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 approach paid off, only 1/3 of the field finished as temperatures dropped below -10 for some riders and snow and heavy rain in the mountains made the going tough.

Pete finished 8th overall in 11.5 days and was first British finisher as the race became much more of an eliminator, he puts his relative success down to his approach, preparation, and experience of travelling in remote areas.
Featured gear

Clothing:
Kepler Velo Merino Jersey https://www.alpkit.com/products/kepler-velo-short-sleeve-mens
Kepler Merino Long Sleeve top https://www.alpkit.com/products/kepler-merino-long-sleeve-top-mens
Rhythm Glove and Specta glove https://www.alpkit.com/products/rhythm-cycling-glove https://www.alpkit.com/products/specta-running-glove
Arro windproof vest https://www.alpkit.com/products/arro-vest-mens
Gravitas waterproof jacket https://www.alpkit.com/products/gravitas-mens
Floe shorts https://www.alpkit.com/products/floe-mens-mtb-shorts
Rana waterproof socks https://www.alpkit.com/products/rana-waterproof-sock

Seatpack: In Airlok dry bags - https://www.alpkit.com/featured/dry-bags
Firepot meal packs https://www.alpkit.com/products/firepot-135g-meal-pouch
Spare food - assorted
Filoment down vest https://www.alpkit.com/products/filoment-vest-mens
Katabatic Insulated jacket https://www.alpkit.com/products/katabatic-mens
Parallax waterproof trousers https://www.alpkit.com/products/parallax-mens

Frame Bag:
Kraku Titanium stove - https://www.alpkit.com/products/kraku
MyTi Mug 650 titanium pot https://www.alpkit.com/products/mytimug
Gas canister
Lampray lantern for light and power https://www.alpkit.com/products/lampray
Hydration bladder https://www.alpkit.com/products/bota
Tool kits and repair spares https://www.alpkit.com/products/love-mud-trailside-16
Mini Pump https://www.alpkit.com/products/love-mud-pffft
First Aid kit
Water filter https://www.alpkit.com/products/hippo-compact-water-filter-kit
Swigg drink bottle with rehydration tabs https://www.alpkit.com/products/swig-bottle

Cockpit and top tube bags:
Food for the day – whatever was available.
Arm warmers
suncream
chamois cream
spare batteries
Gamma headtorch https://www.alpkit.com/products/gamma-3
Camera
Phone
Backup paper maps.
Tracker
GPS

Bar roll: - sleeping kit.
Ordos 2 tent https://www.alpkit.com/products/ordos-2
3 season Pipe Dream 400 sleeping bag https://www.alpkit.com/products/pipedream-400
Cloudbase inflatable sleep mat https://www.alpkit.com/products/cloud-base

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