October 2011

The Click-Stand

31 October 2011

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Thorn, my bike company, don’t really like kickstands. They suggest people against getting them for their bikes and so I didn’t. It’s meant that over the last 5 months I’ve been laying my bike on the floor or leaning it against walls/trees/people/fences when I’m not on it. That’s been OK, but sometimes I’ve really wished [...]

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Mesquite -> St George

19 October 2011

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It had finally come, the last day for C & I to be riding together. The original idea had been for us to ride together as far as Phoenix, but events transpired and things happened in such a way that we ended up deciding to part in St George. That would work for me as [...]

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Las Vegas -> Mesquite

18 October 2011

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As with Donna on the ride into Vegas, Mike was eager to help us out. I-15 heading out of Vegas isn’t a very fun road and going from Vegas to Mesquite via Valley of Fire would have been a record distance for the trip, something that C wasn’t eager to do on her penultimate day. [...]

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Pahrump -> Las Vegas

16 October 2011

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After an enjoyable unexpected rest day in Pahrump, we were up early ready to ride out to Vegas. There was a hill to get over and while the weather wasn’t too hot, I like to get my cycling done before the afternoon sun is out. It was with surprise then that our things ended up [...]

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Furnace Creek -> Pahrump

14 October 2011

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I woke up expecting to have 60 miles ahead of us and then N said he was willing to drive us out of the valley. It was about 30 miles to the place of Death Valley Junction where he would head south and we would head east so we took him up on the offer. [...]

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Bishop -> Furnace Creek

13 October 2011

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Sophie was up around 6 and then meant to leave between 7 and 7:30 but she had so many fun stories that she was eager to share that we kept talking to her and she didn’t end up leaving until past 8. Sorry! After she left we finished our packing and worked out our plan [...]

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June Lake -> Bishop

12 October 2011

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We rolled out of bed to find John & Doris in the kitchen organising breakfast. Ross & Chris joined us and the 6 of us sat down for a breakfast of oatmeal, maple syrup, homemade yoghurt and bananas. Ross & Chris don’t have any deadlines, so decided to only ride the 30 miles to Mammoth [...]

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Yosemite (Crane Flat) -> June Lake

11 October 2011

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Having got minimal sleep, neither C nor I were really that energetic in the morning. The rain had stopped and the sky was clear which was great, except it meant that it was cold and my hands turned quite icy while taking my tent down. We had some of my buffet leftovers and then rode [...]

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Yosemite Valley (Upper Pines) -> Yosemite (Crane Flat)

10 October 2011

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We were up around and out of our tents at around 7:30 to find that Ross & Chris had already left. C had spotted that the nearby lodge had a buffet breakfast and so we had arranged to go there with them. We took our tents down and headed over to the buffet. We got [...]

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San Francisco -> Yosemite Valley (Upper Pines)

9 October 2011

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A light knock from Laura on my bedroom door woke me up, she let me know it was 6:10. We were planning on rolling out around 6:30 and it reminded me of my mum waking me up before going on family holidays as a kid. I did a much better job at getting up than [...]

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Situation in San Francisco

8 October 2011

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I find myself writing this, my first post on a rest day. This will be our 5th night in San Francisco, and I’m still not really sure about what happens next. We took the lift from Bill down to Novato for one main reason, to get ahead of schedule to make it easier to continue [...]

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Novato -> SF

3 October 2011

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Laura, our host in SF, wouldn’t get home until around 7pm so we had time to kill as it was only about 35 miles to her place. Arriving in a town early with bikes and bags and having nowhere to dump them is kinda annoying. Even so, I suggested leaving soon after lunch. It would [...]

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