Our Team & Crew
Alongside many magic makers and volunteers that help make our events happen, we have a team of qualified and experienced guides that lead our rides and host our events. You might expect to meet some of the faces below on our trips.
Meet The Guide Team
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Charlotte
Founder of SITW, Charlotte designs most of our trips and guides many of them too.
Most often seen on: Our Bikepacking Trips
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Rachel
Rach is one of the foundations of our SITW events/trips, as well as being a badass mountain biker to boot.
Most often seen on: South Downs Intro & our Bikepacking trips
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Alice
Guide, mechanic and all round support hero. From leading rides and cooking up a storm to impromtu post-ride mechanics classes, Alice does it all.
Most often seen on: Lanzarote, Wales, Badlands, Slovenia
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Em
Founder of Lakes Gravel Gang and local expert, there's not many people who know Lake District Gravel better than Em!
Most often seen on: Intro weekends, Jordan
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Nicky
Welsh lass turned Scottish, Nicky lives in the highlands and splits her love of the outdoors between paddling and the bike.
Most often seen on: Wales & Scotland Gravel Camps
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Lily
Lily is the founder of Nottingham based community bike collective Women in Tandem. A wonder mechanic but also ride leader and support guide.
Most often seen on: Slovenia, Summer Gathering
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Claire
MTB guide and coach. She loves bikepacking, mountain biking and gravel riding - anything off-road. Claire is also founder of All Terre Adventures in Bristol and creator of The Bristol Rally route and event.
Most often seen on: Wales, Lanzarote
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Annie
Scottish bikepacking legend, Annie is a mountain bike and raft guide, and loves introducing new people to her sports and, using her hard-won knowledge, help them on their way into incredible adventures.
Favorite trips: Scotland Bikepacking and Scotland Gravel Camp
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Karen
Fresh from a big trip exploring Patagonia, Karen is one of our guides and has a ton of bikepacking and mountain biking experience in the UK and farther afield under her belt.
Most often seen on: Albania Bikepacking & Scotland Gravel Camps
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Rhona
Founder of the Peak Gravel Gang, Rhona can now be found roaming the Scottish Highlands.
Most often seen on: Gatherings, Scotland Bikepacking
Our Extended Crew
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Jasmin
Jasmin is a co-founder of the MTB Colour Collective. Passionate about increasing diversity in mountain biking she qualified as one of the very few women of colour MTB leaders in the UK.
Most often seen: Summer Gathering
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Hannah
Bike mechanic and teacher, Hannah is co-founder of Lady Pedal Manchester.
Most often seen: Summer Gathering
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Kat
Team member of the Broken Spoke Cycle Hum, Kat enjoys enabling others to develop their mechanical skills and dismantling the patriarchy.
Most often seen: Gatherings
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Hayley
Workshop Manager & Operations for Community Cycleworks, Mechanic, and Educator of all things bike repair.
Most often seen: Gatherings
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Hetty
Often found towing her twins behind her on crazy bike adventures, Hetty supports our non-profit and DEI initiatives.
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Amy
Wears many hats in a behind-the-scenes support role.