Category Archives: Cycling

31
Jul
2011

Wear a Helmet

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Posted in Cycling
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29
Jul
2011

Guest Photo Post: Cycling to India

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Posted in Cycling, Photo Friday
Andy Welch shares some memories and musings from his ride from England to Asia. 1. After sleeping poorly in a dusty, disused hut on the coastal hillside I was eager to get out of the place. I climbed further up the embankment to better take in the breaktaking views across the Black Sea. 2. A [...]

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28
Jun
2011

Microadventure on the Shetland Isles

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Posted in Cycling, MicroAdventure, Packraft
By bike and packraft to the most remote outpost of the UK. Microadventure Number 6 for the year.
10
Jun
2011

Photo Friday: Morning on the open road

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Posted in Cycling, Photo Friday, RoundTheWorldByBike
Today’s Photo Friday comes from Verena and Luciano Lepre. “In 1996 we quit our jobs and got on our bicycles heading in the general direction of Nepal. We had no set route and no real itinerary, in other words, no definite plans. After travelling in this manner this freedom has transformed us and continues to [...]

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21
May
2011

The One Day Bike Tour

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Posted in Cycling, MicroAdventure, Motivation
Too many people say to me "One day I'd like to do a big journey by bike. But I don't have the time..."
19
May
2011

I Challenge You to go on a Tiny Bike Ride

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Posted in Cycling
All I'm asking is that, one sunny morning, you leave home 20 minutes earlier and pootle to work on your bike.
28
Apr
2011

The Global Bicycle Race

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Posted in Cycling, RoundTheWorldByBike
Do you think you could ride round the world in 162 days?
18
Apr
2011

It didn’t quite kill us, so I guess we’re… stronger?

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Posted in Cycling, Lists
A mad tale of a long-distance unicycle adventure.
15
Apr
2011

Cycling to the Ashes

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Posted in Cycling, Humour, Photo Friday, slideshows, Travel
The first talk from the Night of Adventure: Oli Broom cycled to watch England whup the Aussies at cricket.
13
Apr
2011

Some Sensible Advice for Bike Expeditions

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Posted in Cycling
I get a lot of emails with questions about going on long bike journeys. Recently I was CC-ed into an email exchange between an aspiring adventurer and John Watson, who cycled to India a few years ago. I thought it was worth sharing John’s answers here, and he was happy for me to do so. [...]

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