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	<title>Ride Earth &#187; Bike</title>
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		<title>Strange bike designs and the experience of cycling</title>
		<link>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2010/09/01/strange-bike-designs-and-the-experience-of-cycling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bicycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mountain bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sheldon brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[singlespeed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trike]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the past my mind has wandered onto alternative types of bike design particularly in the context of expeditions. Would a four wheeled &#8216;quad&#8217; bike be feasible. Perhaps it would offer the ability to carry more luggage or be more suitable for certain types of terrain. Perhaps two people could ride the same quad &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utility cycling and long distance cycling</title>
		<link>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2010/07/15/utility-cycling-and-long-distance-cycling/</link>
		<comments>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2010/07/15/utility-cycling-and-long-distance-cycling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constructive Ranting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expedition Journal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cycle route]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[utility]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;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&#8221; I recently cycled from Dover to London and from London to Stevenage on the way back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to take your bike on a bus or train</title>
		<link>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2010/07/08/how-to-take-your-bike-on-a-bus-or-train/</link>
		<comments>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2010/07/08/how-to-take-your-bike-on-a-bus-or-train/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constructive Ranting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expedition Journal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baggage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When  Tom and I travelled to Mongolia we used overland public transport and didn&#8217;t pay extra to take the bikes with us. However, it seems that  the guidelines about paying for taking bikes are unclear and require some clarification so here are some of our findings. I boxed up my bike and trailer into a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Kona Caldera Mountain Bike Frame</title>
		<link>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2009/07/24/new-kona-caldera-mountain-bike-frame/</link>
		<comments>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2009/07/24/new-kona-caldera-mountain-bike-frame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expedition Journal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aluminium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bruce lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caldera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mountain bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountain Biking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shiny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sponsorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My route in India</title>
		<link>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2009/01/17/my-route-in-india/</link>
		<comments>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2009/01/17/my-route-in-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expedition Journal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amdavad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amritsar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Backpacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bathinda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bikaner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bombay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calicut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fanny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Girlfriend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gokarna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gujarat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jodhpur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kannur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mt Abu.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mysore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nagour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Punjab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rajasthan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sultan Batthery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Train]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2009/01/17/my-route-in-india/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking Point</title>
		<link>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2009/01/16/breaking-point/</link>
		<comments>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2009/01/16/breaking-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expedition Journal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2009/01/16/breaking-point/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gujarati Thali</title>
		<link>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2008/11/30/gujarati-thali/</link>
		<comments>http://andy.ride-earth.org.uk/blog/2008/11/30/gujarati-thali/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expedition Journal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amdavad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atmospher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clarity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clothes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coconuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contradictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crazy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural Differences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disk Brakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fanny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frustration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Girlfriend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hypocrisy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Krishna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Painting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polluted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am in the Gujarat capital Amdavad spending a few days relaxing here before continuing on towards Mumbai. It&#8217;s a nice city to spend some time. I&#8217;ve been using couchsurfing here and my hosts have made the experience. I&#8217;ve visited a friend at the architectural university wandered about the lovely campus, attended some his lecture, [...]]]></description>
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