Tag Archives: Extrawheel

How To Get Sponsorship For Your Cycle Tour

By Tom | Published: August 12, 2010
When plan­ning an exten­ded cycle tour, many people go in search of cor­por­ate spon­sor­ship. Some come back empty-handed. Some are suc­cess­ful. But let’s be real­istic: In the world of exped­i­tions and cor­por­ate spon­sor­ship, bike trips are small fry. Let’s approach the topic on this premise. Andy and I man­aged to pro­cure product spon­sor­ship for most [...]
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Extrawheel Voyager Single-Wheel Trailer

By Tom | Published: July 27, 2010
Mon­go­lia was the first ser­i­ous out­ing for the Extrawheel Voy­ager trailer, which I’ve been tak­ing on rides with me for the last year or so. Five weeks in such chal­len­ging off-road con­di­tions really pushed the trailer to its design limits. I’ve col­lec­ted my thoughts on the trailer, which Andy and I helped to develop through [...]
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How To Build The Perfect Expedition Bike (Part 4)

By Tom | Published: April 29, 2010
(If you just got here, you might want to start at Part 1.) If you’ve been fol­low­ing this series, you’ll now have a strong, cap­able exped­i­tion bike, but nowhere to put your tent, cam­era, food, clothes, or any­thing else you might need on a long cycle tour/bikepacking trip.
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Off-Road In The Caucasus Mountains Of Georgia

By Tom | Published: October 20, 2009
Last week I trav­elled to the Geor­gian cap­ital of Tbil­isi to meet Andy for a few days of mountain-biking in the Cau­casus moun­tains to the north of the city. Andy told me that many people out­side the coun­try still think it must be a ‘war­zone’. This is prob­ably due to the monu­mental fuss made by the [...]
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First-Impressions Review Of The Extrawheel Voyager

By Tom | Published: September 23, 2009
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.
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