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I decided to take the scavenger hunt seriously, which meant that I had
to find one of the real challenges: a snake stone.  First I had to
find out what it was.  Apparently it is...
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There are long days, and then there are long days.  Today was 174km, and the official start of us having longer and longer riding days.  I guess they've been going too easy on us thus far...
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Leaving Nkhotakota was hard.  Getting back onto the bike after beach life is not easy.  Fortunately we were headed into a rest day.  My credit card didn&...
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What is the first thing you do on a holiday?  Sleep in. We did. Until 6:15.  After months of waking up at 4:30 – 5:30, it was wonderful.  And the rest of the day? Yoga! Hot sho...
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After a luxurious rest day in Chitimba, filled with pig roasts, volleyball and lazing around on the beach, we got back on the road and headed to Mzuzu.  The ride was beautiful to start, but th...
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They say that the ride into Malawi is meant to be the best ride on
the trip.  I would have to agree.  I started my day climbing a hill
with Rana and Peter.  We decided to e...
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Some days we have bad days.  Some days we have terrible days.  Today
was the day of the injured.  You might remember how I said that they
sometimes misinform us regarding "...
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After having a solid day of riding after my day of unending flats I
headed out from camp, confident in my repair job.  Until I got my
first flat a few meters later.  I am in goo...
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After leaving Arusha we had a joy-filled day of smooth pavement.  We
were going the same route as we had taken to get to the Seren...
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After leaving Arusha we had a joy-filled day of smooth pavement.  We
were going the same route as we had taken to get to the Serengeti -
minus one vital turn off - so we kept our eye...
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The Ngorogoro crater is one of the most spectacular places on earth. It has both fresh and saltwater in it, and is one of the most species-rich places you will ever see.

Driving to the c...
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Crossing into Namanga was our easiest border crossing ever. Unfortunately, going into Arusha was a gong show, and didn't bode well for the new crew. At 117 paved kilometers, it was meant to be an e...
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There's something so wonderful about riding alone. It's also quite nice to have a fellow rider. Even a few riders can be fun. Riding in a convoy is a new form of hell.

Riding into Nairob...
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I woke up this morning and prepared myself for the best ride ever - paved hills! I joked with Jim, one of our fastest cyclists, and a sectional from the Lonely Planet, that all he would be seeing w...
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It appears that Ethiopia is not the only place where I'm destined to
get sick.  Or any of us, for that matter.  We left camp and the roads
deteriorated immediately.  The da...
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The aftermath of the Northern Kenyan desert rain was intense.  I
walked around in my sandals that were so thickly caked in mud it was
like wearing foam mattresses on my feet.  W...
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Getting into Kenya, while a huge relief for all of us, was not an easy
task.  It was only 86km, but through headwinds on corrugated dirt
roads with loads of hills.  I was unhapp...
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In camp in Yabello I had a chat with Wondie, our local fixer.  He was
almost in an apologetic state.  He was explaining to me how many times
he had tried to explain to the villa...
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Upon leaving Addis, I spent two days on the truck.  Riding on the
truck is never a good option.  It's slow, hot, and filled with sick
people.  I was anxious to get off.&nbs...
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We got up in the morning and rode - I hung out with Erin in the back
as she was sweeping that day.  We rode past so many tej fields.  Tej
is the grain ...
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The Gorge.

We knew it was coming, but there's still a lot of nervousness when you know that you are about to do the biggest climb of the trip.  Over 22k...
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The rest day in Bahir Dar was a true rest day.  I sat back, ate injera, did email and drank about 6 of Ethiopia's amazing juices - they are layered drinks, usually...
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If there is anything anyone can actually learn from my natterings, let it be this: Please, when  you are in a third world country, don't just go around handing out...
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A little fyi - These emails are getting harder to get through, due tovery basic dial-up in Ethiopia mixed with frequent power outages.  Infour days I'll be in Addi...
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From Camp Alfonse to Gedaref we traveled 136 km straight into a brutal easterly headwind.  It seemed like most of the day my odometer was stuck around 12.  I ...
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Leaving Khartoum was quite the trip.  Traffic was everywhere, sometimes three deep on the road headed straight for us.  We were run off a few times.  The...
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Did you know that there are over 2 million internally displaced people in Sudan?  Today we went to a refugee camp where we gave mosquito nets to dozens of orphans ...
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We rode 154km today.  I rushed to get out with someone.  I've stopped leaving with the racers because I don't want to freak out my ankle, and since they leave last, I don't want to be stu...
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If you are looking for blog updates, it will be awhile.  I have yet to get blogspot to not crash a computer here in the Sudan.
 
We turned down a road, and suddenly the Nubian d...
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So I was in Sudan, but not able to ride.  You can't imagine how torturous it is, to see everyone come in, utterly wasted from the road, utterly amazed by the beauty of the land, and for you to...
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We woke up this morning to a storm so intense it took a large amount of planning to pull down my tent without it blowing away. In fact, one person's tent did blow away, and he spent ten minutes ch...
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Through hazy eyes I looked out on the mists covering the rice paddy fields, incense trees peeking out from the blue grey. We had just had a breakfast of falafel on Pita with tabouleh, then another...
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Six straight days, almost 700km, and finally we're back into green. It's amazing how revitalizing it is, just to have colour again. the vast terrain of mustard yellow was beautiful, but I now know ...
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There is something so wonderful about getting rid of the grit of the Nubian desert. Not that swimming in the Red Sea wasn't a good quick fix, but you can pretty much float sitting up in the water, ...
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Tomorrow we're off. A 5:30 am start to begin our 6 day trek to Luxor - the Valley of the Kings.

This message will be a little more coherent as I think I"m finally getting past the jet-lag. ...
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First email from Miranda Huron our Brodie Elan sponsored rider in the Tour d'Afrique, 11k+ kilometre race from Cairo to Cape Town.

I'm very sleepy, so | hope this message makes sense. I'm ...
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Glen at Braun's Bicycles in Guelph built up this Brodie Section 8 'woody project bike' for his customer Peter.

July 20, 2008 - Port Huron, Michigan, USA - Ruby Michigan USAC Cross Country Race The alarm got us out of bed at 6:00am, so we could make the 2.5 - 3 hour drive for the 10:00 am start time. As w...
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Brodie Bicycles is proud to announce another first: beginning with the 08 season, we will be showcasing some of the most advanced wheelsets around on our new b_Team bikes. The 2008 cruZado titaniu...
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Diverted 23 cubic yards of recyclable material from landfill

This ...
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I know nothing about bikes. Hence, it was somewhat surprising to both me and my friends when I decided to start cycling to work back in ?98. I? had a ...
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