: 20

Cap number: N/A

Location: SW London

Bike: Around The Outside (Pearson) 12spd GRX mechanical Rock n Roll wheelset Panaracer X1+ tyres (45mm, 35mm) tubeless Profile Design aerobars (40mm riser)

Key items of kit: 12L Montane gecko vest (2.5L water, snacks, litter, spare bags) 1L Apidura bolt-on top tube pack (electronics) 2.7L Tailfin wedge framepack (ID, cash, riding layers) 1.7L Tailfin downtube pack (spares/repairs) 4L ortlieb saddleback (stove, water filter, tools, poop scoop) 8L dry bag (sleep system, morning routine) 8L dry bag (civvies, synthetic jacket, first aid kit, spare socks) 1.5L Nalgene (oats) 1.5L Nalgene (caster sugar)

Martijn van Loon

Age: 40

Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Bike: I’ll be riding my Sour Clueless. The drivetrain is SRAM Rival AXS with 46/33 front and 10-36 cassette. Tires are Teravail Rutland 42mm.

Key items of kit: Most of stuff is tucked away in AGU bikepacking bags and a Restrap frame bag. Additional I have waterproof bags to protect from UK weather. Front hub dynamo to power the SineWave Beacon + tail light and charge electronics along the way.

Michael Dennison

Age: 58

Location: Aberdeenshire

Bike: Travers Titanium EVO 'Monster Cross' frameset, with carbon fork. SRAM AXS 'Mullet' gearing; 10-50 at the back, 46t Rotor Q ring up front. NEXTIE Carbon rims on Hope RS4s with 50mm Goodyear Connector tyres. ShockStop stem and Deda Elementa Aero bars. PNW Components Suspension seat post / dropper. Bags are a mixture of Tailfin, Restrap and Apidura.

Key items of kit: I suffer with arthritis, so I'm giving up speed in favour of comfort with the ShockStop Stem and the PNW Components Suspension seat post / dropper, both of which come with a weight penalty; sooner moving forward slowly, than lying crippled on the verge! Other fave items - 6 Moon Designs Lunar Solo Tarp Tent, PHD Minim sleeping bag.

Gemma Baird

Age: 42

Location: Speyside, Scotland

Bike: Fairlight Secan 2.5

Key items of kit: 650b Terravail Sparwood 2.1 Tyres. Dynamo Front Hub. Shimano GRX 1*12 Gears. Exposure Lights. Fizik Saddle. Garmin Inreach. Redshift cruise control bar grips. Six Moons Lunar Solo Tent. Sleep system of OMM Raid 160 sleeping bag, Alpkit pillow, merino thermals. Mudhugger Front mudguard.

Daniil Sadomskij

Age: 25

Location: London

Bike: Sonder Camino L frame size, sram force Etap Axs D1 with Eagle GX on the back, 165mm apex 1x 40t crankset, Cadex AR wheels with Schwalbe 50mm ULTRABITE tyres, ISM saddle.

Key items of kit: Alpkit Stingrey frame bag which was customised twice by Vpaintz, 13l alpkit handle bar bag, Sonder rear rack with a 30l dry bag from Decathlon. Lezyne lights 1300 and 1400 models. Apidura 3l bladder and Evoc hydration vest for 1.5l. Omm 180 sleeping bag, alpkit sleeping mat and bevvy Elan.

Should be it.

Caroline Reuter

Age: 49

Cap number: 0

Location: London, UK

Bike: My bike is a Liv Devote Advanced, equipped with a 1x 12-speed SRAM AXS rear derailleur and blips on the Deda aero bars. For this ride, I’m running a 34t chainring paired with a 10-44 cassette which hopefully should get me over some tough climbs. The wheels are Giant carbon CXR1, featuring a SON Deluxe dynamo to charge two power packs, and are fitted with 45mm Pirelli Cinturato Gravel H tires. To top it off, I’m treating myself to the comfort of an Infinity E1X saddle.

Key items of kit: I’m storing my spare clothes, bivvy bag, and mat in a 7L Restrap Race saddle bag, while my electronics and repair kit are tucked into a Cyclite handlebar aerobag. Instead of a sleeping bag, I’ve opted for down trousers and jacket. I’ve pledged to go plastic-free,so I’ll carry food and electrolytes in a homemade top tube bag and a Zefal bag under the top tube. For navigation and ride recording, I’ll rely on a Wahoo Elemnt Roam, with a Bolt as a backup. I’m using a Fenix light for riding at night. Overall, the whole setup with food and 2L of water is about 20kg.