06Field Notes · Where the bikes go
The Riding
Gravel, road, and mountain — every discipline, ridden and ground-tested before a client touches it. From desert singletrack to alpine passes and quiet coastal tarmac, with honest notes on what each one actually demands.
We ground-test every route before a client rides it. Not because it sounds diligent, but because a trail description written in April is worthless in September, and because the difference between a great day and a bad one is usually a two-kilometre section nobody warned you about. Here is what we know.
Southern MallorcaSpain
GravelApr–JunSupport vehicle full route
Coastal tracks above the Mediterranean giving way to inland farm roads and rolling countryside, all within reach of the south coast. Late May is the window — warm, green, and before the heat. Mornings only; the afternoon light is for the water.
The Reschio EstateUmbria, Italy
MixedApr–OctFrom the door
Cypress-lined farm roads, vineyard tracks, and woodland paths across 1,500 hectares. A mix of double-track dirt and quiet country lanes that feel genuinely remote. Steady gravel climbs, flowing singletrack down. Restorative rather than punishing.
Above Lago di ComoItaly
MountainMay–SeptBoat return
Routes that run the hills above the lake and straddle the Swiss border, with the best of them starting high in a mountain village and finishing in a lakeside town you then leave by boat. The descent into Bellagio is the one people remember.
Alta Badia & the SellaDolomites, Italy
AlpineSept–OctLift-assisted
High valleys, open meadow, and the option to let cable cars take the climbing so the day is about the terrain rather than the elevation. September is the month — clear, quiet, and turning.
Tortolita & HoneybeeTucson, Arizona
DesertNov–MarProgressive
Nine miles of flowing beginner-friendly singletrack through ironwood and cholla at Tortolita; eighteen miles of gradual climb-and-return at Honeybee. Ride them in that order — the first builds the confidence the second needs.
The 50 Year TrailTucson, Arizona
DesertYear-roundExtendable
A 7.4-mile loop you can extend as far as the legs allow, with Catalina views, rock formations, and rare saguaros. Popular with riders, hikers, and horses — which tells you the surface is good.
Kingdom TrailsNortheast Vermont
SingletrackJun–OctOvernight
The network that made the Northeast a destination. Wooded, flowing, technical in places, and still the benchmark for singletrack on this side of the Atlantic.
Trapp Family Lodge & Adams CampStowe, Vermont
SingletrackJun–OctDay trip
Cross-country ski terrain in winter, well-built trail network in summer, connecting over the mountain to a local favourite. Roots and rock, a descent worth the climb, and a climb that flows well enough to enjoy.
White MemorialLitchfield, Connecticut
GravelApr–NovClose to home
Wide-open protected land, long gravel roads, mellow doubletrack. Not technical and not trying to be — this is the ride for a weekend that’s meant to feel expansive rather than demanding.
Valley of the MoonAtacama, Chile
DesertMar–May, Sept–NovExpedition
Otherworldly is the correct word and rarely the right one. Salt flats, canyons, and terrain that doesn’t resemble anywhere else on the planet. Ride it with a support vehicle and a private guide.
04Begin
Tell us who’s travelling
and what a good day looks like.
That is genuinely the whole brief. We come back with a shape for the trip — or for the year — within a few days.