Almost a year since letting the cat out the bag about my fancy pants Low Carb Healthy Fat diet (>Maybe read this first<) and with gradually more readers, friends and family asking questions I thought it time to do an update with more info and tips. Once again if low carb doesn’t fit your belief […]
How a #LCHF lifestyle changed my l...
The merits of a Low Carb Healthy Fat diet for cycle touring. Note 1 : If you’re totally convinced that you need carbs for sport and blindly follow government guide lines on diet and ” Science” and have no intentions of entertaining a different theory, you may want to quickly leave and save yourself some […]
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 […]
Long term bicycle travel insurance
The long term bicycle trip insurance mine field! In preparation for my trip through Africa I spent a lot of time looking into travel insurance. I thought I’d be done in no time but all that small print proved to be a problem. The info below is aimed at my own trip, but just maybe […]
Bike modifications for winter cycl...
Mr Hyde has been transformed in Winter Hyde. Before: For details of the original bike speccs scroll down. After: Work done : Handlebars : Against all my principles I’ve replaced my drop bars for flat mountain bike type handle bars, including LX brakes and Ergon grips and bar ends for a little more comfort. I have […]
Winter camping : cooking, food and...
During January and February 2013 I cycled for three weeks in Lapland in the middle of winter with Helen Lloyd ( her thoughts on winter cycling can be found HERE) We cycled and camped at temperatures between -10 and -30 degrees C. Here I’ll discuss the things learned in the cooking, food and hydration department. Cooking: At the […]
Winter camping sleeping system
A beginners guide to choosing a sleeping system for arctic use (assuming camping down to -30/-40 degrees C). There are several schools of thought for a sleeping system for use in the extreme cold here are the main ones that I know of: A synthetic sleeping bag rated at around the planned usage temperature. A down sleeping […]
Carrying luggage on a Brompton fol...
I’m sure many people like myself have wondered how to get enough luggage on a Brompton for a couple of weeks touring. Last weekend I went away for a few days with friends and was able to try out various options. Here Andrew of Travellingtwo has a bar bag, Radical design Brompton “Rack sack” and a […]
What does a sabbatical cost?
How can you take so much time off work? How do you finance a big cycle touring trip? Is cycle touring expensive? Questions I get asked a lot. This morning I got another one of those “How do you do it?” emails from a blog reader. Now almost 18 months since I had my last day […]
Packing a bicycle for air travel
Here is a short video I made a long time ago about packing a box for air travel. Remember baggage handlers are paid to load things quickly not carefully. So the trick is to try and make your bike as bombproof as possible without it getting too heavy. I hope this rather boring film is […]
Improvised Rohloff cog removal too...
Rather than take a heavy Chain wip and spanner on tour for that once in 5-8000km that you actually reverse the Rohloff cog, I either borrow stuff from other cyclists or use my old chain (which also usually needs replacing around 5000km) to make my own chain wip and borrow a spanner from a local […]