Tag Archives: On The Road

341 Photos of Fully Loaded Touring Bicycles

By Tom | Published: April 10, 2010
The FLT gal­lery is a fant­astic test­a­ment to the world of dif­fer­ences and sim­il­ar­it­ies of bikes taken on tour. It’s a great page to pull up whenever I need some inspir­a­tion to get plan­ning for my next trip, or just to get out there and ride.
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Cycling The Middle East And North Africa — A Photography Exhibition in Yerevan

By Tom | Published: March 9, 2010
While I real­ise that a great deal of my read­ers won’t be in Yerevan this Fri­day the 12th of March, I feel that it’s import­ant to put the word out about my first ever pho­to­graphy exhib­i­tion — or any kind of exhib­i­tion, for that matter. Thanks to the Armenian Centre for Con­tem­por­ary Exper­i­mental Art, forty [...]
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Moving Pictures From The Distant Past

By Tom | Published: February 2, 2010
While I was pre­par­ing to leave Eng­land, two years and eight months ago, an ener­getic pair of film­makers called Ben and James were expend­ing rather a lot of cash and effort on shoot­ing, edit­ing and pro­mot­ing the begin­nings of a video pod­cast series. The idea was simple — pub­lish short and snappy video epis­odes of [...]
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How To Wild Camp Anywhere And Not Get Busted

By Tom | Published: November 17, 2009
It’s that time again — another ‘how-to’ shar­ing the essen­tial tools of the adven­ture cycle-touring trade. This time I’m going to deal with what is often a stress­ful thought for every rider: “Where the hell I am going to sleep tonight?!?”
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Now And Next For A Long-Term Bicycle Adventurer

By Tom | Published: November 6, 2009
Recently I’ve been shar­ing what I’ve learnt over the last couple of years of adven­tur­ing. As a res­ult, the blog’s read­er­ship has never been higher, and it’s great to know that people are find­ing it use­ful and enter­tain­ing — it motiv­ates me to keep writing. But if you’ve been a reader for a while, you [...]
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