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Tassie Jo does Townsville by bike | The Bicycle Pedlar
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Touring adventures and other bicycle stuff…. Tassie Jo does Townsville by bike. July 31, 2015. By The Bicycle Pedlar. Surly fat tyre bikes. We were thrilled to hear our friend was escaping the Tasmanian winter and coming to Townsville for a visit! The question was whether she would be as thrilled when she realised we no longer had a car and all trips would be by bike. How does one deal with guests when they fly in and don’t have a car? Of using the electric bikes! The ‘Concrete Hill’. For the obligatory ...
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Ian’s Townsville to Cairns trip via the Tablelands | The Bicycle Pedlar
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Touring adventures and other bicycle stuff…. Ian’s Townsville to Cairns trip via the Tablelands. April 16, 2015. By The Bicycle Pedlar. First stop on the second day and the sign in front of the bowser says, No Fuel Till Lunch. I had a couple of poached eggs on toast, a cup of tea and a bottle of water and was feeling happily fuelled. Eventually I got out of the water and put the tent up for the night. Time to get the legs spinning again the next morning as Undara Lava Tubes was the destination. It was an...
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The ‘Great Car-Free Experiment’ becomes ‘Car-Free Reality’ | The Bicycle Pedlar
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Touring adventures and other bicycle stuff…. The ‘Great Car-Free Experiment’ becomes ‘Car-Free Reality’. May 9, 2015. By The Bicycle Pedlar. The Great Car-Free Experiment. In case you’re wondering, the people in the photo are not us. Thank you to these much younger and better looking cyclists for filling in! You read it right. The car-free experiment is about to become permanent reality. Our small foray into the world of car-free living almost 12 months ago. To where we wanted to go! The pedalling will b...
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Bicycle trailer gets christened | The Bicycle Pedlar
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Touring adventures and other bicycle stuff…. Bicycle trailer gets christened. July 18, 2015. By The Bicycle Pedlar. We don’t know if we will ever get to carrying a fridge on the bike like in this photo. Posted in response to a current Sydney politician’s ignorant and anti-bike comments, but with our new trailer, we will at least have the groceries covered! At the end of that visit, we had approximately 15 kilograms of produce, which easily fit into the trailer. We. Bicycle touring in Style! You are comme...
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Bella’s Bike-ification | The Bicycle Pedlar
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Touring adventures and other bicycle stuff…. August 15, 2015. By The Bicycle Pedlar. What do you do when your glamorous, Italian, non-cycling friend from interstate arrives at the airport? You pack the folding bike into the cargo bike and head to the airport to pick her up of course! Once home we were able to introduce Gabriella to our rather more high-end bikes, the Gazelle Impulse C8 electrics. These were to be our mode of transport for the 6 days she was with us. Sorry Gabriella, had to put the helmet...
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Touring adventures and other bicycle stuff…. Author Archives: The Bicycle Pedlar. Day 12 – Cairns to Townsville by train. September 14, 2016. By The Bicycle Pedlar. The train leaves Cairns at 9am to head south and gets to Townsville at 3pm. When I arrived to check-in at 8am there was already a long queue of older […]. Read Article →. Women and Cycle Touring. Day 11 -Craiglie to Cairns. September 13, 2016. By The Bicycle Pedlar. It was bucketing down when I woke up at 5.30am, so I stayed […]. Day 7 –...
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Bicycle touring in Style! | The Bicycle Pedlar
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Touring adventures and other bicycle stuff…. Bicycle touring in Style! July 8, 2015. By The Bicycle Pedlar. What do you get when you combine a long weekend, a bunch of enthusiastic people who love riding bikes, Townsville Bicycle User Group’s (BUG) Style Over Speed black-tie event. An Austrian cycle-tourist, and crystal clear weather with just the right level of crispness (tropical winter style)? Why, the perfect weekend of course! Josh managed to maintain his relaxed smile the whole 40km, including duri...
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Goodbye Car, Hello Bike! | The Bicycle Pedlar
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Touring adventures and other bicycle stuff…. Goodbye Car, Hello Bike! May 30, 2015. By The Bicycle Pedlar. The car has gone! It went to it’s new owners a week ago on Friday afternoon giving us the weekend to adjust to the car-free life. And what a weekend! Without realising, we had managed to book in plenty of activities for the weekend – running events, BBQ, visits, plus work – which meant we did a lot of riding! Happily for us, our new Gazelle Orange C8 Impulse ebikes. Every time we got on the bike, gr...
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