This weekend I took a training ride to the “Barbecue Capital of Texas” as well as nearby Lockhart State Park. The distance was just over 40 miles each way, so an easy afternoon ride and then return the next morning. … Continue reading
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TDA has told us statistics on riders for our trip: 50 full tour riders 33 men/17 women 15 countries: Canada (10), Britain (7), USA (4), Germany (4), Netherlands (4), Australia (4), New Zealand (4), Switzerland (3), Ireland (3), Italy (2), … Continue reading
What spare parts do you take to keep a bicycle running for 7500 miles – both replacing worn parts and anticipating things that might break? I don’t want to bring too much, but it would also be a shame to … Continue reading
There are ten countries on the TDA route. Four of them don’t require a visa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Malawi) and four one can get a visa at the border/airport (Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia). This leaves only Ethiopia … Continue reading
I have now also created a Facebook fan page (http://www.facebook.com/bike2013) that mirrors this blog (http://www.bike2013.com). The bike2013.com page remains my primary blog page, but this allows people to also follow new postings on Facebook. … Continue reading
Made a stop through the travel clinic. This was to bring immunizations up to date and get prescription for malaria pills. I ended up with shots for Yellow Fever, Meningitis and Rabies. From past travels, I was already up to … Continue reading
Bought a plane ticket to Cairo. Plan is to arrive on 5th of January. This gives a few days to get everything in place, look around and perhaps make a ride from Alexandria to Cairo.
Today is the 100 day milestone. This past weekend I cycled from Canadian border to Seattle on the Africa bike. All rode well after past week tuneup. This next weekend will fly from Portland to Austin and take bike with … Continue reading
This past week I’ve taken the one week bicycle mechanic class at United Bicycle Institute (UBI) in Portland. During the class we took apart and re-assembled major subsystems of our bicycles, e.g. wheels, drive train, dérailleurs, brakes, headsets. Most of … Continue reading
At end of September I took part in an organized ride named “Pedal the Plains”. The ride was organized by same group that put on “Ride the Rockies” but this time the theme was cycling on Eastern Plains of Colorado. … Continue reading