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Continue reading →: Threadless Headset Adjustment
It has been so long since I posted here I am shame-faced. Worse, we have not been out on our Thorns since we returned from our tour of Spain and Portugal in October 2014. But, hayho, cycling is a part of life and sometimes life gets on top of you.…
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Continue reading →: Tandem Two Head for the Hills
With the wind and rain lashing against the window as I type, I guess I can be excused doing more surfing than cycling at the moment. In this spirit these two young Australians – the flying cyclists – caught my attention. This video shows their honeymoon trip on a Bike…
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Continue reading →: Inspiring Nicaragua tour video
I have had this video linked from my desktop for a good few weeks now. Caught in the worst of the winter weather as we are around here, its nice to remember that better and warmer days will come. This is a very well put together video that nicely catches…
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Continue reading →: Danny Macaskill – astounds!
In a word – astounding! In two words – beyond belief! In three words – lost for words! In four words – not on your life!
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Continue reading →: Crossing America on the North Tier
I don’t seem to be quite able to get this idea out of my head at the moment. Perhaps it’s because it is so cold out and our roads are frozen and so we can’t get out on the bikes at present. I revisited the Adventure Cycling site tonight and…
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Continue reading →: ACA Montana on the North Tier Route
For four or five years now Jacqui and I have been thinking about a trans-America trip, either West to East or the reverse. Most of the time our discussions end nowhere as we get cold feet thinking about the extent of the commitment required – we guess it would take…
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Continue reading →: Andrew Sykes – Chapeau!
I must have been following Andrew Sykes’ cycling adventures for about 5 years now I guess. I have always found much to admire, but his new plans and schemes deserve a special mention. I first became aware of Andrew through his excellent Cycling Europe website. This was always an entertaining…
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Continue reading →: The Road Headed West – Five Star Plus Review
Leon McCarron’s first travel book, The Road Headed West, is something very special: as it says on the cover, it tells the story of his adventure cycling 6000 miles across America – and it’s a proper adventure. I read it in three long gulps, unable or unwilling to put it…
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