Unpaved Podcast
By Tom Bonnett, Katherine Moore
The adventure cycling and bikepacking podcast.
Join us as we travel the length and breadth of the UK, seeking out the very best off road riding in the wild and wonderful British Isles. We’re seeking out the riders, route masters, gear designers and creatives that help us get the most out of leaving the tarmac behind.
Our introductory series explores the fundamental concepts of what it means to ride off road; exploring cycling history, how new communities are being born all over the country and how attitudes are changing more than they have done in decades. We want to show you what happens when we take this kind of riding to the extremes and how the cycling industry is responding to the surging all-terrain appetite.
This is not a studio podcast. We’ll be joining our guests as they showcase the very best of their local dirt, come snow, rain or shine (literally, it’s winter you know). With each episode we’ll be providing you with the route and highlights on our Unpaved komoot account...
Join us as we travel the length and breadth of the UK, seeking out the very best off road riding in the wild and wonderful British Isles. We’re seeking out the riders, route masters, gear designers and creatives that help us get the most out of leaving the tarmac behind.
Our introductory series explores the fundamental concepts of what it means to ride off road; exploring cycling history, how new communities are being born all over the country and how attitudes are changing more than they have done in decades. We want to show you what happens when we take this kind of riding to the extremes and how the cycling industry is responding to the surging all-terrain appetite.
This is not a studio podcast. We’ll be joining our guests as they showcase the very best of their local dirt, come snow, rain or shine (literally, it’s winter you know). With each episode we’ll be providing you with the route and highlights on our Unpaved komoot account...
Latest episode
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Designing for adventure: How framebuilders are changing bikes for rougher roads
Wrapping up our first series, we've taken a trip to visit The Bicycle Academy in Frome, Somerset, to chat all things bike. The team there is best known for teaching frame building courses, and are masters of bike design across all disciplines. After … -
Becoming Ultra: Journeys into endurance cycling
We're back for the second part of our winter bivvy in Oxfordshire with The Racing Collective, chatting about what happens when you take off road endurance riding to the extremes. -
Ultra rough: How bikepacking is taking racing to the extreme
Bikepacking races are surging in popularity, so much so that they've even broken into WorldTour pro cycling with Rapha and EF Education First's Alternative Racing Calendar. We chatted to The Racing Collective, a group of competitive bikepackers behi… -
How do you plan incredible gravel & bikepacking routes?
We're in the Peak District for episode two with Stef Amato from cycle touring specialists Pannier.cc, the route masters of Second City Divide Luke Douglas and Christian Smith, and enduro turned gravel rider and photographer Duncan Philpott. -
Where has this gravel boom come from?
Where as this off-road boom come from? Why is 'gravel' the current cycling buzz-word? Is it really something new? In our very first episode we join The Woods Cyclery in the New Forest for their Sunday shop ride, chatting to co-owner Tom Farrell alon… -
What is Unpaved Podcast?
In this introductory mini-episode host and producer duo Katherine Moore and Tom Bonnett explain what Unpaved Podcast is all about, and what you can expect from the first series of four episodes.
