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Before Mapmaker, Nick Wright was a white water river guide on some of South Africa’s wildest rivers. That chapter gave way to 25 years as an interior architect — designing luxury safari lodges across Southern Africa — while cycling quietly became an obsession on the side. Obsession became The Handle Bar, one of Cape Town’s first bicycle and coffee stores. A South African triathlon representative and gravel racer, Nick eventually sold his home and spent two and a half years travelling through 23 countries by bike, hike and car. He came back with a clear idea: the world’s best cycling experiences should be run by people who’ve genuinely lived them.

In 2016, Grant led Google Maps’ first trekking team into the Western Cape mountains. In 2017 he rode 11,000km solo from Cairo to Cape Town. He’s raced the Silk Road Mountain Race in Kyrgyzstan and spent three months in Antarctica — where his team located Shackleton’s shipwreck, missing for 107 years.

Journalist, athlete manager and cyclist whose work lives at the intersection of sport, storytelling and wild adventure. Known for sharp wit and an immersive style, Nic documents communities, conservation stories and quiet human grit — while chasing remote singletrack and big-sky horizons on the bike.