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Cycling Central Asia: So Many Choices!
The Good Ole' Days I hate having choices. A decade ago, when we first began touring through Africa, route planning was far more clear-cut. Studying our Michelin Africa map usually turned up just one possible route, perhaps two options in
Changing Continents: Biking Central Asia at Long Last
Bye-Bye New York! Hello Kazakhstan! Changing Continents There’s something disconcerting about jetting half way around the world by plane when you’re more accustomed to rolling slowly across continents. Not that the flight between New York and Kazakhstan was all that
Down to the Last Drop in the Arizona Desert
I was down to my last half liter of water. Bumping along a rough track in the Arizona desert, this lack of H2o was some cause for distress. We ought to be passing a ranch about now. But where was
Mount Lemmon: A 500 Kilometer Detour up Arizona’s Most Thrilling Climb
Most cyclists dream of biking through massive mountain ranges. The Carreterra Austral in the Andes, the Leh-Manali road through the Indian Himalayas and Central Asia’s Pamir Highway consistently top the lists of favorite cycling spots. Desert cycling rarely makes the
Random Saddle Tales
We made It (but just barely)!
We made it (to our own great amazement)! A whopping 3,563 kilometers around just one of Indonesia’s 18,307 islands. In comparison, London to Istanbul measures 2,994 kilometers. Maine to Florida just 2,560 kilometers. So we’ve covered a lot of kilometers
Dangerous Expectations
It was mid-morning by the time the bikes were reassembled, the panniers re-packed and we were ready to ride out into the Osaka traffic. The night had been restless. Kansai International Airport, in my opinion, is undeserving of its spot
Great Divide Mountain Bike Route: Montana Moments
The world’s longest off-road bicycle touring route: 2768.4 miles (4455.3 km) beginning in Banff, Canada and continuing across the spine of the continent all the way to the Mexican border. Crossing the Continental Divide thirty times, the Great Divide Mountain Bike
Mayhem on the Mainland
Getting from Hong Kong- a tiny territory crammed full of 7 million people- to Shenzhen- a sprawling mega-city populated by 14 million individuals—was going to be a challenge. Just 50 kilometers, mind you, but the memory of our ride from
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