Taking on 80km uphill in one go, Chris Fellows discovers a Colombia as addictive as it is unforgiving

Big Ride: Slovenia Mountains are an integral part of Slovenia’s identity. Its highest peak, Triglav, is even etched onto the national flag and coat of arms. Where the country borders with Italy and Au

If you can ride in Yorkshire, so the saying goes, you can ride anywhere. And it’s thanks to roads like Rosedale Chimney Bank – a 1.3km wall of tarmac that hits 30% in places – that this phrase exists.

Want to cycle 1,000 miles across rugged Scottish terrain, climbing more than twice the height of Everest? Oh, and it’s totally unsupported. Then try the Trans Alba race: you don’t have to be mad to do it, but it probably helps!

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

“I loved bikes as soon as I could ride. When I was a teenager, I ended up with a Puch Murray BMX, which we used to go and ride at ‘The Batch’ (a local Somerset coal tip). Nothing grows on them, so you