Archive | August, 2011

Heading to khardung la

I somehow found the only 236mm spokes in Leh for my rear wheel, and we are going to head out tomorrow for a 4 day loop of Khardung La, highest road in the world. We had a very nice 70th birthday dinner with John last night, one of our fellow travelers who left Leh this [...]

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Made it to Leh!

We have all made it here safe and sound! I broke 5 spokes and had to limp in after moving a couple of drive side spokes to the disc side (where they broke) in an attempt to even out the wobbles a bit. Sleeping in a tent/home stay/dhaba has been exciting and I’ll have lots [...]

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Made it to Manali, food poisoning and constant rain.

We have made it to Manali, the starting point on our bike journey. We had a long flight from SFO to Heathrow followed by a 8 hour layover before boarding our flight to Delhi. It was a huge culture shock first arriving in India, and our first taxi ride in a half sized minivan with [...]

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Here we go!

On the plane with in flight entertainment.

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All packed up!

Thanks to everybody who came out on Sunday, it was a great time! Yesterday we packed up our bikes and I picked up some last minute camera gear. We are leaving for the airport this afternoon for our very long flight to Delhi. Stay tuned!

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Himalayan send off tonight!

Come on out to Mojo Bicycle Cafe on Divisadero and Grove tonight to say ‘Hi’ and help send us off on our adventure with a bang! We’ll be there from around 6pm-10pm. Come get a beer and chat with Aaron, Jorge and myself and share your own bicycle touring stories with us!

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