Tour Aotearoa – South Island – Cycle Touring on Fat Bikes
Cycle touring in New Zealand down both North Island and South Island on Fat Bikes following the Tour Aotearoa route Continue reading Tour Aotearoa – South Island – Cycle Touring on Fat Bikes
Apidura Frame Bag Zip Replacement
Apidura make waterproof bike packing bags with welded seams and waterproof zips. However the zips are excluded from their warranty. I understand why as they are … Continue reading Apidura Frame Bag Zip Replacement
Flora and Fauna in the Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve Ecuador
The flora and fauna we found when cycle touring through Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve in Ecuador Continue reading Flora and Fauna in the Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve Ecuador
Cooking on Cycle Tours
I am often asked what we eat while we are cycle touring so I have put together some of the recipes and methods for the food we cook. Continue reading Cooking on Cycle Tours
Cooking Equipment for Cycle Touring
We have been camping all our lives and cycle touring for the last 12 years during which time we have visited 21 countries and cycled over 80,000 km. What cooking we do and what system we take with us depends very much on the country and the route we intend to cycle. We have tried a number of different sets of pans, different stoves, and different utensils. Continue reading Cooking Equipment for Cycle Touring
Tour Aotearoa Part 2 – Fat Biking and Canoeing down New Zealand – Auckland to Whanganui
Cycle touring on Fat Bikes on the Tour Aotearoa, New Zealand including canoeing down the Whanganui River Continue reading Tour Aotearoa Part 2 – Fat Biking and Canoeing down New Zealand – Auckland to Whanganui
Tour Aotearoa Part 1 – Fat Bikes in New Zealand, North Island from Cape Reinga to Auckland
The start of our Fat Bike cycle tour down the length on New Zealand Tour Aetearoa. This blogs covers Cape Reinga to Auckland Continue reading Tour Aotearoa Part 1 – Fat Bikes in New Zealand, North Island from Cape Reinga to Auckland
Australia Cycle Touring the Barry Way in the Snowy Mountains
Cycle Touring on Fat Bikes along the Barry Way, New South Wales, Australia, from Jinderbyne Continue reading Australia Cycle Touring the Barry Way in the Snowy Mountains
How to extend and add hoops to a bivvi bag
We bought a pair of Terra Nova Moonlite sleepingbag covers. I am 1 m 83 cm tall and on our first outing on Dartmoor found the bag much too short for me. It consequently felt a little claustrophobic. Be aware that these modifications will invalidate all warranties on the bags. Modification 1 Extending the bag by 20 cm. I bought some lightweight breathable waterproof material and woven nylon braid from Pennine Outdoor http://www.pennineoutdoor.co.uk. I cut the Moonlite straight across near the bottom. Carefully measured the circumference 10 mm above the cut and 10 mm below the cut. Then cut a … Continue reading How to extend and add hoops to a bivvi bag
How to make a pair of lightweight gaiters
Cutting and sewing We recently changed to using the Northwave Outcross GTX touring shoe which is waterproof (Gortex). We found using over shoes with them destroyed … Continue reading How to make a pair of lightweight gaiters
