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Long Live the Duct Tape

eva — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 05:00:43 +0000

Or How Duct Tape got us back to Lisbon (without buying a new tyre) “How many punctures?” This is one of the most frequent questions we get on our trip. Until very recently, the answer was: “None”. Almost 10’000 kilometres without a flat tyre. People would stare at us in disbelief. Thanks, Schwalbe Marathon!* We … Continue reading Long Live the Duct Tape

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The secret of our selfies

Miguel — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 23:56:29 +0000

99.9% of our pictures are taken by ourselves, including those where both of us appear on. Many people we don’t know took pictures of us from their cars or after stopping them 200m in front of us. Several times we gave our e-mail address and explicitly asked to have the pictures sent to us. Only … Continue reading The secret of our selfies

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Are we electricity dependent?

Miguel — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:00:38 +0000

In South America the camp sites have electricity included in the price and plugs are available everywhere. So we use it. While in Europe we would use our solar panel to charge the phone or leave the phone for a while in the toilets’ only plug, here we are all the time connected to the … Continue reading Are we electricity dependent?

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“Combien de kilos?”

eva — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:21:44 +0000

Voici un post que certains ont dû attendre impatiemment! Combien de fois on nous a demandé, avant notre départ: “Combien de kilos de bagages?” Et combien la personne était décue d’entendre que nous n’avions pas encore pesé nos bagages, que nous n’avions même pas encore fait nos bagages, et que nous n’avions aucune idée ce … Continue reading “Combien de kilos?”

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Our top 3 items of cycle touring equipment

Miguel — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 09:33:01 +0000

After some 2’600km on the road on our recumbent bicycles through France, Spain and Portugal, we have already spotted what we cannot miss in future trips. The list below shows items that were new to us, but we should not forget about other very good gear for which we have almost no complaints either. So, … Continue reading Our top 3 items of cycle touring equipment

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First material order after restart

Miguel — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 18:16:40 +0000

After 2’200km we did a first review of our material and some small pieces (Miguel’ sandals was the biggest item) were given to my parents. At the same time we decided to order some things: Rohloff 18-teeth sprocket for Miguel’s bicycle: To try making very steep (>10%) hills less painful (or just possible) to cycle. … Continue reading First material order after restart

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Material indecisions

Miguel — Mon, 16 May 2016 18:12:39 +0000

Should be time to leave. The more we wait, the more thoughts about material come to mind, more question on what is the best to take, which to take, what will be more useful, more multidisciplinary . It’s also a problem we have in our societies where we have access to everything. There is an interesting … Continue reading Material indecisions

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