Speakers for this event

• Cass Gilbert

  Cass Gilbert

  Cass Gilbert has over twenty years of bicycle touring under his belt. He’s run a successful guiding business in the Indian Himalaya, freelanced for a number of bike and travel publications in the UK, traversed the length of Asia and the Middle East on two wheels, bikepacked his way around the American South West, and ridden dirt roads from Alaska to Patagonia. Several of his more recent adventures have been with his son.

  URL http://www.whileoutriding.com/

• Chris Leakey

  Chris Leakey

  Bambino Biking

  Chris loves cycling for every day transport and leisure. He started cycle touring at University in 2003. In 2009 Chris and girlfriend, now wife, Liz spent 2.5 years on a cycling trip between NZ and UK, completing about 10,000 miles by bike.

  Now with a family of two kids, Chris cycles most places in Manchester with his kids and has started a company called Bambino Biking that helps people get out cycling with their children. Offering trial and advice sessions in local parks, hire and sales of cycling equipment.

  Chris and his family have completed several cycling adventures together, including ten days in the Netherlands, cycling Hadrian’s Wall and more.

  URL https://www.bambinobiking.co.uk/

  Bambino Biking

• Harriet Pike

  Harriet Pike

  Harriet and Neil Pike traded backpacks for bikes in 2008 and soon discovered the joy of using pedal power to get high. They’ve sought out mountain routes ever since, exploring Andean mine roads and pushing their Surlys over mountain passes in Ladakh. They are happiest when cycling to and hiking up big volcanoes on the Puna de Atacama. Having settled in Bristol, they updated Trailblazer’s Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook.

  URL http://www.pikesonbikes.com

• Karen Gee

  Karen Gee

  Cycle Sprog

  Karen is the founder and editor of the popular Cycle Sprog website, the go-to resource for anyone looking for information about family cycling.

  URL https://www.cyclesprog.co.uk/

  Cycle Sprog

• Tim Moss

  Tim Moss

  The Next Challenge

  Tim has supported over 100 expeditions across all seven continents, including cycling 13,000 miles around the world with his wife (festival organiser Laura Moss) and setting a Guinness World Record for the longest distance cycled on a rickshaw.

  His annual expedition bursary, ‘The Next Challenge Grant’, has helped fund over 50 first-time adventurers.

  URL https://thenextchallenge.org/

  The Next Challenge