I've now used the Extrawheel trailer for nearly six months and 3500 miles, in nearly every condition you can throw at a cycle tourer, so it's probably time for an updated review of this fantastic trailer.
The first part of our tour saw us cycling for four months in Patagonia in southern Argentin...
I wrote to SuperNova asking them about my dying stand light on the front light and the one rather dim rear diode (of three) on the rear light and that I had lost one light in the Blue Mountains.
They came back and told me that it was probably a faulty tail light. What really knocked me off my se...
If you are a cycle tourer or keen cyclist you might know what I'm talking about. It is so many years ago I have forgotten how I got hold of a Hypercracker tool. It's just been laying there at the bottom of the tool box, unused.
If you are looking for a way to remove your Shimano cassette that does...
Using a trailer when touring is a very personal thing. Some people can't do without one, while others manage to tour the world without. It's different strokes for different folks.
NOTE : Click here to read an updated blog post about the Extrawheel, after 3500 miles, in nearly every condition yo...
I have been running Schwalbe Marathon Plus 700x35c (37-622) and Peli the 26x1.35 (35-559), with great success. I think I have had only one visit in 8,000 miles and that was a stone that hit the valve and broke it.
We want to do more touring on rougher tracks and therefore we wanted to get some tyr...
This is bar none the best rear light I have used and seen on any bicycle. Very bright, though I haven't seen it, just been told. :) The three red diodes looks like one very bright red light and is very easily spotted.
I have the Tubus rear rack, which I had to drill a bigger hole in since the cabl...
A few weeks ago I got a Garmin Dakota 20 GPS mainly for us to use when touring. Don't get me wrong I do love the old paper maps, could spend hours looking at them. But a GPS will cut down the faffing with them while on route as it is easier for us to find out where we are, if we should be...
Over the last year or so I have used my Ortlieb Bike-Packer Plus (Rear) a lot.
Mainly to carry my work stuff to and from and of course touring. I fondly called them "bags of evil" simply because you keep putting stuff in them, extra lock and a brick and some tools and a brick and extra layer as...
I was reading The Travelling Two website tonight as fell over a post there, Alastair Humphreys is planing a meet up for bike tourist, March 9th.
I thought that it may be helpful, now that I have done a few trips, to arrange an evening in a pub when I can try to help other people who are plan...
I'm not a big fan of standard drop bars. The main reason is that I don't feel I got a good grip when it comes to braking when you are riding in the hoods. I know that flat bars would not be a good thing either for touring and carrying heavy loads.
I looked at the Titec H-bar, which looks very go...
Description: (From their site) The CARGO has been a modern classic since 1988. As the first carrier from Tubus it remains our bestseller: The epitome of reliability, thousands have been manufactured over the years and are still in use worldwide today.
The Tubus racks are by the look and feel bui...
Description: (From their site) With its classical lid closure the waterproof rear pannier Bike-Packer Plus allows fast access to the bag’s interior. An internal double drawstring snow flap provides additional protection against dust, humidity and snow. A fixed inner pocket with main compartment an...
