By In this edge-of-the-seat post I’ll just go over what’s in the right bag. Clothes Pretty much the only stuff in this pannier are (off the bike) clothes and toiletries. We’re only doing a week, and staying mainly in B&Bs, so I’m bringing the following: 2 x t-shirts 1 x pair
Packing My Panniers: Part 1
Now for a very exciting post: how I’m packing panniers for the Mizen to Malin cycle next week! Gripping stuff for the non-cyclists, I know, but since we’ll be on the bike for a week it makes sense to put a bit of effort into getting it right. Now, I
One Day Tour around Lough Derg
So, as part of our plans for Mizen to Malin (less than 2 weeks now), we* decided to do a full day spin, on similar roads and with similar mileage as to what we plan for the main trip. And as a final prep we said we’d go with the
1st Fully Loaded Training Spin
Last night 2 of us did our first spin with the bikes fully loaded (racks and about 7kg in the panniers, basically what we plan on taking with us for Mizen to Malin). Considering the sun had been splitting the stones all day and was quite humid we thought a
Countdown to Mizen to Malin
So, it’s about 2 & 1/2 weeks to go and we’re in to the home straight for preparations for our cycle tour from Mizen Head (southerly most point of Ireland) to Malin Head (Most northerly point). There are 4 of us doing it, and for at least 2 of us