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We do doors with patina well in these parts. #pa

We do doors with patina well in these parts.

#patina #southoffrance #france #steelbike #steelisreal #fixie #fromwhereiride #france #cyclingholiday #campagnolorecord #fixedwheel #cyclingholiday #bikeride #wintercycling #cyclingvacation #cyclinglife #cyclingfrance #winterbike

Steve and Tanith on the descent that time forgot 😍

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

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

I had assumed there were no decent pics of my rain

I had assumed there were no decent pics of my rain soaked, zero visibility ride yesterday, but this one turned out OK. I especially like the colour of the Gave de Pau 😍

#gavedepau #aquitaine #southoffrance #bearn #cycling #biketour #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #france #cyclingfrance #touringbike

I think it'll be time to dust off my summer bike s

I think it'll be time to dust off my summer bike soon 🌞

#cyclinglife #cyclingeurope #cycling #cycllingholiday #cyclingpics #cyclingphotography #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #vegancyclist #cyclingvacation #southoffrance #france #southwestfrance #bike #pignonfixe #fixie

I don't wear shorts till it reaches 20 degrees, an

I don't wear shorts till it reaches 20 degrees, and today that happened 🌞😎. I do find it strange to be out in shorts when there are no leaves on the trees though.

#warm #firstdayofsummer #gravelbike #titaniumbike #gravel #gravelcycling #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #cyclinglife #southoffrance #france #cyclingholiday #vegancyclist #cyclingvacation

On a hideous day spent dealing with a flood caused

On a hideous day spent dealing with a flood caused by a freakish plumbing incident, here's a pic to cheer me up. 2007, Tibet. Good times.

#tibet #freetibet #adventurecycling #expedition #roofoftheworld #biketouring #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #gravel

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'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

These iconic avenues of plane trees are becoming l

These iconic avenues of plane trees are becoming less common, sometimes because of disease, sometimes because careless car drivers crash into them. Fortunately there are still a lot of them in our forgotten corner of France.

#france #planetree #avenueoftrees #southoffrance #bikeride #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #nevernotocycling #bike #cycling #cyclingeurope #cyclingvacation #vegancycling #cyclingholiday #steelisreal #ilovemybike #robertscycles #fixie #southwestfrance #tarnetgaronne #occitanie

Now I live in a place where the trails are dry mos

Now I live in a place where the trails are dry most of the time, I've lost my tolerance for mud. I have some mud tyres but haven't used them once. Now spring is here and it's warming up, the mud has gone and I'm back on the gravel 😎

#gravel #fromwhereiride #spring #springhassprung #groad #gravel #cyclingfrance #cyclingholiday #cyclinglife #cyclingeurope #cycling #cyclingvacation #gravelcycling #gravelgrinder #southoffrance #vegancycling #france

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

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

It's very rare for me to ride my summer bike at th

It's very rare for me to ride my summer bike at this time of year but it's a nice treat when the roads are dry 😍

#merlinextralight #merlinmetalworks #roadbike #campagnolorecord #rideyourbike #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #bikelife #cyclingeurope #cyclingfrance #vegancycling #southoffrance #southwestfrance #fromwhereiride

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

For #throwbackthursday here's a shot I've never po

For #throwbackthursday here's a shot I've never posted before of the very weird station at Latour-de-Carol high in the Pyrenees on the French Spanish border. I went there via the highest railway in France to start a mostly off road tour in the Spanish Pyrenees. It's a huge place which was once an important railway junction but now it's like the land that time forgot.

#pyrenees #station #france #spain #latourdecarol #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation #cyclinglife #cycletouring #biketour #cycling

These processionary caterpillars are an amazing si

These processionary caterpillars are an amazing sight, moving in a long line across this gravel track. They are very poisonous though, touch them and you'll know about it - dogs have been known to die after trying to eat them.

#caterpillar #processionarycaterpillar #fromwhereiride #lifebehindbars #cycling #groad #gravelride #cyclingeurope #cyclinglife #cyclingfrance #cyclingholiday #cyclingvacation

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

We have lots of trails with dry stone walls on eac

We have lots of trails with dry stone walls on each side but this is by far the narrowest I've found

#singletrack #cyclinglife #cyclingeurope #cycling #cycllingholiday #cyclingpics #cyclingphotography #gravelbike #gravelfrance #southoffrance #vegancycling #cyclingvacation #gravelgrinder #france #fromwhereiride #drystonewall

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

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