Cycle Touring long write ups about our cycle tours around the world, from a few days to a whole year and more.

Porvenir, Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales 30th Jan - 4th Feb 2012. 60Km (Total 690Km cycled)

Highlights: Steak, wind, broken spokes, veggie curry, cake and meeting other cycle tourers.

Click here to see our photos from our cycle tour in Patagonia

Hospedaje Independencia

Day 22,23,24 and 25: 31th Jan. to the 2nd ...

hole in ortlieb pannierCome sing along with me ...

There's a hole in the pannier, dear Peli, dear Peli,
There's a hole in the pannier, dear Peli, dear Peli,
Then fix it, dear woolly, dear woolly, dear woolly,
Then fix it, dear woolly, dear woolly, fix it.

So, I did!

I have been using one of the Ortlieb Bike-...

extreme 500 dual aa aaa battery charger dyno hubWith more and more gadget you have, it is getting somewhat harder to keep them all charged while touring or on holiday. We have a camera, GPS, mobile phone, lights and sometimes a laptop that needs power, which means quite a few different chargers to drag along.

Depending on the gadget, how much y...

This is a little list in no particular order of what I have learned while cycle touring and camping, this list will probably be edited and added to as I learn and tour more.

Take lots of plastic bags : Like the ones your get from the supermarket. They just come in useful, they just do. To wrap up...