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
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
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
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
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
Why make a Tarp We have used a selection of lightweight tents over the years for cycle touring. However we are always trying to save both … Continue reading Making your own Tarp for Cycle Touring
Cycle Touring on Fat Bikes through the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, from Goulburn to Jindabyne. Along the Hunt 1000 route Continue reading Australia – Cycling through the Snowy Mountains from Goulburn to Jindabyne
Cycle Touring along the North Coast 500 in Scotland and to Cape Wrath Continue reading Cycling the North Coast 500 (km) and The Cape Wrath Fellowship, Scotland
Cycle Touring on the Somerset Levels and the Blackdown Hills, UK Continue reading Cycling the Somerset Levels and Blackdown Hills, UK
Cycle touring the Ruta de la Plata in Spain between Castilla and Leon Continue reading Cycling the Ruta de la Plata Part 3: Castilla y León, Spain
