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The Walk of Shame... Or Honour

The Walk of Shame... Or Honour

The love of walking your bike up a hill

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Jenny Tough
Mar 30, 2025
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Bikepacking around Chiang Mai, I met some of the steepest gradients I think I’ve ever encountered on a paved road. Going as high as 29% and utterly relentless, the hills of northern Thailand are the stuff of legends. We rode there during a very wet season, and the smooth-like-butter tarmac was covered with a green slime that, in the rain, made the surfa…

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