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Bella Molloy
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Want more adventure in your life? Hear real adventure travel stories and practical insights from people who explore the world in bold and meaningful ways by bike, on foot, and close to home. Seek Travel Ride is an adventure travel podcast for anyone curious about travel and looking to bring more adventure into their everyday. Host Bella Molloy chats with adventurers and everyday people about bicycle touring, cycle touring, bikepacking, long-distance cycling, and other human-powered adventures. You’ll also hear slow travel, cultural discovery and micro-adventure stories that show adventure can happen anywhere. Expect travel stories, helpful advice and practical tips you can use to shape your own adventures, whether you’re dreaming of world travel, planning your first bike travel journey, or starting small with something close to home. Remember it doesn't need to be epic to be an Adventure!

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    Cycling from Austria to Australia: 20,000km adventure with Javier Carrasco

    Javier Carrasco rode from Austria to the other side of the world on a bike rescued from a dumpster. Over 20,000 kilometres and 200,000 metres of climbing travelled on a bicycle that cost him exactly nothing. Javi is the partner of previous guest Rebecca Gross, and while Rebecca made it back to Austria after a year on the road, Javi wasn't quite ready to stop. I got to catch him in person here in Canberra before he headed north, and we sat in the sunshine at the National Arboretum and talked about all of it. It's been a huge journey that's taken him through the Balkans, Turkey, Iran, into Iraq, through Tajikistan's remote Bartang Valley, across Mongolia, solo onto the Tibetan Plateau at minus 20 degrees, through China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and all the way to Australia.  Be sure to follow Javi's adventures via instagram on - @hackerbikepacker Check out the Manzanita Cradle from Old Man Mountain Support the show Buy me a coffee! I’m an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including: 👉  CycPlus– ePumps (enter code STR for 5% off!) 👉 Zorali  👉 Helinox  👉 Ombraz  Follow us on Social Media! Instagram - @SeekTravelRideFacebook - Seek Travel RideYouTube - @SeekTravelRideSeek Travel Ride Newsletter Leave me a voicemail message Seek Travel Ride Music Playlist available now on both Spotify or Apple Music

    1hr 20min

  2. 6 DAYS AGO

    Cycling Post-Adventure Blues: The Side of Adventure We Don't Show

    In this solo episode, I'm talking about post-adventure blues. The experience of coming home after a big journey and finding it so much harder than you ever expected. It's a theme that has come up again and again across three years of conversations on this show, and one I've been deliberately exploring with guests for the past year. The prompt for this episode was a brilliant piece of research by previous guest Alee Denham of cyclingabout.com. Alee fed every transcript from Seek Travel Ride into AI and surfaced the seven biggest lessons bike touring teaches you across 170 podcast guests. The findings are genuinely fascinating and I'd really encourage you to go and read the full article here: But when I read it, one thing was missing and it was dealing with post adventure blues. In this episode I dig into why it might not have surfaced in the data, share what I've picked up when interviewing guests and beyond them, and lay out my own three-part hypothesis on why it hits some people harder than others. Guests referenced in this episode include Steph Devery, Luke Grenfell-Shaw, Alastair Humphreys, Daragh Cronin, Mark Gresser, Claire Wyatt, Paul Edkins, Samer Abouhamad, Tristan Ridley, Madeline Hoffmann and Jesus Estrada. And if you haven't read Alee's previous article ranking the top cycling destinations by podcast guest, that one is worth your time too and you can check it out here. Check out the Manzanita Cradle from Old Man Mountain Support the show Buy me a coffee! I’m an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including: 👉  CycPlus– ePumps (enter code STR for 5% off!) 👉 Zorali  👉 Helinox  👉 Ombraz  Follow us on Social Media! Instagram - @SeekTravelRideFacebook - Seek Travel RideYouTube - @SeekTravelRideSeek Travel Ride Newsletter Leave me a voicemail message Seek Travel Ride Music Playlist available now on both Spotify or Apple Music

    28 min

  3. 11 APR

    Ultra Cycling for the Experience: Claire Stevens

    What if the whole point of racing ultras wasn't the race at all? Claire Stevens is a surgeon and ultra cyclist who rides for the experience of pure presence in wild places. She has lined up for events such as the Indian Pacific Wheel Race, Silk Road Mountain Race, Race to the Rock, Rhino Run and GB Duro.  We get into what happens to your senses when you push into the night, what it actually feels like to cycle in the huge mountain landscapes of Kyrgyzstan, the flooded river crossing at Race to the Rock that nearly went very badly and the experience of rolling into Uluru at sunrise.  There is also a genuinely wonderful amount of time talking about birds. Be sure to follow Claire's future adventures via her instagram - @surgeonabike Other guests mentioned in this episode: Katrina Hase  Seek Travel Ride is a podcast about cycling adventure, ultra endurance cycling and the stories of people who ride to experience the world. Check out the Manzanita Cradle from Old Man Mountain Support the show Buy me a coffee! I’m an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including: 👉  CycPlus– ePumps (enter code STR for 5% off!) 👉 Zorali  👉 Helinox  👉 Ombraz  Follow us on Social Media! Instagram - @SeekTravelRideFacebook - Seek Travel RideYouTube - @SeekTravelRideSeek Travel Ride Newsletter Leave me a voicemail message Seek Travel Ride Music Playlist available now on both Spotify or Apple Music

