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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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But what else does it do?

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

But what else does it do?

Hi! There's a statement that keeps popping up in our product dev sessions. It goes something like this. "Everything shouldhave two uses". It's kind of a guiding beacon built around the idea that with ...

Adventure Spec Baltic Clothing Singletrack Supershirt

May 9, 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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If it's waterproof it's also windproof.

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

If it's waterproof it's also windproof.

Hi! This makes total sense when you think about it. But not many people do. If you want to stay protected from the rain, you wear WATERproof gear. If you want to stay protected from the wind, you wear...

Adventure Spec Aqua Pac Clothing Gravel Jacket Mongolia Pant Singletrack

Oct 8, 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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The water in the pocket conundrum

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

The water in the pocket conundrum

Hi! In this email you will learn about a limitation of our waterproof jackets, and potentially rethink where you stash your phone. Our Singletrack and Aqua Pac jackets are constructed from a three lay...

Adventure Spec Aqua Pac Clothing Clothing care Gravel Pant Singletrack

Jun 3, 2024

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The Singletrack Jacket.

Hi I wrote this email last summer and forgot about it. It's been gathering dust in my drafts folder. I think now is a good time to set it free... This email is for riders who wear The Singletrack Ja...

Adventure Spec Clothing Jacket Singletrack

Jan 25, 2024

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New Waterproof Gear

Hi Let’s get one thing straight. I love camping. And lightweight camping off the back of a lightweight adventure motorcycle is the cherry on the cake. If you’ve been out on a multi-day TET adventure r...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Clothing Singletrack Trans Euro Trail

Oct 19, 2023

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The Singletrack Pant.

Hi! We have now launched the new Singletrack Pant . If you are going to develop a waterproof trail / adventure / dualsport pant, there's one thing that's absolutely 100% required. Rain. The more of it...

Adventure Spec Clothing Pant Singletrack

Sep 26, 2023

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TET Trails in the north of England - Scottish Borders.

Hi! When Gary from Sideburn Magazine suggested a northern UK adventure in August, I suspect he’d anticipated keeping his feet dry. He was wrong. Very wrong. Last week we were out exploring TET trails ...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Hard Parts Linesman Mini Fairing Singletrack Trans Euro Trail

Sep 8, 2023

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