The Silk Road Mountain Race with Adventure Pedlar Pete McNeil

This year was the inaugural running of the Silk Road Mountain race, a 1700km race across the wild and remote mountain roads and trails of Kyrgystan. Pete rode his Sonder Bikes Broken Road Titanium bike loaded with Alpkit luggage and kit. The terrain varied from fast gravel roads to rough washboard trails through to technical single track and quite a bit of hike-a-bike on steep ground. Pete took a conservative kit choice based on his experience and packed more than many other riders. In the end this ap