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By Mícheál 29th July 201129th October 2019 Gear/Tips & Tricks/Touring

Packing My Panniers: Part 2

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

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By Mícheál 28th July 201129th October 2019 Gear/Tips & Tricks/Touring

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

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By Mícheál 19th July 201129th October 2019 Touring

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

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By Mícheál 14th July 201129th October 2019 Gear/Mizen to Malin/Touring

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

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By Mícheál 13th July 201129th October 2019 Mizen to Malin/Touring

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

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