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The cherry blossom is out so winter is over 🌞👍😎😃

#springhassprung #occitanie #printemps #spring #cyclinglife #fromwhereiride #bikeride #cycllingholiday #cyclingfrance #vegancyclist #holiday #nevernotocycling #cyclingvacation #cycling #cyclingeurope #cherryblossom

Rights of way can be difficult to figure out in Fr

Rights of way can be difficult to figure out in France, and this trail is especially ambiguous. I always try to talk to whoever owns the land, but I've never seen a soul in the hamlet just out of shot, but today my luck was in and I met the farmer who was super friendly and explained how it works on his patch. I don't worry too much for myself but I'll be taking customers this way in a couple of weeks so it's good to be sure.

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These metal cupboards full of electrical stuff are

These metal cupboards full of electrical stuff are so ugly, getting someone to paint them like this should be done everywhere. Hopefully this one is the first of many

#cycling #cyclingeurope #cyclinglife #cyclingpics #cyclingfrance #cyclingholiday #bikeride #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #steelisreal #robertscycles #fixie #pignonfixe #fixedwheel #campagnolo #cyclingover40 #vegancycling #cyclingvacation #winterbike

Today the weather was absurd, worse than January,

Today the weather was absurd, worse than January, so I stayed in, spun some vinyl and caught up with some admin. This is from yesterday, crossing the Aveyron below Najac.

#cycling #cyclinglife #fixedgear #bridge #cyclingfrance #steelbike #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #southoffrance #france #aveyron

There are chateaux all over the place here and oft

There are chateaux all over the place here and often they're not especially expensive. But they're impossible to heat and cost a fortune to run, so I think we'll be sticking with what we've got.

#chateau #france #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #cyclingfrance #cyclinglife #cyclingeurope #cycling #cyclingphotography #cyclingover40 #cyclingvacation #cyclingholiday

For #throwbackthursday here's a shot from my 2009

For #throwbackthursday here's a shot from my 2009 ride in Kyrgyzstan. Something I always like in ex Soviet countries are the random public monuments you encounter on the road. Sometimes the purpose is obvious, it might be the most extravagant bus stop you've ever seen, a statue or maybe a sign. But sometimes it's completely impenetrable, at least to me, like this huge arch randomly placed on a road in the middle of nowhere. I'm sure it does have some significance really, but to me, a foreign bike tourist rolling through, it was like a mad apparition in the wilderness.

#triumphalarch #sovietunion #kyrgyzstan #pamirhighway #arch #monument #kyrgyzstan #centralasia #cycletouring #biketour #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #dirtroad #gravel #adventurecycling #cycling

Gariottes are a regular feature of the landscape h

Gariottes are a regular feature of the landscape here. They're shelters for shepherds, but this one is unusual. Mostly they're either piles of rocks having collapsed long ago, or they're restored to better than new condition. This one is neither. It's quite damaged but is still recognisable.

#gariotte #gravelcycling #france #titaniumbike #southoffrance #cyclinglife #cyclingover40 #gravelgrinder #cyclingeurope #vegancyclist #cyclingphotography #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #cyclingfrance

Another shot from my ride yesterday tweaking the r

Another shot from my ride yesterday tweaking the route for our 100 mile challenge ride in June

#gravel #gravelcycling #gravelride #gravelfrance #cycling #cyclingfrance #cyclinglife #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #titaniumbike #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #cyclingeurope #cyclingpics #france #occitanie #southoffrance #bike #bikeride #southwestfrance

We're off to the UK for a couple of weeks tomorrow

We're off to the UK for a couple of weeks tomorrow which means no cycling for me 😭 So today I rode myself to destruction by struggling up all the steepest hills I know on my old steel fixie. This was taken just before the first big climb on the suspension bridge in Feneyrols with the chateau just visible behind.

#suspensionbridge #southwestfrance #tarnetgaronne #cycling #cyclinglife #cyclingeurope #cyclingfrance #steelisreal #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #pignonfixe #killerride #climbbybike

Down the gorge road this morning. In theory this

Down the gorge road this morning. In theory this is the main road but there's a shortcut over the hill on a very dull, straight road, so cyclists mostly have the gorge to themselves 😍

#cyclinglife #fromwhereiride #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #southoffrance #southwestfrance #cyclingfrance #roadride #cycling #cyclingeurope #france #gorge #gorgesdaveyron #cliff #falaise

The last few km of my last bike ride for a couple

The last few km of my last bike ride for a couple of weeks....

