Tag Archives: Bike

Utility cycling and long distance cycling

“Utility cycling encompasses any cycling not done primarily for fitness, recreation such as cycle touring, or sport such as cycle racing, but simply as a means of transport. It is the most common type of cycling in the world” I recently cycled from Dover to London and from London to Stevenage on the way [...]
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How to take your bike on a bus or train

Recently Tom and I travelled to Mongolia. We used entirely overland public transport to get there and didn’t pay anything extra to put the bikes on the buses and trains. It seems that this is quite a confused subject and the guidelines about paying for taking bikes are unclear.
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New Kona Caldera Mountain Bike Frame

On Monday I received a shiny new Kona Caldera aluminium hardtail mountain bike frame from Kona.  They supported Tom and I with our Explosif frames. However, my frame came a cropper in New Delhi when it snapped near the rear dropout (after 16k of riding loaded with luggage). I was able to get it welded [...]
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My route in India

Amritsar, through Punjab, Bathinda, to Bikaner in Rajasthan. Then down to Nagour, Jodhpur, and Mt Abu. Onto Gujarat to Amdavad, Surat, and down to Daman and then Bombay. From Bombay I left the bike and took the train with Fanny to Goa, then we went to Kannur in Kerala, Calicut, and Sultan Bathery near the [...]
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Breaking Point

I was cycling through Bombay traffic about 15 minutes ago and suddenly snap- there goes my front derailleur cable frayed into a throng of discombobulated threads. It makes me reminisce of the gradual process of wear and weakening that lead to the point of fracture. The bike, somewhere down in my instincts begins to take a living [...]
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Gujarati Thali

I am in the Gujarat capital Amdavad spending a few days relaxing here before continuing on towards Mumbai. It’s a nice city to spend some time. I’ve been using couchsurfing here and my hosts have made the experience. I’ve visited a friend at the architectural university wandered about the lovely campus, attended some his lecture, [...]
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