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What’s In The Kitchen? Our Current Bike Touring Cook Kit
19 Mar 3 Logan Watts / foodA whittled down kitchen that is perfect for third world cooking and the ideal size and weight for a minimal setup…
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Zambia: Everything is Big Here
25 Feb 25 Logan Watts / plogTackling Zambia via the Great East Road proved the country to be full of surprises and much grander than we expected…
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Zambia: Sharing The Road
8 Feb 21 Logan Watts / plogAfter getting an early start from Lusaka, our journey took a sour turn… into a ditch.
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Too Many Lions: Cycling Zimbabwe
9 Feb 11 Logan Watts / plogA reverse C pattern route through a beautiful country with a checkered past led us through splendid scenery and culminated with a little adrenaline.
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Bike Touring Lesotho (part 3): Magic Carpet Ride
6 Feb 3 Logan Watts / plogThe final days of our Lesotho dirt road odyssey concluded with a magic carpet ride across the highlands and a descent down the legendary Sani Pass.
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Bicycle Touring Lesotho (part 2): Day 1 of the Dirt Road Odyssey
34 Jan 28 Logan Watts / plogOriginally I thought this story had two parts, but as it turns out there is a trilogy within these photos…
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Bike Touring Lesotho (part 1): Lesotho, Sesotho, Basotho
18 Jan 24 Logan Watts / plogBikepacking across the tiny ‘Mountain Kingdom’ of Lesotho was one of the most anticipated passages of our current tour. It didn’t fall short of expectations…
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Respect: Knysna to Port Elizabeth (via Prince Alfred and Baviaanskloof)
15 Jan 13 Logan Watts / plogMost of the time we meet South Africans on the road, they aren’t shy to state that we must be extremely adventurous, or simply crazy. In many situations, it also starts a conversation that can uncover a place to go next, an offer of nightly accommodation, lunch, dinner, and camaraderie. Then again, sometimes we only get the word ‘respect’ accompanied by a fist to chest motion.
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Bike Touring with the Surly ECR: 1,000 km Impressions + Build Specs
132 Jan 2 Logan Watts / bikes“I think they [Knards] will be too slow.” “You won’t find 29er tires or tubes in Africa.” “That thing is going to be heavy.” I pretty much ignored the aforementioned comments, among a couple other worries that were floating around in my skull, and rolled into Africa with the ECR, complete with Knards. Here are my thoughts after 1,000 KMs.
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Poorts and Passes: From Calitzdorp Over the Swartberg to De Rust
8 Dec 31 Logan Watts / plogWeaving in and out of the Swartberg Mountains and the Cape Fold has carried us over and through well over 25 poorts and passes.
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The Tubus Vega for the Surly ECR + Rack Mods for Extra H20
30 Dec 28 Logan Watts / accessoriesDoes the Tubus Vega fit the ECR, with 29+ Knards? Well, the answer is… kind of. A few people have asked and commented about the compatibility of the Vega with the ECR. Here are my thoughts.
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Rolling Into The Sun: Montague to Calitzdorp
15 Dec 24 Logan Watts / plogThe sun is the master here. It seems far more powerful than anywhere I’ve experienced. The darkness quickly fades at 5AM and the star of frenzied flame explodes into the sky at about 5:30.