A long but otherwise uneventful flight brought me to Portland, Oregon. Here I brought my bike in for service and prepared for transition to my self-supported bicycle ride. I brought the two broken rims to Sugar Wheel Works and spoke … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Departure day in Cape Town, it will soon be farewell (for now) Africa and hello Portland. My plan is to do my own self-supported ride through some of the western USA before returning to work in Austin. Depending on how … Continue reading
After TDA spent four days in Cape Town as a tourist. Photos and descriptions of some of the local sights are included below. Also decided to include a few “lessons learned” or notes I have that might be useful to … Continue reading
We have arrived in Cape Town! Four months, sandstorm in Sudan, riots in Zambia, two broken rims, two flat tires, one infected leg, one broken hub, two non-working tent zippers, heat exhaustion in Sudan, many stones in Ethiopia, elections in … Continue reading
We’re in end game mode now. Tonight is last night camping and plans are being made for our arrival into Cape Town tomorrow. However, before arrival we still had a 140km stage ride today. We started from Elands Bay and … Continue reading
A shorter ride but mostly off road today. This brought us to another sleepy resort town of Elands Bay in early afternoon. We started with fog on the road and it wasn’t until 9:30am two hours into the ride that … Continue reading
We have reached the South Atlantic and are camped at the beach! Today was a longer and “mando” day and I was happy to finish it. Last night our camp had many goathead thorns. I carefully walked the bike to … Continue reading
Good roads and more downhill than uphill made for quicker cycling today. It is dry here though I can almost imagine the bushes being slightly taller than before. Our ride board indicated 1000m of climb and 1600m of descent so … Continue reading
Goodbye Namibia, hello South Africa! This morning we had our last border crossing. They get easier and less expensive as you go along. Otherwise it was a day on well paved highways with some climbing and more tailwinds than headwinds. … Continue reading
Felix Unite camp is on the Orange river at border of Namibia and South Africa. There is kayaking. Otherwise this is common stopover point for “overlanders” who take truck tours. I’ve had a quiet rest day here including getting chores … Continue reading