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Cycling in the World

The Dinder Park Experiment

February 10, 2010
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One rider on Twitter said it was ‘the hardest day of my life so far’ while another described it as the ‘biggest EFI massacre ever.’ (EFI? That’s Every Fucking Inch of the Tour d’Afrique without ever riding the support truck.)
It was an epic epic day… actually, from what I am told it was two giant days of riding in the untested roads approaching and inside Dinder National Park – a new route for us at Tour [...]

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Wadi Halfa to Dongola – The Paving of the Nubian Desert

January 30, 2010
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I have mentioned to several riders on this tour that ‘back in my day’ (3 years ago) when I was in Sudan for the first time with Tour d’Afrique, the week of riding from Wadi Halfa to Dongola was one of the toughest on the entire tour.
Now with the completion of a paved road it is a whole new place. It wasn’t long ago that our schedule included five cycling days to get us from [...]

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African Cyclists on the Tour d’Afrique

January 25, 2010
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In each country along our route on the Tour d’Afrique we have the pleasure of getting local cyclists join us to ride the portion of the tour that passes through their country.
Some of them are very skilled – completing for and winning stages. Some of them, on the other hand, are not as skilled or fit, and almost all of them lack access to replacement parts, cycling clothing, or tools. Their bikes, as a result, [...]

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70m of String and an Adjustable Wrench

January 20, 2010
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I am here in Egypt with Tour d’Afrique. Tonight we are in Safaga on the Red Sea. The first four days of riding are behind us and they have been challenging ones indeed.
The tour staff and myself spent several frantic days in Cairo preparing for the big start of the 2010 Tour d’Afrique. I am here to oversee the start of this year’s tour and to help out with any and all of the day-to-day [...]

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Urban Downhill Racing in the slums of Rio de Janeiro

November 23, 2009
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In 2016, the summer Olympics will make their first ever stop on the South American continent when Rio de Janeiro becomes the host city. As with cities of games past, the spotlight will begin to shine on the areas where the hosts are not doing enough to manage the games ethically. The pollution blanketing Beijing before and during the 2008 games, and the costly mishandling of ‘Canada’s worst slum’ in Vancouver’s downtown east side in [...]

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A travel and news chronicle from the places my bicycle takes me. It’s not a cycling blog per se. It’s a record of things I encounter along the way – in my travels with Tour d’Afrique Ltd., and through my own experiences at home and abroad.
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