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Strange bike designs and the experience of cycling
In the past my mind has wandered onto alternative types of bike design particularly in the context of expeditions. Would a four wheeled ‘quad’ 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 – [...]
Posted in Constructive Ranting Also tagged bicycle, Bike, cycle, Experience, mountain bike, quad, sheldon brown, singlespeed, trike 1 Comment
Expedition Web design – Ben Saunders’ Website, Dieter Rams, and Lewis Pugh
I am inspired by the design of Dieter Rams, famous for his design commandments, two of which are: ‘design is thorough down to the last detail’ and ‘design is as little design as possible’. Which incidently are ingredients for successful expeditions. The second one certainly applies to bicycle expeditions, in terms of minimising weight. Ben [...]
Posted in Constructive Ranting, Expedition Journal Also tagged attention to detail, ben saunders, commitment, dieter rams, polar, quality, web design 2 Comments
A Two Month Storm
Long time since I wrote, I know. In fact I’ve been spending a lot of time in front of a computer. I’ve been writing every morning and now have written 95000 words of my book. I met one of my sister’s friends a couple of days ago who has just finished writing a book she [...]
Posted in Climate Change, England, Europe, France, Georgia, Mountain Biking, Switzerland, Turkey, writing Also tagged 4HWW, andrew welch, biking, boat, CENN, Climate Change, creativity, critiscism, Cycling, Dancing, dave allen, demonstrations, effectiveness, England, Environment, folklore, freedom square, Georgia, georgian, georiders, greece, GTD, Motivation, Mountain Biking, ngo, parliament, Photography, portfolio, public transport, rustaveli, saakashvili, saburtalo, swimming, Tbilisi, Timoty ferriss, travel, Turkey, uk, Websites, writing 3 Comments
Weekend in Switzerland, Scott, Moulton, and ‘The Ride’ Journal