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Curry, Dolma and Wilderness Mountain Biking in Armenia November 15, 2009

Tom emailed me last week and to tell me he was going to follow an old man on a horse to a hot spring at 3000m. That sounded like my idea of fun so I decided to go to Yerevan and do it.
I went to the bus station in Ortachala in Tbilisi at 9.30 am [...]

By Andy | Posted in Armenia, Asia, Expedition Journal, Mountain Biking | Also tagged Adventure, Andy, Armenia, biking, caldera, church, Curry, Cycling, dolma, epic, explosif, Mountain Biking, Mountains, retro, snow, tom, Wild, wildnerness | Comments

A Caucausus Mountain Bike adventure in Khevsureti November 10, 2009

Tom, David and I went for a bike ride into the Caucasus mountains of Georgia. I’d been planning it for a while and I wanted to get some proper riding in before the snows descended. Tom arrived on the Sunday but leaving was delayed until Tuesday. To pass the time we decided to build up [...]

By Andy | Posted in Asia, Expedition Journal, Georgia, Mountain Biking | Also tagged bread, Caucasus, cheese, Dogs, epic, Extrawheel, Food, Khevsureti, mountain bike, Mountains, mtb, off-road, Tbilisi, tour, trailer, wilderness | Comments

New Kona Caldera Mountain Bike Frame July 24, 2009

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 [...]