Travelling Two

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• Touring Talk: An Interview Series With Bike Tourists Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:55:20 +0000

We’ve been following the travels of Eric & Amaya for a few months now – a couple who have been on the road for several years and are currently in South America. There’s not much we haven’t read on their World Biking website (a wonderful mix of diary entries and practical bike touring advice) but today we discovered something new: video interviews with bike tourists they meet. [more]

• Show 35: Marija Kozin Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:27:31 +0000

by Velaia In 2006, Marija Kozin left her home in Slovenia and set out for China by bicycle. When she reached Beijing, Marija turned around and cycled home again. During her 30 month trip, she covered some of the toughest routes in the world of bike touring, including going across Tibet and tackling the Pamir Highway in Tajikistan. In this podcast, we talk to Marija about the highlights of her trip and some of the more difficult parts of her journey, including coming home. [more]

• Ask A Mechanic: How to check and reduce rim wear? Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:16:34 +0000

The rims of your bike’s wheels are one of the more likely things you’ll have to replace – possibly during a tour. To save difficulties during your bike trip, make sure your rims are in good shape before you set out. In this week’s Ask-A-Mechanic, Paul Gibson of British framebuilders Ellis Briggs dishes out information on how to tell if your rims might need replacing soon and how to make them last longer. [more]

• WarmShowers iPhone App Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:18:02 +0000

Anyone who’s followed our bike travels will know that we stayed with some wonderful people along the way – mostly thanks to WarmShowers, a hospitality club for cyclists. People all over the world offer passing cyclists the chance to meet for a cup of coffee or stay the night. Often, the stay turns into a long-term friendship. Mostly we arranged these visits by stopping in an internet cafe to look up a host we thought we’d reach in a few days time. [more]

• An Adventure Called Bicycling Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:13:49 +0000

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• Lightweight Tarp Tents Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:47:59 +0000

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• Thermarest Camping Chairs Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:13:36 +0000

This is the first of a few videos that I took at the Fiets en Wandelbeurs, an outdoor bike and trekking fair, in Amsterdam last weekend. I had heard of Thermarest chairs, but never had a chance to get a good look at them. And I didn’t know you could use the chair kits with solid foam mats as well as the inflatable mattresses! This all of a sudden seems much better than the plastic bags we mostly sat on while camping. [more]

• Ultralight Bike Touring Tips Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:18:07 +0000

Andrew and I are as far as you can get from the ultralight bike touring crowd. At times, our panniers have been known to contain up to 6 books, a rock collection, 2kg of not-yet-ripe avocados (they were on sale!) and a whole wardrobe of clothes that we weren’t wearing but couldn’t bear to throw out because you just never know when you might need them down the road… And despite this tendency to bike with far more than we probably need, somewhere in the back of our brains is a fa [more]

• Choosing A Rack For Bike Touring Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:26:22 +0000

You only need to know one thing about buying a rack for your bicycle tour: don?t get a cheap one. Racks take a beating on a bike tour. The rack has to carry a heavy load and it is constantly exposed to the bumps and jostles of riding. [more]

• 10 Questions: Bike Touring in Scandinavia Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:10:06 +0000

In the summer of 2008, Carl Cartlidge decided to ride from Europe to Istanbul… the long way. His route took him from Oslo to the North Cape – Europe’s most northerly point, inside the Arctic Circle – before he turned around and started heading south to Istanbul. Carl found Scandinavia one of the most rewarding parts of his journey. [more]