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Venturing beyond the roads to explore forest trails and gravel routes.
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Autumn colours in Finland and Northern Norway: Ruska ride 2026
“Ruska” is an unsupported bikepacking event across Finland (and Norway) from south to north which takes place in mid September since 2017. The Finnish word “ruska” stands for autumn foliage.
Organiser Mikko Mäkipää just shared the “route” for next year’s ride:…
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It’s very interesting to track the different route choices of each participant in this video: https://sportrec.eu/gps/ruska-2025
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200pus K’s for 8 days…. In my dreams! All power and glory to the riders of the event. Outstanding!
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Johan Pontoppidan completed the requirement “Reach a balance greater or equal to 100 Points” of the level Road Rider 3 months ago
Comfortable on paved paths and city streets. You’re gaining momentum!
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Comfortable on paved paths and city streets. You’re gaining momentum!
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Gerry Auman completed the requirement “Reach a balance greater or equal to 1000 Points” of the level Mountain Conqueror 3 months ago
Scaling steep climbs and descending thrilling slopes like a pro.
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Scaling steep climbs and descending thrilling slopes like a pro.
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jarral ryter replied to the discussion All routes on the same map? in the forum Does anyone know? 4 months ago
Reply to All routes on the same map?
I have tried one site called Alltrails.com You can download many routes to get an idea of the total area. And draw maps by and that follow trails and roads automatically. I think Ride with GPS and strava could work similarly. It gets clunky doing it all at once but alltrails has a pretty good free option and you can split up into smaller…
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Hello cyclists! What great people to talk to! My story. I have bikepacked a bit. I started doing some of those long races and now just like to travel to new places and try to just ride in the day. Should be easy in Norway to have light in the summer. My wife, Anne, was watching YouTube and she tells me of some beautiful lakes in Norway and…
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Jarral, I’ll trade you a tip for bike boxes/bags in Oslo for some Gunnison trail tips (I live near Denver).
I flew to Oslo last summer for a long bike tour around the Hardangerfjord and Sognefjord. There is a Best Western near the airport serviced by an hourly shuttle bus. I would ask the desk in advance about storing gear but they stored mine…
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Thanks for the tip! Nice to find out some answers before you get there! I just bought tickets. Iceland air on june 10. to july 7 i think. Hopefully norway doesn’t have record snow. I’m always nervous about getting a bike on the train. My sister lives in Orkney Scottland so we took train up and biked back. It was funny how you had to delve…
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jarral ryter completed the requirement “Reach a balance greater or equal to 100 Points” of the level Road Rider 4 months ago
Comfortable on paved paths and city streets. You’re gaining momentum!
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Comfortable on paved paths and city streets. You’re gaining momentum!
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