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Stop the bugs with Core Baselayers

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

Stop the bugs with Core Baselayers

Hi! Is the hottest day of the year really the right time to talk about gear designed to stop you from getting cold? A couple of weeks ago, to celebrate after a wonderfully exhausting ABR Festival, the...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Clothing Core

Aug 7, 2025

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Big adventure. Very small tent.

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

Big adventure. Very small tent.

Hi! I have three tents in my kit cupboard. One is a massive tipi tent (Robens Klondike). Packed down it's almost as big as my bike. It probably weighs as much too. It's the one that gets used for fami...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Clothing Linesman Mongolia Singletrack

Jun 12, 2025

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32,000km later, how does our gear look?

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

32,000km later, how does our gear look?

Hi! In the next couple of minutes I will tell you two stories. One is about how our gear has held up on a very, very long trip. The other is how one intrepid trail rider has managed to ride thousands ...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Baltic Clothing Gloves Mongolia Singletrack Trans Euro Trail

Jun 12, 2025

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Welshman sails to Ireland to get to Spain.

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

Welshman sails to Ireland to get to Spain.

Hi! It's getting cold and the days are short. Chances are you are mostly reminiscing about adventures from earlier in the year, or dreaming about where you are riding next year. Just as the riding sea...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Clothing Hard Parts Jacket Linesman Mongolia Pant Singletrack Trans Euro Trail

Dec 16, 2024

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And then the heavens opened.

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

And then the heavens opened.

Hi! Steve drove north for 12 hours to go riding for the weekend. And then it started raining. It's just that time of year. If you want bike time, you've got to be prepared for the wet stuff. But fortu...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Baltic Clothing Core Hard Parts Jacket Pant Singletrack Yamaha T700

Oct 10, 2024

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Wil's top tips for Iceland

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

Wil's top tips for Iceland

Hi! In the next few minutes you will learn: How 2 weeks riding the TET compares to 2 weeks riding in Iceland. What it costs to get yourself and your bike to Iceland from the UK. How it feels to tick o...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Clothing Luggage

Sep 20, 2024

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This stuff kills adventure pants

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

This stuff kills adventure pants

Hi! I was out test riding some new gear recently and I snapped this photo. Now, I'm not quite ready to tell you about the gear I was test riding yet (it's coming in 2025), but I think the photo of Chr...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Clothing Clothing care Pant Singletrack

Aug 30, 2024

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Our new micro adventure film

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

Our new micro adventure film

Hi! A week or so we were part of the Lightweight Adventure Festival in Derbyshire, UK. It was a wonderful celebration of our tribe of lightweight adventure riders. I've got an email newsletter lined u...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Clothing Linesman

Aug 2, 2024

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Ride to mountain. Climb mountain.

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

Ride to mountain. Climb mountain.

Hi! Half of this story is about a ride. The other half is about a hike. The adventure was to see if we could combine the two, take as little gear as possible, and use our riding gear to hike a small m...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Clothing Linesman Pant

Jun 14, 2024

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What's the new Himalayan 450 like?

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

What's the new Himalayan 450 like?

Hi! This Spring, myself and three friends set ourselves the challenge of riding across country on trails, camping, and then hiking a mountain on foot. Without taking any hiking gear. Everything had to...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Clothing Hard Parts

Jun 3, 2024

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Small, medium or large adventure.

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

Small, medium or large adventure.

Hi! I don’t know about you, but my adventure riding comes in three sizes. Small. Medium. Large. The small adventures are a day out on the bike. Sometimes with friends, sometimes solo. Home in time for...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Clothing

Jun 3, 2024

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Adventure Film

Hi! Today is officially the first day of Spring. The sun where I live rose this morning at 3:06am and won’t set until 18:21. It's not raining. It’s finally time to ride. To celebrate, here’s an advent...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story

Mar 21, 2024

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