While I’m taking things easy in the aftermath of my bronchitis, I figured I’d bike up to Carmelita and try continuing onto El Mirador for the full moon, with fellow traveller Katherine. Needless to say, it was a good lesson …
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Some time ago, my Tubus Cargo rack developed a hairline crack after a particularly rough dirt road descent in the Sierra Madre, North Mexico. The beauty of chromo is that it’s easily repaired, which I did in a local welders …
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Bike shops are bad for your wallet.
On my trawl through town in search of bike shops for general browsing, the kind folks at the aptly named The Bicycle Shop helped me out with some loctite to keep my shapely …
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2am, and the bike is packed. Phew. London tomorrow, Alaska on Saturday.
Just in the nick of time (thanks Michael and Robbert), the Magura Odur fork (nice name) arrived this afternoon, with extra-extra long steerer (for the extra-extra long headtube). …
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After endless deliberation, (near) sleepness nights and much field testing, (I think) I’ve figured out what machine I’ll be taking with me to Alaska and beyond. Being a keen mountain biker, I’m …
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The bike is pretty much all ready to roll, but inevitably there are a few last minute bits and bobs I’m still tweaking.
These lovely creations just arrived in the post today…. Middleburn, hailing from the UK, build superbly …
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Well, there’s just 10 days or so to go before I leave for Anchorage – time then to begin this blog.
Bizarrely, I’m in the position of being almost fully packed – normally, this simple task is carried out but …
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