15.87 kmph
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82.68 km
211.10 km
309,087 meters
3,199 meters
Welcome to Road to Frame!
Hey! We’re Zoe and Stew, and we love sharing all things cycling, hiking, and adventure-related.
We’ve cycled through 29 countries and counting. In New Zealand, we had a secret, spontaneous elopement and it was amazing!
This blog holds all of the stories from our adventures, practical tips, cycling routes, gear reviews, border crossings, obtaining international visas, and more.
So, if you fancy an epic cycle tour around the world, you’ll find what you need here.
Read about our epic around the world cycle, the John O’ Groats Land’s End ride we did in 2017 to test whether or not Zoe was up to the challenge of riding around the world, and our hike of West Highland Way. (When our trip was paused we started hiking to see us through!)
The blog started to take shape after we met in 2018 – at work, of all places. Zoe, with a life-long love of writing, started to blog more frequently, and we started an Instagram blog too. On Instagram, we document the moments captured in adventure.
We love the small joys of travel – like captivating moments watching the wildlife. We live for epic moments like free-wheeling down the mountains in China or cycling over Los Andes (trip highlight). And we make sure to document all those challenging moments too – like taking weeks off a world cycling tour in Azerbaijan to wait for hospital results for potential parasites or pulling our bikes through mud as deep as our knees! It’s been a roller coaster of adventure!
Not sure where to start? Check out these most-read articles:
- Cycling JOGLE
- How to Quit Your Job and Travel for One Year
- How to Plan a Cycle Tour
- Cycling Touring for Beginners
- Our Bike Setup and How to Choose a Bike for Cycle Touring
- Cycle Touring Kit List
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, just contact us, and we’ll see if we can help you out.
Support the Journey
If you’d like to support our world cycling tour we’re raising money for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).
Instead of using a third-party service like JustGiving you can donate direct to CRY as there's no fee. If you click the button below you can donate to my best friend's memorial fund.
Find us on Social Media
We post regular trip updates on social media and upload all of our rides to strava.
If you'd like to contact us directly you can do so with the button below.
Latest Blogs
Embrace family cycling with our comprehensive guide! Learn how to plan routes, ensure safety, and create lasting memories on two wheels together.
I travelled and worked for two years. I went around the world on a bicycle and served my clients. I had real work commitments with clients who needed to be served monthly with set deliverables. It was (and still is) my serious job. Here are my tips.
I could've written a round up article to help you choose the right tyres, but I want this article to be ultimately useful, so let's get straight to it. Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres are the best and here's why.
Over the years, we've found some really brilliant waterproof kit and I'm really happy to share some of the best waterproof cycling gear with you! We love the items listed in this article.
Our Adventures
On the final day of March 2019 we set off from Telford, Shropshire to circumnavigate the World on our bicycles. We planned to cycle 24,000 miles and cross more than 30 different countries.
In 2018 we followed the 'Ride across Britain' route from John 'O Groats to Lands end. We cycled 1,000 mile over 17 days to raise money for Shropshire Mind.
Cycling The Outer Hebrides was a must-do when Stew and I moved to The Highlands. In the summer of 2022 we finally got our trip together and spent 9 days cycling the islands.
We managed to sneak a 96 mile thru-hike between lockdowns. Stew saw an image of West Highland Way pop up on the tele. He asked me if I wanted to do it and of course, I said, yes!
Popular Posts
We love cycling JOGLE so much we've done it twice. Read this complete guide in preparation for your own JOGLE adventure.
Beginner cycle tourists, I promise, once you read this guide you'll be confident enough to go on your first tour!
I could've written a round up article to help you choose the right tyres, but I want this article to be ultimately useful, so let's get straight to it. Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres are the best and here's why.
Here's our complete kit list. This kit list is the ultimate cycling adventure gear list, literally everything we took is on here.