{"id":395,"date":"2021-12-29T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=658706"},"modified":"2021-12-29T10:22:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T09:22:22","slug":"robyn-furtados-gear-of-the-year-2021","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/robyn-furtados-gear-of-the-year-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Robyn Furtado\u2019s Gear of the Year 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Robyn Furtado\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 29 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The last two years have seen a proliferation of interesting gravelly adventures in the UK, as Covid forced us all to stay local. <\/span><\/p>\n

My picks for our 2021 Gear of the Year series <\/a>\u00a0are therefore made up of what I found to be the most useful accessories for heading from the doorstep into all the joys bikepacking<\/a> in England has to offer (mostly\u2026 rain).<\/span><\/p>\n

2021 was a year of big rides for me. I completed my first century in June, a mega 135-mile dusk-til-dawn epic. Since then, I\u2019ve achieved four other centuries, two of those off-road. <\/span><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t think I was strong enough to ride a full 100 miles at the start of this year, but there is definitely something exciting about churning out such distances, and I\u2019ll be hoping to do more of the same in 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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