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Solo adventure cyclist (retired) : After the extreme trips in recent years where I’ve lived adventure to the bone and cycled/camped in all weather from -50 to +50, touring over 30,000km on 4 continents. Its time to take a step back towards “normal” life. For the coming years I plan to work on my career, new business and track down the future Mrs Little.

Hopefully with some short holidays in Europe, weekend escapes and 5,000km of cycle commuting per year I can still keep my sanity.

The last 5 years have been a blast. They’ve been the most fun and rewarding years of my life. I’ve met some amazing people and got to know myself, our world and the wonderful people that live in it much better. I’m happy to say I’m the only person I know who has cleaned out their bucket list and much, much more. But at the moment I no longer get a warm glow from trip planning, its starting to feel more like running away than a magical adventure so its obviously time to slow things down for a while. Thanks everyone for your interest and support in my life’s journey, and I hope yours can be just as rewarding.

Shane

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Winter Cycling in Canada

December 2013 I took the next step in my winter cycle touring experiment by heading to Canada to attempt to cycle the Trans Labrador highway. The Trans Lab claims to be one of the longest stretches of road in Canada without services. This winter had the coldest December in more than 10 years, bringing with it extreme winds and temperatures [...]

‘The Canadian’ A journey ...

I’ve always found something strangely romantic about long distance train journeys, slowly meandering across continents in a classic form of mass public transport. Trains bring a touch of class, comfort, space and a social aspect long lost in the modern world of cheap, fast, anti-social cattle transport we call aviation. I arrived on t [...]

Packing list for 10 weeks winter cycl...

So, with the lessons learned during the trip last winter and almost a year to think about this trip, here’s my new and improved gear list for 10 weeks cycling and camping at between -15 and -40. a-d Home made cooking box for efficient snow melting and cooking. Stove: Optimus nova plus incl spare pump + 2x XL fuel bottles MSR Titan p [...]

About growing up – A life in re...

“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” Abraham Lincoln At the age of three I’d decided that when a grew up I’d be a soldier. When the fire brigade came to put out a field fire at our country home when I was four , it was obvious that I should grow up to become a fireman. By the [...]

Winter cycle touring basic tips

“Don’t eat yellow snow.” Is the winter tip we all know. I posted lots of info, tips and trip winter trip reports >HERE<, but here is a summary of my tips on winter cycle touring. These tips are aimed as an introduction for people planning to cycle and camp in the extreme cold. I learned most of my lessons the hard way [...]

Brompton hinge repair

At some time during the life of your Brompton you may get some wear on the main folding hinge. Getting this repaired at a bike shop or buying the special Brompton reamer (GBP 200) is an expensive business. Here’s the cheap way to do it . Disclaimer : If you mess this up you could damage your frame which will cost even more money, and a [...]

Schwalbe Ice spiker pro review

Schwalbe Ice Spiker Pro 361 spikes of winter cycling fun and safety. Here are my thoughts and impressions after three weeks cycling in Scandinavia in Winter. In short : It does what it says on the tin. Temp range : cycled -5 to -28 degrees C in Sweden, Norway and Finland mid Jan to early Feb. Road conditions : Everything from clean asfalt to [...]

The confession : Icenutz pt 2

So everyone thought I was nutz to go cycling in Northern Europe last winter. So now the confession, that was infact just a test ride for bigger things….. Three weeks in Northern Scandanavia with shops and towns most days and a cycling partner was a nice “safe” way to learn the lessons needed to be learned for extreme winter [...]

Cumulus: Excuistic 1000 review

For a little more info on winter sleeping systems and sleeping bag ratings see >HERE

Shane’s shorts pt 9 : Ndakusuwa

While in Africa I wrote several stories with the intention of creating a book of short stories about my trip. Rather than leave it as an unfinished book, here is part nine which is the last part in a blogging mini series…. “Shane’s shorts.” My blog from Mozambique onwards covers the rest of the journey well enough. If [...]