Coming to a Mailbox Near You

This truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Not just because houses are being decked out with twinkling lights, or because there are heaps of cookies everywhere, or because you get to listen to your favorite holiday songs (although those things are awesome, too). No, this time of year is filled with joy for one other very special reason, and that reason should be showing up in your mailbox later this week.

That's right, folks, the 2012 Adventure Cycling Tours Book is on its way to you, with a brand-new design and tons of gorgeous photographs guaranteed to give you an itch to pack up your panniers and head out on the open road.

This year, we've separated our tours into our six distinct types: Self-Contained, Inn-to-Inn, Van-Supported, Fully-Supported, Family tours, and Educational courses -- making it easier than ever for you to find your perfect tour. For more information, check out this post.

Don't be surprised if you find it hard to narrow down the selections; with such a variety of glorious options, who could blame you? Luckily, we have prepared for just such a challenge by creating our Compare All Tours Matrix, more fully explained by Mo on our blog. The matrix can help you compare and contrast tours until you find your perfect match (or matches).

So, start checking your mailboxes, girls and boys -- with our 56 amazing 2012 tours offered at 2011 prices, there has never been a better time to sign up!

Photos courtesy of the tours department. In the top photo, Paul and Mo spend a chilly Montana afternoon reading the new Tours Book and deciding which warmer-weather tour they're going to sign up for!

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ON THE ROAD is written by the tours team -- Mo, Paul, Madeline, and Arlen -- tours specialists and intrepid bicyclists, covering all things related to Adventure Cycling's Tours Department. We've announced our 2012 Tours!


Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/12/coming-to-mailbox-near-you.html

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Why should I buy a folding bike!

For your typical city occupant folding bikes usually are the most appropriate way to get around. With a lot of Londoners living in flats and apartments with little if any storage space a foldable bicycle is going to be much more convenient when compared to a standard sized cycle. The bikes fold up rapidly and are generally small enough to be tucked away in the home or taken on trains and buses during the particular times that ordinary cycles are restricted on account of passenger over crowding. Folding bikes can in fact be taken on the tube system, taken on buses and even taken on Croydon's Tram link system. Officially the bikes may need to be in a small bag but in practice Transport for London rarely enforce this and if they do then a pair of black bin liners will suffice. A folder will permit a person to circumvent the train companies' cycle restrictions and you could actually take your folding bike home in a minicab on a Friday night following a few bevies at the pub! There are plenty of different kinds of folding bicycles available, from leading manufacturers including Dahon, Brompton and Pashley.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cyclingchatcouk/~3/sxVHiYm0Kaw/

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Klöden Takes Stage & Overall Lead in Paris-Nice

Taking advantage of a perfect lead out by Janez Brajkovic, Team RadioShack?s Andreas Klöden out sprinted Euskaltel?s Olympic Road Champion Samuel Sanchez at the line to take Stage 5 at the mid-point of the 8-day/stage ?Race-to-the-Sun.? The day?s win put Andreas in the leader?s yellow jersey, and in excellent position to be on the podium [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/kloden-takes-stage-overall-lead-in-paris-nice/

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Coming to a Mailbox Near You

This truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Not just because houses are being decked out with twinkling lights, or because there are heaps of cookies everywhere, or because you get to listen to your favorite holiday songs (although those things are awesome, too). No, this time of year is filled with joy for one other very special reason, and that reason should be showing up in your mailbox later this week.

That's right, folks, the 2012 Adventure Cycling Tours Book is on its way to you, with a brand-new design and tons of gorgeous photographs guaranteed to give you an itch to pack up your panniers and head out on the open road.

This year, we've separated our tours into our six distinct types: Self-Contained, Inn-to-Inn, Van-Supported, Fully-Supported, Family tours, and Educational courses -- making it easier than ever for you to find your perfect tour. For more information, check out this post.

Don't be surprised if you find it hard to narrow down the selections; with such a variety of glorious options, who could blame you? Luckily, we have prepared for just such a challenge by creating our Compare All Tours Matrix, more fully explained by Mo on our blog. The matrix can help you compare and contrast tours until you find your perfect match (or matches).

So, start checking your mailboxes, girls and boys -- with our 56 amazing 2012 tours offered at 2011 prices, there has never been a better time to sign up!

Photos courtesy of the tours department. In the top photo, Paul and Mo spend a chilly Montana afternoon reading the new Tours Book and deciding which warmer-weather tour they're going to sign up for!

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ON THE ROAD is written by the tours team -- Mo, Paul, Madeline, and Arlen -- tours specialists and intrepid bicyclists, covering all things related to Adventure Cycling's Tours Department. We've announced our 2012 Tours!


Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/12/coming-to-mailbox-near-you.html

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oVo recumbent tandem UK manufacturer.

Article by; OvO tandems Richard Cresswell After a holiday in Brittany Richard came up with the idea to make a tandem recumbent ? I think he was fed up with waiting for me at the top of the hills. So the oVo was conceived. So now when we go away (2010 we did over 1,000 Km on one trip and in 2011 1685.5 Km) we arrive in the same place at the same time! He went back to basics for the design, steering away from a standard bike shape and replacing it with a sexy curve made from aluminium box section. It separates into two bags which means you can go on Euro star (?if you can get it through the X-ray machine mate we can get it on Euro star? quote from a porter at Euro star) and it does. In fact we went on 11/11 different trains this year through England, France, Holland and Belgium without refusal. The bags weigh 9.5Kg and 13.5Kg (less than the pannier bags did!)

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cyclingchatcouk/~3/01Tm02PnQNQ/

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Giro d?Italia Recap Stages 13-18

This great monument of Europe?s three Grand Tours continues to produce exciting racing, a little drama, and a real display of dominance by its current leader as we now complete 6/7ths of the race today (knew those math classes would come in handy some day!). This 94th edition of the Giro, which will ultimately [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/giro-d%e2%80%99italia-recap-stages-13-18/

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