Sonder Epic Rides
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Epic Rides 2024 has landed. This year's issue is packed full of our favourite stories, photos and articles. Plus, get an in depth look at each and every bike in our Sonder range.
Read the latest issue now, and why not take a look back at previous editions for even more inspiration for your next two-wheeled adventure.
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Issue 1 - Epic Rides 2021
How to assemble your new Sonder bike at home
Every Sonder Bike is handbuilt to order by our team of skilled mechanics, personally checked by our Workshop Manager and...
How do I choose the right size bike for me
Want to find the perfectly sized bike for you? We've made figuring out the right size bike a whole lot...
How to fit your bike at home for comfortable all day riding
A good bike fit is essential for long days in the saddle and, as we all know, a comfortable rider...
How We Make Our Bike Wheels
We build every Sonder to order in our UK factory. And we now build our wheels too. Right here in...
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The Wizard of OS Maps
In 2022, Mark Wedgwood achieved the unique feat of cycling 7,300 miles across all 204 OS Landranger maps - in numerically ascending order. I am fascinated by maps and I always have been. But especially Ordnance Survey (OS) maps. They...
Atlas Mountain Race – So much more than just riding bikes
5-4-3-2-1! GO!! It’s 6pm as around 200 riders set off on the 3rd edition of the Atlas Mountain Race, with...
Cycling the Caledonian Way
Jenny Graham cycles the Caledonian Way which stretches 234 miles up the West Coast of Scotland from Campbeltown in the south to her home turf of Inverness in the north.
From Gibraltar to Amsterdam
One of our lovely customers, Richard, got in touch to tell us about his off-road bikepacking trip from Gibraltar to...
Highland hopping
4-days in Spring island hopping from Arran to Kintyre and Jura finds freedom on a Sonder Camino. Anna, Alpkit's Financial...
Passo di Stelvio detour: A peace mission
Emma Pooley sheds light on her journey from World Champion and Olympian to dirtbag bikepacker on a Signal Ti. Some...
The Essence of Adventure | Moments of Kindness
We asked our customers to share with us their moments of kindness in the outdoors. Here's one from Matt who...
Racing the Trans Madeira
Neil Cottam gives us a ‘backie’ on the Pink Panther for five days. Racing across Madeira’s rugged mountains and creating...
The West Kernow Way: sometimes the adventure finds you
After returning home from a gruelling but epic bikepacking adventure, the 800-mile off-road Great North Trail, I heard a sound...
Off-Road Family Bikepacking
After a summer of nursery runs I decided to take Dadpacking to the next level. I plotted my young family’s...
Bikepacking: the complete guide
Bikepacking is the act of riding your bike for more than one day with all the kit you need strapped...
How to Layer for Cycling
Layering your cycle clothing is the solution to comfortable riding across a range of conditions all year-round. It can be...
Meet the Designer | David and the Goliath? Totally
When you’re small you have to try harder. You trust your conviction and find the difference in the detail. You...
Sonder Custom Bike Build: Titanium Dirt Jump Bike
If you could build any type of bike in titanium, what would you build? Sonder Product Manager Neil designed himself...
Battling the elements, Cycling through the Romanian Carpathians (pt 1)
Chris Marton has kitted out his Sonder Santiago Grand Tourer and is pedalling East through Europe. "Romania was never really...
How to choose the best bike for bikepacking
There are plenty of factors that will affect whichbike is best suited to your bikepacking adventures. The type of terrain you’re covering, the distance you intend to travel and the amount of gear you need to carry. Sonder Rider Pete...
Eight essential trailside skills for bikepacking and cycle touring
In this guide we'll cover eight essential trailside skills for bikepacking and cycle touring as well the essential kit to...
The Essential Guide to Dynamo Hubs
Putting a dynamo hub on your bike means you can power lights and charge your electronics wherever you go. Power...
Dzalanyama Forest
Sonder Rider Vera's been spending some time in her home country of Malawi these past few months. She's taken her...
How to Hike-a-Bike: A Lake District Guide
Why on earth would you want to carry a bike, up a mountain, on your shoulders? This is a common...
Kit list: Silk Road Mountain Race
Faced with 1700km across the wild trails and remote mountain roads of Kyrgystan. Pete McNeil loaded up his Broken Road with Alpkit luggage and kit. The terrain varied from fast gravel and washboard trails, through to technical single track and...