From the 14th of August to the 5th of September Jerry and Will (together with a friend of Will’s) biked from Golmud in China to Lhasa in Tibet – about 1,200 KM and mainly at about 5,000 meters of elevation. We flew from Seattle to Bejing with three bikes and two big duffles full of …
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Odette put a couple hundred miles on the Tuscany and said she liked it. Then she had an accident and was off the bike all winter. When she started riding again in the spring she said she wouldn’t get on the Tuscany until I raised the handlebars or for any ride that involved climbing. (She …
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From June 10 to 23 Odette and Jerry travelled in France here are the photos here is the itinerary: Day 1 – Sunday Jun 11, 2017 : Fly Seattle – Reykjavik – Paris, train Paris to Dijon Day 2 – Monday Jun 12, 2017 : Dijon – Fleurey sur Ouche – Velars sur …
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On May 6, 2017, Jerry & Odette rode from their home in Seattle to Port Angeles, then up Vancouver Island and across to Vancouver and out the Fraser River valley to Harrison Hot Springs. They returned to the USA at Sumas and rode through Bellingham and Whidbey Island for a total of about 475 miles in …
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UPDATE – Cyclocross set-up For my birthday in 2016 Odette bought me a 1998 Litespeed Classic. At the time she was training for our planned tour in France and she was very focused on getting her requisite miles. She settled on a pattern of riding tandem on weekends and riding her 2003 Rodriquez Stellar two or …
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Odette got me a 1998 Litespeed Classic for my birthday in 2016 and I got her a 2000 Litespeed Tuscany for hers. As I stripped the Shimano 105 components off the Tuscany frame in order to build it up with a Campagnolo groupset, I started thinking about what I could do with those 105 parts. …
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From July 11 to July 19 Jerry and Odette rode their tandem on the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway, the Elkhorn Drive Scenic Byway, and the Blue Mountain Scenic Byway. The seven days of riding covered just over 400 miles and involved 31,000 feet of climbing (according to the GPS.) The route was based on …
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August 8 – 23, 2014: Jerry and Odette biked from Fairbanks to Dawson (over the Top of The World Highway) then continued on to Whitehorse and Skagway on the Klondike Highway. A ferry ride to Juneau completed the tour. Odette surprised me with a Christmas present of a bike tour in the Yukon. I didn’t …
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Wayback Machine AUG MAY JUN Previous capture 11 Next capture 2007 2009 2010 8 captures 21 Mar 06 – 11 May 09 sparklines Close Help Related Photos Sebring, FL to Key West, FL Stage Back (via Highways 27, 997, 905A, 905, 1 along with LOST Trail) October 23, 2004 One hour before sunrise, we pulled …
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Wayback Machine AUG AUG SEP Previous capture 28 Next capture 2007 2008 2009 9 captures 21 Mar 06 – 28 Aug 08 sparklines Close Help Related Photos Bainbridge, GA to Sebring, FL Stage Back (via Highways 27, 441, 46, 436, 437, 545, 17, 634) October 14, 2004 After eating the motel’s continental breakfast, we packed …
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