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The Reckoning
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Route & Whereabouts. Advice & Questions. A cycle courier takes on the world. In which I am challenged to a duel. On shutting up ». Tough Another triathlete I spoke to said “oh, well if you’re on fixed and she’s on gears, of. She’ll beat you”. Not encouraging. I got to Dulwich Park far too early, and found Fry in the queue for the toilets, nervously rearranging her energy bars in her pockets and checking her emergency gel was securely taped to her top tube. And then we were off. A chorus of clipping i...
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How to host a cyclist
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Route & Whereabouts. Advice & Questions. A cycle courier takes on the world. The kit list to end all kit lists. On chasing men ». How to host a cyclist. I quite often get to the end of a ride and say to myself ‘that’s probably the toughest day I’ve ever had on the bike! 8217;, and then remember all the other times I’ve said that, and briefly try to figure out which day was. Perhaps you’d like to know what these people did that was so wonderful? How to be a truly excellent host. Just about everyone I stay...
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On chasing men
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Route & Whereabouts. Advice & Questions. A cycle courier takes on the world. How to host a cyclist. Over-reaching myself ». Don’t ever get the impression I’ve got it all sorted. Just when you (I) think you’ve (I’ve) got life figured out, and it’s all plain sailing from here, you either discover something completely new that you have to get your head round, or simply realise that you’re not the master you thought you were. What if I were hopelessly out of my depth? 8221; I asked; “miles” he sa...8221; I a...
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Advice & Questions
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Route & Whereabouts. Advice & Questions. A cycle courier takes on the world. Advice & Questions. I’m going to try and collect all the questions and answers here, for your amusement and convenience. If you find there’s something I haven’t covered, or you just want to say hello, you can get in touch via the Contact. Page, and I’ll reply as soon as I possibly can. Posted February 18, 2013 at 2:03 am. I loved reading your blogs and laughed as often as I felt awe-struck! Also any extra tips you want to throw ...
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Time for the Transcontinental
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Route & Whereabouts. Advice & Questions. A cycle courier takes on the world. See you in London? A brief update ». Time for the Transcontinental. 8220;I’ll be following your dot! 8221; is what everyone keeps saying to me at the moment. They mean the dot on the map, showing where my Spot tracker, me and my bike (assuming we’re all together) are at any given moment during the Transcontinental Race. Here’s a link to the map. It’s a Genesis Datum, and it’s incredible. Oh my god, this time next week. To all th...
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See you in London?
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Route & Whereabouts. Advice & Questions. A cycle courier takes on the world. Time for the Transcontinental ». See you in London? I’ll be giving a talk next Wednesday (the 8th July) at the Oakley pop-up on Exmouth Market, EC1. Come, and bring beer. And in case it adds to the incentive, I will almost certainly have my shiny new TCR bike with me.). July 2, 2015. Time for the Transcontinental ». Posted July 2, 2015 at 10:49 am. Advice & Questions. Route & Whereabouts. Built on the Thematic Theme Framework.
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Over-reaching myself
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Route & Whereabouts. Advice & Questions. A cycle courier takes on the world. See you in London? Do you ever realise you’ve become a very different person? And perhaps that you’d been this sort of person for quite a while, and everyone else was fully aware of it, and you were the last to know, as ever? No one was surprised that I entered the Transcontinental Race. A couple of years of touring, during which I learned to go for long periods without washing, and got pretty good at finding food and shelter in...
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Questionable Women
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Route & Whereabouts. Advice & Questions. A cycle courier takes on the world. Click HERE for the questions. Do you dream of setting off to cycle round the world (or across a continent, or even just around your own country), but assume that it’s simply not possible? That it’s something only other people do? That you need to have special reserves of strength, courage and capability? So did I, until a couple of years ago. This page was conceived. When I had lunch with Rob Lilwall. To do what he did. Pedaled ...
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Loose ends
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Route & Whereabouts. Advice & Questions. A cycle courier takes on the world. The writers’ blessing ». Notes on finishing a journey. 8216;It is not the goal but the way there that matters. And the harder the way there, the more worthwhile the journey’. My Vancouver host, and also one of my main winter cycling mentors (he’s the veteran of two separate attempts to cycle from Vancouver up to the Arctic Circle, which you can read about on his very engaging blog. It was my 33. That can sing both high and low.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Route & Whereabouts. Advice & Questions. A cycle courier takes on the world. How many countries have you been through? So far, twenty-one. (Wales, England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, China, South Korea, Japan.). Isn’t it dangerous? Do you get scared? Sometimes, but not often. And usually of things like weather and failure, rather than people. What do you do if you get a puncture? Yes No...
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