{"id":198209,"date":"2025-03-20T11:01:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=198209"},"modified":"2025-03-20T11:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:01:34","slug":"introducing-bikepacking-gone-pottie-a-new-video-series-of-unpredictable-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2025\/03\/20\/introducing-bikepacking-gone-pottie-a-new-video-series-of-unpredictable-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing \u2018Bikepacking Gone Pottie\u2019: A New Video Series of Unpredictable Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome to the self-described \u201cchaotic cycling adventures\u201d of Irish-born bikepacker Saoirse Pottie. Saoirse recently joined our team of experts to broaden your horizons on how bikepacking can be done and unorthodox ways to get into it. \u2018Bikepacking Gone Pottie\u2019 is here for all who need a little encouragement or inspiration to give this wonderful cycling discipline a try.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Wildlife biologist by day and a gravel rider and bikepacker by day and night, Saoirse got into bicycle commuting in her late 20s when time-intensive research made her desperate for an excuse to spend time outside. Her journey to bikepacking, however, was curious. Once, she couldn\u2019t afford flight tickets to Amsterdam for a holiday so she spontaneusly decided to try cycling there with a friend. They bought highly unsuitable, several-decades-old beater bikes and successfully arrived at their destination days later. This gave Saoirse a taste of long-distance adventure, which \u201cspiralled very quickly\u201d.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=GYt6pJKV7aQ params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/GYt6pJKV7aQ\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>Soon, she was covering rides and challenges such as Whitehaven to Sunderland Coast to Coast or North Coast 500, which eventually led her to the Three Peaks national UK challenge \u2013 of which she is now the Guinness World Record holder alongside two other friends in the women\u2019s team category.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to the present day, and Saoirse can be found exploring everywhere from the United Kingdom and Ireland to Botswana, Zimbabwe, Chile and Columbia.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bikepacking Gone Pottie<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You can now enjoy the first two episodes of the new series. Episode #1 will take you from the edge of the Antarctic to the world\u2019s southernmost city of Ushuaia in Argentina. The journey took Saoirse and her 5-member entourage of friends across, among other places, the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, known for its rugged landscapes and abundance of wildlife. They braved challenges such as 50 kph headwinds and searching for DIY lodgings wherever they could and were rewarded with some stunning views and coastal sceneries \u2013 and reaching the \u2018El Fin del Mundo\u2019, the End of the World, of course.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=XM5RF5ri0II params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/XM5RF5ri0II\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XM5RF5ri0II&amp;list=PLNxkOK-P7O9wIm_hXnA2f82IlsyYFAGGA&amp;index=2\">Episode #2<\/a> will shine a spotlight on a phenomenon called Ciclov\u00eda. The history of Colombian Ciclov\u00edas goes as far back as 1976 when the mayor of Bogot\u00e1 made it an official programme promoted by the City government. Since then, each Sunday and public holiday, certain main streets of Bogot\u00e1, Cali, and Medell\u00edn are temporarily blocked off to cars for several hours, allowing pedestrians, runners, skaters, dancers, yogis, and bicyclists to take over. And it was in lively Medell\u00edn where Saoirse\u2019s bikepacking crew got to experience the unique and convivial atmosphere of the Ciclov\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>New bite-sized episodes will be released and added periodically. When watching, proceed with caution \u2013 the bikepacking bug can be highly contagious and impossible to shake!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the self-described \u201cchaotic cycling adventures\u201d of Irish-born bikepacker Saoirse Pottie. 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