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Stories from two-wheeled expeditions. These are tales of bike-packing and bicycle touring; on road bikes, mountain bikes and 'gravel' adventure bikes.


The XPDTN3 Dolomites — Bikepacking Italian Giants

A three day adventure: starting from Badia, we would complete a figure of eight loop of gravel passes and paths in the Alta Badia region of the Dolomites. We overnight at two remote alpine rifugios, which themselves perfectly complement the idea of a back-of-beyond far-flung adventure.
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