Thighs of Steel

Thighs of Steel and Microdosing Psyence

#74: Cycling to Syria - back in the saddle!

#76: Steely Thighs and the BWOML

#89: From Falafel to Slovenia

#90: Heat Exhaustion, Stomach Bugs and Steely Thighs

Thighs of Steel: Ljubljana to Sofia

How do you sum up two weeks of doing almost nothing but cycling and refuelling?

Why I travel slow, or “Delays? Really?”

I’m a slow traveller. I’ve taken only one return flight in the last 8 years – and that was to prove to myself that I wasn’t not flying out of pride or habit.

Thighs of Steel: A Community on Wheels

Today is the final day of the epic seven week cycling relay fundraiser that is Thighs of Steel .

#100: Happy Hundred!

Tame The Mane 💇

Thighs is go!

Talk Migration: Help Refugees

Last Sunday morning, more than 40 people crammed into a wide circle to ‘talk migration’ under the wooden beams of Impact Hub in Kings Cross.

How am I spending the next 4 months?

The Trials and Tribulations of Van Days

Why Mahmoud wears cologne

The incidental benefits of cycle touring are well known: fitness, tan-lines, an insatiable appetite. But I think I can say without fear of contradiction that…

She left me a letter

The kindest country in the world?

Thighs of Steel arrives in Athens, all together

After more than 6,000km and 90,000m of climbing, Thighs of Steel is done and dusted for another year.

Merry Thighsmas!

We are thrilled to announce that together this year Thighs of Steel have raised a staggering £87,184.40 for grassroots refugee organisations.

Early bird for Thighs!

Plus: The Bins on Brownsea

How to play Thighs of Steel

If you don’t know how the world’s longest (and bestest) charity relay bike ride works, then here’s a quick and dirty guide on How to Play Thighs of Steel :

Breakdown

This week: tree-planting and the breakdown of borders.

Thighsolation

This week: habit reformation, tree climbing, The Perils of Perception, loneliness, applause, and an awful lot of Foiled...

Bespoke

This week: cycling round the world, slow dating, blackout blinds and your second self...

Join us for World Refugee Day

They say that every dog has its day—and some marketing departments take that literally. Next Friday, for example, is Pet Sitters International’s Take Your Dog…

Not a bike ride

This week: cycling around Britain, river navigation, saving the cat, brain-melting thoughts and massive trees...

No more ‘hostile environment’

We need to tell Priti Patel and this government that our country will always stand for tolerance and compassion and that we will continue to offer a safe haven…

We identify as human beings

The Nationality and Borders Bill puts UK law in opposition to the 1951 Geneva Convention by criminalising people who arrive without a visa, even if they have a…

Admin or admiration?

4 days into our 27 day world record ride and it's no coincidence that all the roads here incorporate the word 'Hill'

Talking politics with strangers

Approaching a stranger to ask for their signature and contact details is pretty daunting when you think there’s a 50/50 chance that they’ll hate everything…

The Magic Cobbler & More Philoxenia

Generosity betwixt Glasgow and Bristol

Carpocratian Touring

Turning points on turning points: 48 cyclists, 2611km, Glasgow to Milan

Not A Charity Auction

'Cycling together, reaching our destination and fundraising for refugees, brought everyone together and created a sense of intimacy that’s very difficult to…

Lies And The What What Now Now

While livers and kidneys and stem cells do their surreptitious work, the rest of the world, friends, family and lovers from back home look on and ask of us the…

The 3 (Or 4) Species of Happiness

Fungi remind me that life is a simultaneous — and utterly entangled — act of personal exploration and collective creation

Intrinsic Adventure

The Days of Adventure project has made damn sure I protect time for my priorities. It’s taken me outdoors when outdoors seemed a long way distant

Make Space For Others To Shine

Plus the Asian squat, Cistercian numerals and dismantling the patriarchy

Remember That Time We Cycled 2,200km Across Britain On A Route That Spelled Out Refugees Welcome? Oh Yeah!

Leonard Cohen, Janis Joplin & Me

'She wasn’t looking for me, she was looking for Kris Kristofferson; I wasn’t looking for her, I was looking for Brigitte Bardot.'

Enter The Packing Room

Five items that wouldn’t make it onto most touring cyclists’ packing lists (let alone into their blessed packing room).

Not A Miracle

The extraordinary ordinary, or: how lucky we are when we work hard together on something worthwhile

A Midpoint

Cycling Dubrovnik to Athens in thirteen days, raising funds in solidarity with refugees

Together Through The Flood

Even when we’re up against unstoppable forces, we are not powerless. Small acts of solidarity are signficant.

Gaping Abundance

If an hour when you were a kid was worth tuppence (who gets bored on their summer holidays? Kids, that’s who), then an hour today is worth The Bank of England

£760,000 and Out

The 5 questions every relationship, partnership, business and community must answer