    1hr 43min

  4. 7 APR

    Cycling the Tassie Traverse, Tasmania: Rebecca Gross

    Rebecca Gross has been sending updates from the road all year and  After cycling from Austria to Australia across something like 30 countries this is the final one! In this update Rebecca talks us through cycling theTassie Traverse, a relatively new bikepacking route running from Hobart up to Launceston through the Highlands and along the east coast. She covers a detour to Maria Island (wombats everywhere, no cars, highly recommended), a night in a tent that was decidedly not waterproof, a private waterfall at sunset after the worst day of the whole traverse, and a Huntsman spider making a last-minute appearance on her handlebars on the final day into Melbourne. She also reflects on what it feels like to come home after a year on the road and why the whole thing already feels like it happened to someone else. Check out the Manzanita Cradle from Old Man Mountain Support the show Buy me a coffee! I’m an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including: 👉  CycPlus– ePumps (enter code STR for 5% off!) 👉 Zorali  👉 Helinox  👉 Ombraz  Follow us on Social Media! Instagram - @SeekTravelRideFacebook - Seek Travel RideYouTube - @SeekTravelRideSeek Travel Ride Newsletter Leave me a voicemail message Seek Travel Ride Music Playlist available now on both Spotify or Apple Music

    29 min

  5. 4 APR

    Cycling 32,000km After Stage 4 Cancer. A life in Tandem with Luke Grenfell-Shaw

    In 2018, at 24 years of age, Luke Grenfell-Shaw was given a stage 4 cancer diagnosis and told he had months to live. Within weeks, he also lost his brother John in a freak accident. Most people would have pulled the covers up. Luke signed up for a half marathon, hopped on a stationary bike in the hospital ward, and started planning to cycle from Bristol to Beijing. On 1 January 2020, Luke set off on a tandem bike. Over the next few years he rode 32,000 kilometres through 30 countries, with more than 800 different people taking a turn on the back seat. Some were strangers he met on the road. Some were friends and family. One was a puppy named Tarzan. The ride became the award-winning documentary A Life in Tandem, which you should watch immediately after listening to this episode. In this episode we talk about: - What it feels like to be diagnosed with stage 4 cancer at 24 - Why Luke chose a tandem over a solo bike and what that decision changed - The science behind exercise during chemotherapy and what the research now says - Dev, the Indian man who turned up in jeans, hadn't ridden in three years, and became Luke's longest-serving stoker - The brake failure at 50mph on a Kyrgyzstan mountain pass that ended in a medical clinic  - Tarzan the puppy of Uzbekistan (fate: unknown but probably fine) - The post-adventure blues, identity after big goals, and what it means to turn 32 when you once didn't expect to see it - Luke's definition of a 'canliver' and why he prefers it to 'cancer survivor' - What it means to be a professional trail runner representing Great Britain, and what comes next Luke Grenfell-Shaw is a professional trail runner representing Great Britain, adventurer, filmmaker, and speaker. His documentary A Life in Tandem is available to stream now. Links: - A Life in Tandem documentary  - Luke's website and Instagram - Best Foot Forward short film (Luke and Dan in Sichuan):  If this episode moved you, plea Check out the Manzanita Cradle from Old Man Mountain Support the show Buy me a coffee! I’m an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including: 👉  CycPlus– ePumps (enter code STR for 5% off!) 👉 Zorali  👉 Helinox  👉 Ombraz  Follow us on Social Media! Instagram - @SeekTravelRideFacebook - Seek Travel RideYouTube - @SeekTravelRideSeek Travel Ride Newsletter Leave me a voicemail message Seek Travel Ride Music Playlist available now on both Spotify or Apple Music

