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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

First gravel holiday after the pandemic, life is g

First gravel holiday after the pandemic, life is getting back to normal at last 😃

#gravelcycling #gravelride #cycling #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #cyclingfrance #groad #singletrack #southoffrance #southwestfrance #france #gravelgrinder #ridingwithfriends

Nothing like a decent bit of single-track to put a

Nothing like a decent bit of single-track to put a smile on my face. Just looking forward to getting the greenery back but it won't be long now.....

https://stantoninnoblevelo.com/cycling-vacations/gravel-in-the-gorge-april-2022/

#cycling #singletrack #gravelcycling #graveltrip #gravelfrance #cyclingfrance #cyclingholiday #trailstoride #fromwhereiride #cyclinglife #bikeride #gravel #gravelgrinfer #southoffrance #france

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

A few days ago I posted a nice pic of an abandoned

A few days ago I posted a nice pic of an abandoned car. Here's another one which isn't so nice being used by a farmer to stop people (not cyclists though) getting into his field. It's a Renault 12.

#renault12 #renault #wreckedcar #gravelcycling #cycling #cyclingfrance #gravelride #cyclingvacation #cyclingholiday #gravelbike #france #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars

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

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

Steve and Tanith on the descent that time forgot 😍

#cycllingholiday #cyclingvacation #mountainbike #vtt #cyclingfrance #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #cyclinglife #cyclingeurope #cycling #gravelride #gravelcycling #gravelgrinder #singletrack

Fancy a fixer upper? No road but great trails fro

Fancy a fixer upper? No road but great trails from the doorstep 😎

#ruin #abandonedplaces #watermill #moulin #gravel #fromwhereiride #gravelgrinder #middleofnowhere #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #cyclingfrance #cyclinglife #cyclingeurope #cycling #southoffrance #southwestfrance #france

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

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

Riding around here you sometimes get startling vie

Riding around here you sometimes get startling views of Cordes sur Ciel, which is a medieval citadel perched on a rocky outcrop. Unfortunately I've never managed to take a decent pic of it, so here's a rubbish one.

#medieval #citadel #cordessurciel #southwestfrance #bikeride #steelisreal #cycling #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #roadride #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #france #tarn #mybike

It's properly green now 😍 #summer #bikeride #c

It's properly green now 😍

#summer #bikeride #cyclinglife #cycling #cyclingeurope #cyclingfrance #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #bikelife #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #southoffrance #france

Not bored of spring yet.... #springhassprung #spr

Not bored of spring yet....

#springhassprung #spring #gravelcycling #gravelride #gravelfrance #gravelholiday #gravelgrinder #cyclinglife #cyclinglife #cyclingphotography #cyclingover40 #cyclingvacation #cycllingholiday #southoffrance #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars

Winter has returned with a vengeance. Suddenly it

Winter has returned with a vengeance. Suddenly it's weirdly cold, windy and wet, so out came the winter bike again. I don't think I've ever ridden my fixed in Najac because of all the hills, but to my surprise it was OK.

#cyclinglife #cyclingeurope #cycling #chateau #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #cyclingfrance #fixie #fixedgear #steelisreal #steelbike #robertscycles #southoffrance #southwestfrance #france #lifebehindbars #fromwhereiride

One of the unknowns about my big wilderness ride d

One of the unknowns about my big wilderness ride down the Aveyron gorge was whether I could use a railway bridge to cross the river and link the trails together. It turned out that was no problem, but it also looks like there's a smooth path alongside the track which would bypass most of the difficult sections. I couldn't test it because I didn't have lights with me for the long tunnels, but I'm going to go back soon and try it out.

#railway #wilderness #exploring #nevernotocycling #cycling #gravelcycling #gravel #fromwhereiride #cyclingholiday #vegancyclist #cyclingeurope #cyclinglife #cyclingpics #cyclingvacation #cyclingfrance #gravelgrinder

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

On the way to Middle Earth on day 2 of our April g

On the way to Middle Earth on day 2 of our April gravel holiday

#gravelcycling #gravelride #vtt #mountainbike #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #cyclingfrance #offthebeatentrack #cyclingfrance #singletrack

For #switchbacksaturday here's Rob not quite makin

For #switchbacksaturday here's Rob not quite making one of 6 or 7 hairpins on the way out of the village. It's a bit unfair to show this one, he rode around loads of others easily...

#cycling #mountainbike #vtt #switchback #cyclingholiday #singletrack #trailstoride #fromwhereiride #nevernotocycling #climbbybike #southwestfrance #france #southoffrance #cyclingvacation #cyclingfrance

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

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