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Category: Gear

Gear Review: Panniers

October 28, 2009 scott and becky 3 Comments

One of the toughest gear challenges we made at the beginning of this trip was finding the best panniers for us. Panniers…

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Posted in: Gear, Journal

Equipment malfunctions

October 19, 2008 scott and becky Leave a comment

We never expected perfection from our equipment, but Scott is getting a bit grumpy with some of the failures we’ve…

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Posted in: Gear

Out and about in St.John’s

August 28, 2008 scott and becky Leave a comment

20 km around St. John’s We had a delightful stay with Fraser and Judy. We spent several evenings enjoying wine…

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Posted in: Canada, Gear, Journal, Newfoundland and Labrador, Visited Places

Wetter than necessary

July 13, 2008 scott Leave a comment

20 km around Repentigny Despite the fact we stayed in Repentigny today, we probably got as wet or wetter than…

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Posted in: Canada, Gear, Journal, Quebec, Visited Places

Mirrors

June 15, 2008 becky 3 Comments

Way back on June 3, my mother asked if we had mirrors. Both Scott and I ride with mirrors. I…

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Posted in: Gear, Journal

Using a GPS for bicycle touring

June 3, 2008 scott Leave a comment

This is our first trip with a mapping GPS (Becky has had a Garmin Edge 305 fitness GPS for a…

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Posted in: Gear, Random thoughts Filed under: bikely, gps, navigation

Photo Shoot

May 29, 2008 becky 1 Comment

On Sunday, Scott and I went up to visit our friends Mike and Sasha and asked them to take some…

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Posted in: Gear, Preparations

Bikes

May 23, 2008 becky 2 Comments

Our bikes have arrived home safely. We have not yet figured out which panniers we will bring with us on…

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Posted in: Gear

Buying a bicycle as a spiritual journey

April 14, 2008 becky 1 Comment

I pedal quickly, practicing my spinning. The road has a gentle decline and the trees are a dingy orange-brown, typical…

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Posted in: Gear, Preparations, Spiritual journey

And the winner is …

April 9, 2008 becky 2 Comments

After lots of analysis we’ve decided the HP Velotechnik Streetmachine Gte is the best bike for our needs. Peter worked…

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Posted in: Gear, Preparations

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