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TOTALLY $HITHOUSE

If you’re on Facebook and you love adventure riding, you need to check out the The $hithouse ADV Rider page. You won’t find any beautiful sunsets, inspirational outback shots or videos of riders conquering the seemingly impossible on this page, but for anyone who’s crashed an adventure bike – and who hasn’t? – you’ll find plenty of content you can relate to.

A blend of self-deprecating humour mixed with a dose of painful reality seems to have hit a sweet spot with adventure riders from all over the world. We chat with the page’s founder Pete Miller to find out what makes The $hithouse ADV Rider so popular.

What is your background with adventure riding and why did you start the page?

I’m relatively new to

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