#fromwhereiride #bikelife #cycling #cyclinglife #cyclingeurope #cycllingholiday #cyclingpics #cyclingover40 #cyclistsofinstagram #cyclingfrance #cyclingvacation #cyclisme

We're on telly again, at least in the UK. 4pm, to

We're on telly again, at least in the UK. 4pm, tomorrow (Tuesday) channel 4. I doubt there will be any cycling, but you'll definitely get to see my happy smiling face, so what's not to like? If you're not in the UK you'll need to do clever VPN stuff or wait till it's syndicated in your area.

#wereontv #tv #nlits #newlifeinthesun #channel4 #france #southoffrance #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation

This part of France became very depopulated more t

This part of France became very depopulated more than a century ago so there are loads of interesting abandoned buildings like this mill complex

#abandonedplaces #watermill #gravelcycling #offthebeatenpath #offthebeatentrack #cycling #gravelfrance #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #cyclingfrance #southoffrance #southwestfrance #france

No leaves on the trees yet but the grass is gettin

No leaves on the trees yet but the grass is getting greener and there are some beautiful spring flowers. The second 2 pics are terrible I know but in real life it was beautiful.

#springhassprung #spring #printemps #cycling #gravelride #gravelbike #gravel #gravelholiday #gravelgrinding #cycling #bike #cyclingfrance #cyclinglife #cyclingeurope #southoffrance #france #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #fromwhereiride #occitanie #offthebeatenpath

Almost home as the sun starts to set #cyclinglif

Almost home as the sun starts to set

#cyclinglife #cyclingfrance #cycling #cyclingeurope #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #riveraveyron #aveyron #occitanie #tarnetgaronne #southoffrance #southwestfrance #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #france #gravelcycling #gravelfrance

For #throwbackthursday here's a handlebar full of

For #throwbackthursday here's a handlebar full of obsolete technology. On the left is one of the first bike GPS units, a Garmin Geko 301 and on the right an ancient Cateye bike computer which unusually for the time, included an altimeter. It was a primitive set up, but it allowed me to navigate the abandoned Soviet era military roads of Tajikistan using digital maps I made myself from satellite images. Here I'm on the 4600m Ak Baital Pass, which was the highest road in the Soviet Union.

#adventure #retro #garmin #cateye #ussr #obsoletetechnology #sovietunion #pamir #tajikistan #pamirhighway #biketour #expeditiontouring #expedition #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #cyclinglife #cycling #bike

I woke up this morning to a very nice surprise - I

I woke up this morning to a very nice surprise - I've just passed 5000 followers 😃. It's quite a milestone and I'm really grateful to everyone who's made it happen 😍😍.

#cycling #5000followers #cyclingfrance #thanks #cyclingholiday #cyclingeurope #cyclingvacation #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #southoffrance #southwestfrance #grabel #gravelcycling #gravelbike

I often ride past these ramshackle wooden barns an

I often ride past these ramshackle wooden barns and sometimes post pictures of them. But I've only just realised that most of them were built as tobacco drying sheds. Tobacco isn't grown here these days so we're just left with a load of weird decaying barns.

#patrimoine #barn #cycling #cyclinglife #frenchlife #southoffrance #fromwhereiride #gravelcycling #gravel #specializedtoupe #southoffrance #france #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #ilovemybike

For #throwbackthursday here I am on a very chilly

For #throwbackthursday here I am on a very chilly 5080m pass in Tibet. I think it might be the Mayam La, but my memory is hazy.

#freetibet #tibet #tibetcycling #expedition #highaltitude #roofoftheworld #adventurecycling #cycling #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #biketour #cycletouring

Normally i ride a fixed wheel on road in winter, b

Normally i ride a fixed wheel on road in winter, but today was a test ride on my tourer after fitting some swanky #veloorange mudguards/fenders and some fat #continetal grand prix 5000 in 32mm flavour. All good apart from a tiny mudguard rattle which was easily fixed. I've wanted to do this for ages, but I had to use up my massive supply of part worn 25s first. As expected the 32s are a much nicer ride.

#titaniumbike #airbornebicycles #testride #shakedown #cyclinglife #touringbike #cycling #wintercycling #cyclingfrance #vegancycling #fromwhereiride #fenders #lifebehindbars #continentalgrandprix5000 #cyclingeurope #cycling #cyclingholiday #southoffrance

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