Phil Sturgeon

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Phil Sturgeon

Phil Sturgeon

Software Engineer gone ferril. Digital nomad since 2018 (bike/van). Now dedicated to woodland creation and restoration, as co-founder of UK climate chairty Protect Earth.

Three Different Touring Setups

Three Different Touring Setups

Figuring out exactly what bags to get for my tour was tough. There's loads of options and obsessing about it is hard to avoid. Should I try a "bike packing" setup - sticking to frame/seat/handlebar bags and avoiding racks. Or should I go full

Going Wild in Bosnia

Going Wild in Bosnia

Bosnia was wild. It was first wild camp since the Slovakian mosquito/bivy failure, and it was the most remote, spidery, beautiful, broken, and ridiculous part of the trip so far. I entered the north east of Bosnia, coming from Novi Sad, Serbia. The first stop was Bijeljina for a

Austria, Slovenia & Hungary

Austria, Slovenia & Hungary

Since the madness in Slovakia I've gone a bit quiet on the place-based blogging. I've moaned about how bad the Garmin Vector 3 pedals are, rewritten my Touring Tubeless article, and talked a lot about reforestation. Let's talk about Austria, Slovenia, and Hungary. Austria

Trials and Tribulations of Touring Tubeless

Trials and Tribulations of Touring Tubeless

Tubeless in cyclocross and mountain biking these days is pretty much the default, but going tubeless for road is a long frustrating drive on the struggle bus for a couple of reasons. Finding the right parts in the first place is tough, and keeping them set up can be tricky

Botched Bivy Camping in Slovakia

Botched Bivy Camping in Slovakia

The last stop in my Czech crossing was Brno, and I struggled leaving, it was so nice, and hot, and I ended up having lunch and a beer with a police & soldier couple who'd just bought matching rollerskates. I found some camping equipment and eventually started riding

Euro Trip: Czech Republic

Euro Trip: Czech Republic

I've not felt this at home in any country. Czech Republic, to me, feels just like being in the west country (South West, UK). Hello is "ahoy", cider is "cider" (and it's popular), and there are tractors everywhere, parked in peoples driveways

New Life, New Job

New Life, New Job

2017 was mostly spent putting out fires at WeWork as an API designer and architect, helping to debug and stabilize their tightly coupled deathstar architecture, which was constantly crashing for pretty much no reason, with absolutely zero fault-tolerance anywhere. A lot of 2018 was spent trying to figure out a