July 2010

Update Jan 2011: Check out how to pack your bike in the EVOC Bike Travel Bag. In this post I show how to pack your bike securely in a BikePod. In this post I reviewed a BikePod (Polaris in this case) versus a Scicon AeroComfort Plus. The BikePod used in this post is a generic OEM [...]

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Name of Place: Tapia Restuarante Type of Tip: Cafe Street Address: Barrio de Bormapea, 23 Suburb/Town: Isaba Major City: e.g. London, Paris etc State/Provence: Navarre Country: Spain Zip/Postal: 31417 We stopped in here after riding up the Col du Pierre St Martin and back down again (a tough ride from the French side, a little easier from the Spanish side. Watch out [...]

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Stage 16: 2010 Tour de France Well, the irony is impressive. After I wrote in my Guide to Cycling in France, for Tour stages, where you plan to ride up a mountain, you MUST ride up a few hours before hand. I also wrote that you can ignore the gendarmerie. Both of these insights proved true yesterday. After [...]

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So, our friend Andrew Clark, who rides under the assumed Dutch name of Oondreuw Klook, won a solo sprint into Bielle yesterday, blasting everyone away in the process. It was a sight to behold and the excellent commentary (in Dutch) lends a certain extra excellence to Klook’s solo sprint breakaway win.

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June 2010: Cold, raining Melbourne. “Boy, I can’t wait to get to France for L’Etape. We should be able to improve on last year’s 1800th position. It’s going to be so warm, with lazy days filled with riding, Le Tour and croissants”. July 18th, 2010. 5AM. “Awesome, I can’t wait to see the broken souls on [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-2… http://bit.ly/b4pCnu # Test Post, Bédoin, Provence-alpes-côte D’azur, France: Name of Place: Test postType of Tip: CafeRatingOriginal Sco… http://bit.ly/aD5rKp # Relais Mont Ventoux, Bédoin, Provence-alpes-côte D’azur, France: Name of Place: Relais Mont VentouxRatingOriginal … http://bit.ly/bK7tOT # About to board a 500 year old [...]

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Name of Place: Relais Mont Ventoux Type of Tip: Select One Street Address: Le Cours/D974 Suburb/Town: Bédoin State/Provence: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Country: France Zip/Postal: 84410 test IMG_0027.jpg (39 KB)

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20: CO2 Bike Canisters on Planes: Emirat… http://bit.ly/bx16a0 # Test, Richmond, Victoria, Australia: Name of Place: TestType of Tip: Tourist/SightseeingRatingOriginal Score: 4, 4… http://bit.ly/9A3SDB # Relais Mont Ventoux, Richmond, Victoria, Australia: Name of Place: Relais Mont VentouxType of Tip: CafeRatingOrigi… http://bit.ly/brAcr5 # How to Plan a Cycling Trip [...]

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About Tim Marsh

I am a mad keen cyclist who loves Cycling in France, loves doing Etape du Tour and am mad about good coffee. I love travelling and taking photos.

I also love helping people and making things easier for them, or to help them Get Shipped.