Cold hands when cycling in winter has always been a problem for me. Wilst researching my trip to Lapland I stumbled upon a word I’d never heard before “Pogies”.
As far as I could tell there are two brands on the market that look like good quality. Hotpog.co.uk in Europe and Dogwood Design on the other side of the pond.
Hotp [...]
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Hotpog Pogie review
Cold hands when cycling in winter has always been a problem for me. Wilst researching my trip to Lapland I stumbled upon a word I’d never heard before “Pogies”.
As far as I could tell there are two brands on the market that look like good quality. Hotpog.co.uk in Europe and Dogwood Design on the other side of the pond.
Hotp [...]
Winter tent : Hilleberg Allak
The tent I’ve chosen for my upcoming trip to Lapland is the Hilleberg Allak .
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I know Hilleberg are not the cheapest tents around but I’m a fan of their ability to over engineer tents making them more suitable for more extreme stuff.
I chose a spaci [...]
Gear talk after 9 months in Africa
Its been a while so I thought its once again time for a little gear talk. Its a little earlier than I planned but I now have time. Distance travelled : 10-11,000km Distance Cycled : 8-9000km (this trip) Click on this image to go to Flickr and see the gear tags.
Be sure to also read Gear Talk 3 months in
On bike clothing:
For months now I [...]
Powering GPS with E-werk
My front wheel is fitted with Son hub dynamo from Schmidt which generates power while cycling. It does what its supposed to do and without any noticeable extra effort on my part(allegedly 0.5w when no gadgets are using power) at higher speeds the hub can generate up to 6W/12v. As the body is bigger than a standard hub it means you use shorter [...]
Msr Hubba Hubba review (Green model)
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Yes Msr have finally seen the light, its no longer yellow!!
Summer 2011: Msr have seen the light and changed the colour of their tents. The recession is still in full swing here so there’s almost a tent price war going on between various outdoor internet shops. So when I saw the new M [...]
My bikes
Ahh the wheels, the workhorse, the chariot or just plain and simple the bike. I’ve had two touring bikes in recent years, my vittorio from 2006-2010 and now I have had a new bike built for Africa.
2006-2010:Hand built Vittorio
My work horse in the period that I relearned about long distance cycling is a custom handbuilt Vittorio Randon [...]
