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- Cycling The Middle East & North Africa – #cycle photography exhibition in Yerevan, Armenia on Fri 12th March http://bit.ly/akQkK6 about 11 hours ago from Twuffer
- http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk has had a bit of a spring clean in time for 2010's adventures - watch this space! about 1 day ago from Twuffer
- This week: two websites, one exhibition, a welding shop, and the continuation of an attempt to make up for 26 years of avoiding running. Fun about 1 day ago from web
- Only did 70km! No excuse, had worse rain, bigger hills, heavier bike (& looked stupider http://bit.ly/cGscui )... must do better next time about 2 days ago from web
- Spent the day framing photos for expedition exhibition starting on Friday. Want to crank out at least 100km tomorrow, any less is laziness! about 3 days ago from web
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
First-Impressions Review Of The Extrawheel Voyager
During 2007 and 2008, Andy and I road-tested some prototype trailers for the Polish company Extrawheel who have been helping to support Ride Earth. Today we took the final production version of the Extrawheel Voyager for a spin to see how it compared to those early models.
Building A Bicycle Wheel In Ten Easy Steps
People fear wheel-building. None more so than touring cyclists. Nobody, apart from a tiny elite of skilled craftsmen in scattered bike shops across the world, should dare impinge on this secretive world of mechanical artistry.
But we all have a capacity for art, don’t we? Could it really be all that difficult? I had a new [...]
Why Cycle-Touring Is Good For Your Legs
Since I got back from a spontaneous hitching trip from Armenia to England and back, my mind has been on the problem of keeping fit. Like an awful lot of us, I’m destined to spend my time (for the next few months, at least) in a city. More than half of the world’s human population [...]

Perception Versus Reality In Travel