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June 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20: CO2 Bike Canisters on Planes: Emirates says ok: Thanks to Chris H for sendi… http://bit.ly/d5Zp1F #
Mobile Phone Data Roaming Tips for France (Reader Help Needed): One of my first posts on this site was this one ab… http://bit.ly/crc1Cn #
Updating the Cycling in France guide for a L'Etape-only version – [...]
From time to time, I’ll recommend other products for readers of tdftips to check out. Sometimes these products will be affiliate products (for which I get a small commission).
Today I’m going to give you guys a heads up about an awesome product from Digital Photography School, called Transcending Travel.
This is an awesome product, [...]
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Below are two quick links to aid those heading to Le Tour and L’Etape in 2010.
1. L’Etape preview by Rapha
2. Every stage of Le Tour mapped, by Podium Cafe
Just a quick reminder that I head off in 3 weeks, so am madly preparing for an around the world flight into Toulouse from Australia, and [...]
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Today I’m really excited to announce a new function on the tourdefrancetips.com website: a post submission form for tdftips readers to add their very own tips and tricks for people heading over to France! Awesome.
Currently, the form is in v1, which means that incremental changes will be made on an ongoing basis as I [...]
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One of my first posts on this site was this one about Mobile Roaming Data tips.
As with anything in the IT and Telco space, things change, so an update is warranted.
After I returned home to a AUD$2000 mobile phone bill I had a look around for an international data roaming cap plan from the [...]
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I had an excellent email recently from a Cycling Through France Guide purchaser (from someone I’ll call Paul), who had some excellent ideas on how to improve the Cycling Through France Guide.
Making it more general is a great idea (technically, broadening your market) – the moment you see a picture of a smart looking [...]
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Thanks to Chris H for sending me the following heads-up via email:
Emirates wrote to advise Chris that they would allow him to take a maximum of 2 x CO2 canisters inside his bike case. Chris says there is plenty of discussion on bike blogs about whether it’s ok to take these on planes, [...]
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I’ve had a comprehensive (8800 lines!) Western EU flight planner made for tourdefrancetips.com readers.
It consists of:
Origin Airport and Airport Code, and country
Destination Airport and Airport code, and country
Airline, airline code
Baggage Restrictions
Information on how bikes are considered with respect to baggage (i.e. are they included in your baggage, carried free etc)
Excess baggage costs
So, you could [...]
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Read this post to learn how to get your bike to France safely
This post has been updated on 24th March 2011 to include the EVOC. You can check out my video review and scores of all these bags here.
No one wants to unpack their Very Expensive Pride and Joy after a long flight to [...]
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