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Our previous expedition was a ride from Sydney
to London which raised over £25,000 for Children With
Aids Charity (CWAC). |
| alexbybike.ihatemimes.com |
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Swiss cyclist Alessandra takes
beautiful photos of Asia. |
| bikechina.com |
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I met Heinz in a map shop in London.
He's been on the road for 38 years, on the same 3 speeder. The
Godfather of tourers! |
| cyclingfortibet |
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David and I rode for months together in Tibet, Nepal and
India. |
| Cyquest |
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A pan African bike ride by a friend from Manchester university. |
| dis.uu.se/~pierref/travel/turkmenistan.trip/ |
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A solo bike trip around Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in 1994. |
| gordian.com/users/nathan/Trek/trek.html |
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Turkey to Mongolia by bike in 1995. |
| kiwisonbikes |
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A trip from London to New Zealand. |
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Trackster Man on the Karakorum Highway and Tibet. |
| kroppaventyr.se |
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This famous Swedish nutter rode to Everest...and then climbed
it! |
| pennyfarthingworldtour.com |
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If you thought going by tandem was hard work… |
| realadventures.com |
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A journey to Kashgar. |
| redfish.com/yak |
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A cool, quirky site. Seven years
on the Yak! |
| silkandsteel.org.uk |
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Russian Motorbikes, sidecars and a Land Rover take on the
Silk Road. |
| Trikeit.co.uk |
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Two riders on a Greenspeed tandem recumbent trike, riding
to promote cycling as an environmentally friendly form of transport
for all. |
| geocities.com/tallabomba/ |
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Tom Hermansson's journey from Europe to Asia - another cool
site. |
| utsidan.se/corax-e/ |
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Another Swedish nutcase with a fascinating personal record
page. |
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Background information
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| www.times.kg |
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Central Asian Times online. |
| Shyrdak |
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Kyrgyz felt carpets. |
| Islamic
Designs, Central Asia |
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Examples of Islamic art. |
| www.lonelyplanet.com/upgrades |
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Lonely Planet upgrades. |
| angelfire.com/weird/hansrossel/visa.html |
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A fantastic site packed with info on Asia - except it's in
Dutch! |
| www.ibike.org/bagregs.htm |
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Chart of bike handling policies of various airlines |
| www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/travel/trbike.htm |
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Ditto |
| www.BikeAccess.net |
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A site with newsgroup style postings detailing other travellers
experiences shipping bikes around the world. Also has some useful
links to newsgroups. |
| https://www.crateworks.com |
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This company make some bike shipping boxes that look to be
well thought out. The nifty strap on wheels for use on any bike
box look particularly smart. |
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Useful Travel Agents
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| ayan.iwarp.com |
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Excellent information on Turkmenistan. |
| asianexplorations.com |
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Bike trips to Tibet and North Pakistan, based in Kashgar. |
| travel.iran.free.fr |
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Camping trips to nomads, based in Esfehan, Iran. |
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General bike sites
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| groundeffect.co.nz |
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A groovy site filled with bike gear, urban wear and travel
tales. The bike wear is good stuff. Their long sleeved summer
cycling tops keep you cool whilst offering excellent UV protection.
Available by Mail order. |
| Gastrobiking.com |
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If all this half way around the world sounds a bit much there's
always a picturesque, and tranquil part of France to visit. |
| Bike
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A Rider's Digest. Anthology of bicycle articles, photography
and humour featuring some of Cass's writing. |
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Sites devoted to tandems
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| Tandem-fahren |
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A page full of links to other sites devoted to tandems. |
| oliver.buettel.bei.t-online.de/ |
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This site details a tandem from India to Berlin, in German,
via Central Asia. It's in German though. |
| home.att.net/~thetandemlink/ |
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A site of resources for tandem riders. |
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Trivia & other stuff
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| www.turkmenbashi.org |
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The President of Turmenistan's own site! Absorbing!! |
| Unicycle.com |
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One wheel good, two wheels bad. But then it's California after
all… |
