Everywhere Virtually

As the day warmed up to a pleasant but not uncomfortable temperature I soon made it to Germany. En route I chuckled to myself that I was nearing Helmond in the Netherlands… I thought this trip is so hardcore I’m going through Helmond. (referring to Helmand Province in Afghanistan) I made good progress and arrived [...]

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OK the definition of when yesterday ended and today started is a blurred one. Once on the channel tunnel I sat down on the floor next to the bike. I took my headphones from the sat nav and discovered the reached down to me sitting on the ground. So I closed my eyes and slept [...]

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I am discovering that making promises to set off on epic journeys after work is a bad, bad idea. I managed to get the tyres sorted out which was nothing short of miraculous. In some ways that took the heat off and so I got home and realised I had to pack everything, pay bills, [...]

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The tyres turned up today which left only two more potential problems. Firstly how to fit them and secondly how to balance them. Chris at adv-spec sent me a link to BTS (Bike Tyre Services) I spoke to Matt who owns it and it turned out he had a cancellation in Macclesfield and was quite [...]

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If I was the God fearing suspicious type I’d swear something was trying to stop me riding to the continent. First the tendons in my wrist swell up last Thursday requiring me to visit A&E and get a splint. I also need tyres for the bike. I thought 3 weeks would be a good lead [...]

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Is this really depressing or have I missed something. I like skype. I like tools that enable me to be in touch and do it cheaply. When I saw the guy in the photo though and that soundbite I nearly gagged on that small bit of vomit that comes up the back of your throat [...]

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Well last night I finally got around to fitting the LED strip lights I picked up from ebay for £9.99. My previous lights that cost £14 were not waterproof despite my best efforts and gave up in the end after the Sibirsky Extreme trip. Because I did all the work of fitting the Centech AP1 [...]

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