    1hr 41min

  6. 31 MAR

    Cycling Ireland to Everest Base Camp: 40 Days In

    Daragh Cronin is 40 days into his solo cycling expedition from Ireland to Everest Base Camp, and I sent him four questions via Instagram to find out how it's actually going. He talks about the send-off from Cork that genuinely blew his mind, how it compared to the low-key departure for his West Africa ride, and why the first two weeks on the bike were so much harder than he expected. He gets into the reality of solo wildcamping for the first time, hitting big milestones across Europe, and a very special stop in Germany to see the man he cycled more than half of Africa with.Daragh's route to Everest Base Camp is also currently under a cloud with the war that's broken out in Iran putting his planned route through Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman into doubt. He doesn't have answers yet. Istanbul is where it gets real. You can also watch the new Daragh YouTube video  on our Seek Travel Ride channel. Here's the link to Daragh's Africa episode . Follow Daragh via his instagram @roaminwithCronin for his latest updates.  Donate to his fundraiser. Old Man Mountain Big thanks to Old Man Mountain for supporting this episode of Seek Travel Ride. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Buy me a coffee! I’m an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including: 👉  CycPlus– ePumps (enter code STR for 5% off!) 👉 Zorali  👉 Helinox  👉 Ombraz  Follow us on Social Media! Instagram - @SeekTravelRideFacebook - Seek Travel RideYouTube - @SeekTravelRideSeek Travel Ride Newsletter Leave me a voicemail message Seek Travel Ride Music Playlist available now on both Spotify or Apple Music

    23 min

  7. 28 MAR

    Cycling Scotland Solo: Wild Camping, Bothies and the Hebridean Way | Sheelagh Daly

    Ever wanted to take a bike adventure through Scotland? This episode is for you! Guest Sheelagh Daley shares her experiences cycling Scotland's Highlands and the Hebridean Way. This was a trip she planned specifically to challenge herself to wild camp and tackle off-road routes solo. She had ALL the weather, sunshine, rain and of course wind. Find out about Scotland's Bothies, what it's like to wild camp solo, taking ferries between the islands on the Hebrides, and why Sheelagh says she could return to Scotland for all her bike adventures and be happy. Be sure to follow Sheelagh to keep up with her adventures. here are links to her instagram - @sheelagh.daley and also her awesome YouTube channel.   Links mentioned: Sheelagh's first STR episodeThe Hebridean WayPictish Trail on bikepacking.comLog Drivers Waltz route episode with Jen Check out the Manzanita Cradle from Old Man Mountain Support the show Buy me a coffee! I’m an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including: 👉  CycPlus– ePumps (enter code STR for 5% off!) 👉 Zorali  👉 Helinox  👉 Ombraz  Follow us on Social Media! Instagram - @SeekTravelRideFacebook - Seek Travel RideYouTube - @SeekTravelRideSeek Travel Ride Newsletter Leave me a voicemail message Seek Travel Ride Music Playlist available now on both Spotify or Apple Music

    1hr 32min

  8. 24 MAR

    Cycling in Mongolia and Bucket List Destinations.

    This week, listeners Juan Pablo and Paula share a day from their cycling adventure in Mongolia which has to be one of the most remote and rewarding places you can ride a bike on this planet. You can keep up with their adventures via their instagram channel - @juan.pablo.toro I also opens up about my own bikepacking bucket list, and throws the question out to you: where is the destination you're dreaming of? Where would you go if you could go anywhere? Also mentioned this episode: A Life in Tandem — the incredible documentary following Luke Grenfell-Shaw, diagnosed with incurable cancer at 24, who set off to cycle 20,000 miles from Bristol to Beijing on a tandem bike. Watch it here.  Support the show Buy me a coffee! I’m an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including: 👉  CycPlus– ePumps (enter code STR for 5% off!) 👉 Zorali  👉 Helinox  👉 Ombraz  Follow us on Social Media! Instagram - @SeekTravelRideFacebook - Seek Travel RideYouTube - @SeekTravelRideSeek Travel Ride Newsletter Leave me a voicemail message Seek Travel Ride Music Playlist available now on both Spotify or Apple Music

    15 min
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Want more adventure in your life? Hear real adventure travel stories and practical insights from people who explore the world in bold and meaningful ways by bike, on foot, and close to home. Seek Travel Ride is an adventure travel podcast for anyone curious about travel and looking to bring more adventure into their everyday. Host Bella Molloy chats with adventurers and everyday people about bicycle touring, cycle touring, bikepacking, long-distance cycling, and other human-powered adventures. You’ll also hear slow travel, cultural discovery and micro-adventure stories that show adventure can happen anywhere. Expect travel stories, helpful advice and practical tips you can use to shape your own adventures, whether you’re dreaming of world travel, planning your first bike travel journey, or starting small with something close to home. Remember it doesn't need to be epic to be an Adventure!

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  • Creator
    Bella Molloy
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    279
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Seek Travel Ride
  • Show Website
    Seek Travel Ride

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