Going The Distance
Conor McKenzieCycling adventures and ultra distance racing by Conor McKenzie
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Who gets to decide what adventure looks like anyway?
Ultra cycling is changing, but that doesn’t mean it’s losing its soul. On sponsorship, competition, and why there’s no single right way to have an adventure
Ok, I know this post isn’t going to be for everyone, but equally, I’m not going to...
Taurus Mountain Race: The Race I Came For, the Adventure I Found
Months of preparation for one of the hardest races on the calendar. Then illness, relentless rain, before reaching one of the most beautiful places I've ever ridden
I’ve struggled with how to write about the Taurus Mountain Race.
Ultra cycling needs to get serious about cheating
Ultra cycling has a problem with cheating.
Not because it’s more prevalent than in other sports, but because we’re so ill-equipped to deal with it when it happens.
We don’t have a governing body. There’s no universally recognised system o...
My setup for Taurus Mountain Race 2026
I’m publishing this sat on my flight to Turkey, about to take off, and even with the race kicking off in less than four days time, there is still a lot we don’t know. That’s made packing a challenge.
What we do know is pretty terrifying. 1...
Bikepacking to FURTHER Pyrénées
This, like several other adventure write-ups before, has been sat in my drafts possibly never to see the light of day. Better late than never, right?
FURTHER Pyrénées is a 500km +16,500m ultra-cycling race. Although, in reality, it’...
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Substack Editor for DotWatcher and writing for myself too. Riding bikes, mostly off-road. Mountains and long-distance adventure. Living in Girona. Raised in Yorkshire.
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