TDA statistics

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

Created a facebook fan page

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

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Vaccinated!

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

Plane Ticket

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.

100 days

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

Bike School

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