Tag: Travel
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Best Retirement Ever: Yosemite National Park
Click or not: Best Retirement Ever: Yosemite National Park It must be hard to be the worst at something if you’re still pretty good at it. Phil seems to have figured that out and now, instead of sometimes sucking at taking back KOMs for the good guys, he’s turned his lazy-ass ways to kicking back in some of the USA’s most scenic destinations. …
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The Flandrian Diaries: Are We There Yet?
Click or not: The Flandrian Diaries: Are We There Yet?You know that quote about the journey being better than the destination? Yeah well that’s bullshit. Especially if you live in the bottom half of the world and the destination is the top half. Anyone who says they enjoy 40 hours of plane sitting and transferring is either insane or a liar, or likely… …
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Ridden: Teravail Rampart
Click or not: Ridden: Teravail RampartThere are a number of unassuming pieces of kit that always outperform their appearances: Cactus’ indestructible fleece pull over, Continental GP 4000s in 25c, or that plastic spork you got for Christmas all those years ago that you still use all come to mind. The Teravail Rampart is also a subtle, unassuming tyre that shines… …
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A Kiwi Does Eroica Japan
Click or not: A Kiwi Does Eroica JapanWhen Giancarlo Brocci started an event called Eroica in 1997 he had no idea it would morph into the runaway success it is today. It grew from his passion for two things, preservation of the white gravel roads in Tuscany, (the Strade Bianchi) and giving recognition to the bygone era of cycling where technology was… …