Dr Jekyll is born. Dr Jekyll the early days: Dr Jekyll is a slighty too heavy commuter who is bored with riding to work every day, with his slightly too fat tyres and heavy steel frame. So one night he got naked, threw off his mudguards and tried on a couple of panniers….. Mr Hyde […]
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). Be sure to also read Gear Talk 3 months in On bike clothing: For months now I’ve […]
Packing list Pre- Lapland
So, only a couple of days until I head to a rather wintery Lapland with Helen Lloyd so here’s a look at my packing list for this trip (we’re each taking a solo set up in case we decide to go our separate ways…). Helen’s packing list can be found >HERE< I haven’t camped at […]
Hiking Giants cup trail 2011
“Never miss a good opportunity to shut up….. and listen.” Hiking the Giants Cup Trail in the Drakensberg The Giants cup trail is a 60km trail through the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa and has been on my wish list since the early days of planning the “change of pace” moments in this trip. Most people […]
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 […]
Shane Cycles Africa
November 2011 to November 2012 I cycled about 11,000km through Africa from Cape town to Nairobi. As this was such a long trip I have a separate blog page at https://www.shanecycles.com/africa/ This is the route I took : Here is a taster :
Cycling USA Coast 2 Coast
In 2009 I cycled 5800km across America from Florence Oregon to New York city. Below you’ll find a copy/paste of the origional blog For tips and info for others planning a similar trip see click >HERE< To see some dodgy video’s I made during the trip click >HERE< So see some photo’s of the trip click […]
Cycling in Thailand info
Early 2009 I cycled for a month in the Northwest of Thailand. Read my blog for this trip >HERE< , it also includes limited info on food, water and accommodation while cycling the “Mae hong son loop”. I was going to write an article with other Thailand info but my poor memory means it would […]
Cycling in South Africa info
Here you’ll find some handy information and tips for cycling in South Africa. The information is based on my personal experience during about 3 months in South Africa from November 2011. You’ll find information about roads, accommodation. To read my blog for this part of the trip, it startsHERE To see the photos click HERE […]
Msr Hubba Hubba review (Green mode...
Scroll down to see my post tour thoughts and video! 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 […]
Beer info Uganda
Here are my thoughts and experiences with a small selection of Ugandan beers. As with most countries in Africa and the rest of the world people love beer. There’s pleanty of tourist standard beers as well as the very dodgy beers the locals drink and of course self brewed whiskey. The thing about drinking beer […]
Beer info South Africa
From November 2011 I cycled about 3 months through South Africa, here are my thoughts on the beers of South Africa. There is a reasonable selection of beer available in South Africa unfortunately most of them are fairly tasteless lagers. Most South Africans will disagree and point out that they have some good beers usually […]