Category: Bike Maintenance
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Days in Florence waiting for bike.
I started this ride in Florence primarily to spend some time with my friend Anna, the widow of an old friend from Boulder who lives in Florence. I met her just once a few years ago with her husband John and my friends Randy and Jeanne, and wanted to connect again. We spent hours sharing…
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Bikes and gear across the continents, compared
We’ve been on three chapters of this trip, including the EV6 across Europe to Slovakia, our trip to NZ, Vietnam and Cambodia, and our current trip mostly on the EV45 and EV1 from Brittany to Madrid and beyond. For the first trip across Europe, we took our normal road touring bikes, meant to be ridden…
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A+ kind of day
When we woke up in Makaroa, it was 38 degrees outside (3C) but we were warm in the cabin that Chris had thoughtfully booked! The people who were camping all reported being cold, which was not surprising since most people biking are prepared for summer type temperatures. We packed up and left, the road shaded…
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Errands during the cyclone: Wellington
We really just squeezed into Wellington and the warm and comfortable house of our hosts in the nick of time! The northern and eastern parts of North Island suffered the most damage. It poured and the wind howled outside the windows, and whitecaps skated across the bay out our window. Wellington is well used to…
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Along a river valley to Palmerston North
After having some coffee/tea and muesli in our cabin at Makoura, we coasted down the sweeping bends to the river level below, and then began the first big climb of the day. We were on gravel roads for about half the day, and so I deflated our tires to about 20 PSI before leaving to…
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Timber Trail Part 2: Camp Epic to Taumarunui
SUNSCREEN!! We actually are applying sunscreen this morning. The day dawned at least partly sunny and the forecast was for no rain for at least most of the day. As it turned out, it was correct! We had one small shower late in the day, but that was it. Not having to pack up a…
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Pittsburg: Amazing bicycle museum!
Yes, we are bike fans, but anyone could be interested in this place. It’s a bit overwhelming when you first step in, but in a charming lunatic fringe kind of way. It has bikes and bike themed displays EVERYWHERE, from every era including the 1800’s as well as celebrity bikes. It’s the project of one…
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Maintaining and fixing bikes to keep going!…
We have just one more riding day of this 2 1/2 month adventure, and we will have ridden about 2,150 miles on our bikes, carrying all our stuff in panniers. Overall, we had very few mechanical issues. Chris broke her chain early on, shifting hard while pushing with all her force up a sudden steep…