The cycle camping tour continues into the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, through Vermont and into Massachusetts. Struggles with thunderstorms and flying insects and a visit to the Crane paper mill where US dollar bills are made. Picture above shows the view back down the road from the summit of Whiteface Mountain.
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Entries from November 2009
Montreal-New York City by bicycle (part two)
November 30th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Tags: Podcast · Rides · Touring · United States
Montreal-New York City by bicycle (part one)
November 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments
The first of two features on a north American cycle tour undertaken over the summer. Starting in cycle-friendly Montreal and Quebec’s routes vertes and camping on the shores of Lake Champlain, this episode ends with a mildly disturbing encounter with an over-talkative former NYPD officer and child abuse investigator.
Plus more from Paul Fournel’s [...]
Tags: Podcast · Rides · Touring · United States
Wanted: Bicycle Mechanics
November 16th, 2009 · 14 Comments
This week’s show looks at the chronic lack of bicycle mechanics with the Ninon Asuni of Bicycle Workshop. Ninon founded Bicycle Workshop nearly thirty years ago after deciding she’d had enough of working as a librarian. She’s now among Britain’s most highly regarded bicycle mechanics with a devoted following in London and the rest of [...]
Tags: Gear · London · People · Podcast
Calling Time on “Sorry Mate, I Didn’t See You” (SMIDSY)
November 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Bike Show moves into advocacy mode this week with guest in the studio Debra Rolfe, Campaigns Director of the Cyclists’ Touring Club (CTC), Britain’s largest cycling organisation with 60,000+ members. Debra is spearheading the CTC’s new campaign against bad driving by motorists called Stop SMIDSY. The aim is to draw attention to the dangers [...]
Tags: Advocacy · Art and design · Events · London · People · Podcast · Road safety


