Huancavelio – Luancay – Mollepata – Ayacucho. 220km. (205km dirt).
2 gringitos, 2 bikes, 150 000 Peruanos: we’re arrived in the relatively heaving metropolis of Ayacucho, after another 200kms of blissfully empty dirt roads, minuscule pueblecitos, and a hearty platter …
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Huaraz – Huancavelica: approx 950km (810km dirt/140km paved) and 22,000m ascent
The gpx file of this route is now available on the excellent Andes by Bike site. Additionally, Peru’s online, state by state Ministry of Transport maps are very handy …
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Just a brief post from a wet, muddy, sloshy – but beautiful – Peru.
I’m still travelling the (back) roads with Kurt, plugging away at the most almighty medley of high mountain passes I’ve encountered in some time. Altitudes …
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Huaraz-Conococha-Ticlios-Llaclla (hike ‘n bike)-Gorgolillo (hike ‘n bike)- Mangas-Poquian-Cajatambo-Mina Chanca-Oyon.
A brief missive from Oyon.
This past week, I’ve been riding with matchstick-thin, yet hard-as-nails Kurt Sandiforth. Kurt has been touring the world on dirt roads for years, quite apart …
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It’s been a while since I last posted…
Finally, 6 weeks after my unfortunate rapid running incident in the Huayhuash (which, it transpired, resulted in a torn lumbar muscle and trapped nerve), I’m ready to take to the road once …
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Recently, I blogged about a $1500 hub – my coveted Rohloff Speedhub. At the opposite end of the pricing spectrum, this post revolves around a humble bike that cost me the grand total of two hundred one dollar bills …
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I’ll be updating this page with photos of bike travellers I meet, their stories, their websites… and most importantly, their rigs!
As you can see, there’s a rich tapestry of bike-touring life on the road…
Anna Korchak
I first met …
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I’m still in Huaraz, craving to get back on the road… Unfortunately though, the pain in my back has flared up, so I’m having to delay longer. In the meantime, here’s one of a few reviews I’d intended to post …
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Repairs of body and gear, that is.
I’ve now been laid up for well over a week in Huaraz, (in)patiently awaiting my back and knee to mend. As such, there’s not much to report on the biking front. Ogre’s sitting …
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Charlie recorded reams of footage on the GoPro. I haven’t got my head round iMovie yet, so this is just a couple of minutes chopped from one our favourite sections of trail – the traverse and descent from Portachuelo de …
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