by timshazz | Sep 29, 2014 | Gear specifications, Travel Tips and Advice
I bought a new bottle of Tiger Balm the other day. My first was purchased in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1997 for the grand price of $1 USD. My new tub was purchased here in Saigon, last month for around $1.50. It is one of my top ten travel items on any trip....
by timshazz | Dec 10, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia, Gear specifications
As well as our Bikes and Bike Bits, we’re carrying a lot of other things on this ride, most of which add to our comfort or provide convenient solutions to situations we experience along the way. (Click here to see what many of them are.) Here are our TOP TEN...
by timshazz | Dec 9, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia, Gear specifications
[adsense_id=”2″] You might remember early on we revealed all the details about our bikes, the specific customisations and our accessories. We’ve had almost 5000 km to evaluate them and here is the TOP TEN things we couldn’t do with on this...
by timshazz | Sep 14, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia, Gear specifications
Some of you might be interested in what kind of camping gear we are carrying as well as our bike specifications. The stuff we got wasn’t always our first choice. For example we were keen to buy the new MSR Whisperlite Universal that takes gas cannister and...
by timshazz | Sep 3, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia, Gear specifications, Travel Tips and Advice
Well it’s probably of interest to some of you what we’re riding and what changes we made to the manufacturer’s specs. We did hours of research on what we needed and then consulted some experienced cyclists we met on the road and trust implicitly. I...
