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Welcome to the ride
We're here to help with the research and anticipation of buying a new bike, so your bike buying experience is the joy it should be. If you want to speak with a real human then please open a live chat, pop into a store, call us on 01773417006 or email support@alpkit.com
Made In Britain
We build every Sonder to order in our UK factory. And we now build our wheels too. Right here in...
How do I choose the right size bike for me
Want to find the perfectly sized bike for you? We've made figuring out the right size bike a whole lot...
How to fit your bike at home for comfortable all day riding
A good bike fit is essential for long days in the saddle and, as we all know, a comfortable rider...
Unboxing Your New Sonder Bike At Home
Every Sonder Bike is handbuilt to order by our team of skilled mechanics, personally checked by our Workshop Manager and...
Dreamweavers
We can design a completely new bike from scratch, working with you to produce the drawings for your own custom frame and specifications.
Hand crafted custom titanium road, mountain and gravel bike frames. Get in touch to design yours.
Expert Design, Obsessive Build
Every Sonder bike is designed and built by us.
We design the frame, build the protos and test on the trails.
Interchange components, swap out wheels or make upgrades.
Have a custom request? No problem, give us a call and we'll make your dream build a reality.
Epic Rides
There's a moment on every ride when something shifts.
It might be quiet - that second when the traffic fades and your breathing takes over. Or loud - the whoop that escapes on a perfect descent, the grin you can't wipe off after a sketchy section finally goes clean. It's the small victories. The shared suffering. The silent miles. The stories you bring home.
We call them Sonder Moments - and they're what Epic Rides is all about.
Bikepacking with mum in the Cairngorms
The Cairngorms Outer Loop is a 200km off-road adventure around the rugged heart of Scotland’s National Park - a stunning,...
Jenny Graham’s three-day gravel ride through Lochaber
Yeah, I’m pretty sure this route goes. A bold claim, equal parts optimism and intrigue. When it comes to my...
Plot. Pedal. Pitch: Behind the Scenes of the First Sonder Camp Out Route
Fancy plotting the route for a 2 day bikepacking event from the shop, to Middleton Top Campsite? “Yes. Definitely!” I...
A World Tour of Yorkshire
The allure of travel differs for each of us. It might be gazing up in awe at the gothic treasure...
The Wizard of OS Maps
In 2022, Mark Wedgwood achieved the unique feat of cycling 7,300 miles across all 204 OS Landranger maps - in numerically ascending order. I am fascinated by maps and I always have been. But especially Ordnance Survey (OS) maps. They...
Atlas Mountain Race – So much more than just riding bikes
5-4-3-2-1! GO!! It’s 6pm as around 200 riders set off on the 3rd edition of the Atlas Mountain Race, with...
Cycling the Caledonian Way
Jenny Graham cycles the Caledonian Way which stretches 234 miles up the West Coast of Scotland from Campbeltown in the south to her home turf of Inverness in the north.
From Gibraltar to Amsterdam
One of our lovely customers, Richard, got in touch to tell us about his off-road bikepacking trip from Gibraltar to...
Passo di Stelvio detour: A peace mission
Some climbs are beyond iconic in cycling – they’re more like minor deities. The Stelvio Pass is one such celestial...
The Essence of Adventure | Moments of Kindness
We asked our customers to share with us their moments of kindness in the outdoors. Here's one from Matt who...
Racing the Trans Madeira
Neil Cottam gives us a ‘backie’ on the Pink Panther for five days. Racing across Madeira’s rugged mountains and creating...
The West Kernow Way: sometimes the adventure finds you
After returning home from a gruelling but epic bikepacking adventure, the 800-mile off-road Great North Trail, I heard a sound...
