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Flying bicycles

Jun 15, 2017

I was coming down the escarpment when I saw a truck stopped on the side of the road. I stopped and met Lionel, a South African guy, standing by his truck. We got talking and he offered me a lift down the escarpment and up the other side. I’d been warned about the...

St Johns Street Cycles

Mar 5, 2017

Before I started my trip, I read a fair number of journals on CrazyGuyOnABike trying to work out the best gear. The biggest decision to make was, of course, the bike. It seemed that Americans predominantly read Surly Long Haul Truckers, and a fair number of Brits...

WaterField Gear Pouch

Jan 23, 2017

When I first started my trip, I barely had any way of sorting my things. All my clothes got thrown in one pannier and the most sophisticated way I had of organising things was using Ziplocs. My clothes weren't even in stuff sacks. It was passable, but not great. After...

Manta Saddle

Jan 20, 2017

I've been riding the Manta for 3 years so I feel it's about time that I wrote about it. Sorry Jon for how long it's taken. Back story Long-distance tourers store their things in Ortliebs, put Schwalbe Marathons on their wheels and sit on a Brooks B17. That was how the...

Cyprus

Dec 4, 2016

Copper gets its name from here as was massive source The ferry arrived in Girne, where I got off and realised it was home to many terrible drivers. I was right My earphones got caught on the door of the ferry so died and were replaced by 2 euro ones from China Bazaar...

Turkey

Nov 27, 2016

Here are my notes from my time in Turkey! They're a bit varied but hopefully cover some of what I learnt while there. Met a fellow Thorn owner, Richard, at the border with Greece (which I hopped through briefly to avoid a busier border crossing) and we hung out a bit...

Bulgaria

Oct 27, 2016

After crossing the Danube into Bulgaria, I made my way through town. It was nearly time for the sun to go down so I took the small road instead of the main road with the idea it'd be easier to wild camp on the side of it. My GPS took me down a rather small road and...

Moldova & Romania

Oct 22, 2016

After leaving Ukraine it was into Moldova, the poorest country in Europe. The roads were as potholey as you'd expected and went up and down for seemingly no reason at all which combined with the headwind and cooler weather finally catching me on my push south made for...

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