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A non-cyclist friend of mine described this blog as “geekified to the nth degree”, and now I’ve made it even geekier by referencing “The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” in a post title. But I have no shame as the number 42 actually is important to me and my approach to cycling. All will [...]
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I ordered a Carradice Expedition Bagman from Peter White Cycles yesterday and thanks to prompt shipping and the wonders of UPS I received it this morning. The Bagman is a simple saddlebag support that comes in a three sizes; Sport for small bags, Expedition for medium bags like the Nelson and Super Expedition for the [...]
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There have been a few discussions on various cycling forums, of late, about how much gear to carry on tour. So I thought I’d take a leaf from E.O. Wilson’s book and do a bit of touring style taxonomy. So what are my categories? I’m going to go with three; Conventional; Lightweight and Ultralight. To [...]
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I’ve managed to get the pictures posted for my 2008 and 2009 tours
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There are numerous decisions to be made to get a blog going. Of course you have to take the mental leap and put yourself out there, but then there are all the practical choices too. What blog service should I use, heck what should I write, which theme and what pictures should I put in [...]
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After getting lots of questions about my touring set up I decided to do a short video to show what I take with me on tour. This is everything I take apart from the clothes that I wear on the bike, the bike itself and two, 1L water bottles that fit in the standard cages. [...]
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Bikes are more than just fun, they can be useful too. Today was beautifully sunny and I rode my Circle A bike to the bagel shop and then did my grocery shopping. Judging by all the bikes in front of the market lots of folks had the same idea. All loaded up with my groceries. [...]
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Shoes, shoes, shoes…..in my experience cyclists have almost as much of a fetish for shoes as Carrie Bradshaw. For Jimmy Choos substitute Dromarti and for Manolo Blahnik read Sidi. Are they stiff enough, light enough and how do they feel after 50 miles of pedalling? It’s an understandable obsession as riding in shoes that pinch [...]
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