Resources for planning and interesting stuff to read...

We are working on getting discounts from our favourite providers and try to support local business. We also provide a 10% discount for serving military and veterans.

Recommended Local Bike Shops to Bath, UK

• Johns Bikes - Offer 10% discount on all non sale bike products and bike fits at their stores in Bath, Bristol and Taunton. Quote Wild Swim Bike Run for the discount.
• Total Fitness - Offer 10% discount on all non sale bike products. Quote Wild Swim Bike Run for the discount.
• Avon Valley Cyclery
• Julian House Bike Workshop
• Cadence - Offer 10% discount on all non sale bike products. Quote Wild Swim Bike Run for the discount.
• Cycle Works

Local Bike Shops to Wanaka, NZ

• Good Rotations
• The Bike Lounge
• Outside Sports
• Racers Edge
• Black Peak Cycles​

Bike Maintenance

• Sheldon Brown Website - This is the font of all cycling knowledge. From changing a tyre to gear ratios, find it all here!

Accommodation

• The Youth Hostel Association - http://www.yha.org.uk If you going the YHA on their annual or lifetime scheme you get a discount for every stay.
• Hostelling Scotland - https://www.syha.org.uk As with the YHA in England and Wales, you get a discount for every stay if you become a member.
• Mountain Bothies Association UK - www.mountainbothies.org.uk
• The Wild Swim Bike Run Ltd 'Wanaka New Zealand Self Catering House' -  3 Bedroom Mountain Villa​

Routes

• National Trails - http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk
• The Highland 550 - http://www.highlandtrail.net
• West Highland Way - www.west-highland-way.co.uk/home.asp
• Coast to Coast Cycle Route - http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk
• Sustrans (UK Cycling Charity) - http://www.sustrans.org.uk
• 7stanes (Scottish Mountain Centres) - http://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/activities/mountain-biking/7stanes​

Knowledge

• Hillwalking by Steve Long (Book)
• Mountain Craft & Leadership by Eric Lanmuir (Book)
• The SAS Survival Handbook by Lofty Wiseman (Book)
• Survival of the Fittest by Mike Stroud (Book)
• The Natural Navigator by Tristan Gooley (Book)
• Singletrack Magazine - Great for the wilder side of mountain biking and route information.

Events we love...

• The Brutal Extreme Triathlon - North Wales, UK
• Celtman - North West Highlands, Scotland, UK
• Challenge Roth - Bavaria, Germany
• Challenge Wanaka - South Island, New Zealand
• The Epic - Lake Hawea, South Island, New Zealand
• Tour Aotearoa - New Zealand
• Tour Divide - Rockies, United States
• Bike Bath - Bath, England, UK