Bikepacking rider in the English countryside on an off-road adventure bike

A lifetime love of bicycles

Graham Foot Bicycle Lover smiling with his Smokestone BowTi Fatbike bike on a grassy field, wearing a orange bike helmet, plaid shirt, shorts, and sandals, with cloudy skies overhead.

Bikepacking events, adventure cycling stories, and bespoke bicycles. From social off-road rides like The Surly 100 to weekly Bicycle Workshop Tales and hand-built Smokestone bikes, this site brings together a lifetime love of bicycles and the outdoors.

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And then there’s…

There’s one other thing in my life and it’s the bike shop I own.

Slam69.co.uk is in my name but thats about it,

My granddaughter, Millie runs it, along with her other half Aaronn, her father Pete and our mechanic Luke.

Slam69 kicked off as a workshop/wheelbuilder business and it still is a major part of the business, the other half is the online store, which carries a lot of great product, mainly for offroad cycling but go take a look for yourself.

You can find out the full story about Slam69 here