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Gear review: Lowepro CompuRover AW Backpack

August 3, 2010
*Apologies for the sometimes-less-than-optimal photos, I was late for my plane. With the advent of cheap prosumer digital SLRs, I thought it would be interesting to review my new Lowepro Compurover AW backpack to help you decide upon a backpack to travel with, if you have camera gear to take to France. When looking at a backpack, [...]
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Laé De Haut, Aramits, Aquitania, France

August 3, 2010
Rating
Original Score: 7, 7.00 averaged over 1 votes
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TDF/L’Etape/Leisure Planning Itinerary Download

August 2, 2010
Now that the 2010 Tour de France and L’Etape du Tour are done and dusted, it is only a mere 2-and-a-bit months until the 2011 Parcours is announced. I have a few ebooks coming out to support your planning for 2011, including an Etape-only guide, TDF-only guide and a leisure-only guide. I’m also putting together an [...]
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01

August 1, 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-1… http://bit.ly/9ly3RE # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-1… http://bit.ly/bwjAg7 # Leaving France today. Trip trivia: Aramits is the home of the Mousquataires http://yfrog.com/0u64610235j # Godddd I loooove the Qantas Club (QC HKK airport en [...]
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2010 TDF: Stage 17 from the road

August 1, 2010
Well, sometimes you plan and make allowances and things just go wrong. Our plan this day was to get to the Col du Marie Blanque, the first climb of the stage and only 30km from where we were staying, and a reasonably steep climb. This would allow me to get good photos (due to the grade) [...]
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How to pack your bike for air travel

July 30, 2010
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 case, not a Polaris. Step 1 With most bike pods and cases, you need to remove your pedals, [...]
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Tapia Restuarante, Isaba, Navarre, Spain

July 30, 2010
Rating
Original Score: 8, 8.00 averaged over 1 votes
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

July 25, 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-0… http://bit.ly/clsi59 # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-0… http://bit.ly/9kPDXI # T minus 30 mins to l'etape http://yfrog.com/evwunej # L'Etape was horrible . I cramped every 3 km up the tourmalet and was on the [...]
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Le Tour 2010: Stage 16 live from the road

July 22, 2010
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 driving [...]
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Sprint Video from Le Tour

July 22, 2010
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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