Route to the past

Seasoned bikepacker and route guide Markus Stitz shares the six cycling destinations he rates as the very best in the world

It's five miles to Exeter and one car has a half a tank of Esso Extra – will it make it or end up at the roadside?

Having ticked off France, Spain and Portugal on his epic European adventure, Nick Sanders points his Royal Enfield Bear 650 north and heads for the Arctic Circle

In the mid-1980s, despite regularly making nuisances of ourselves at our local bike shop, my girlfriend Josie and I were determined to resist all attempts to turn us into racing cyclists. While happy

This week’s dream: the romance of the night train ...

AN OVERDRIVE HELPS of course; first gear, then second, click into overdrive and then out and down into first again for the next hairpin. The rev-counter swings up and down and, depending on your tyres