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x-England Part 8

Completed, finally, my coast-to-coast bike ride across England, in eight stages. Coincidently I finished the last leg exactly a year after I started the first. The final stretch was the uphill one, from Bath to Bedwyn. After wandering around Bath, visiting the Royal Crescent, Victoria Circus and Pulteney Bridge, I headed along the canal, crossing [...]

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x-England Part 7

Last summer I managed to bike most of the way across England, starting from Bedwyn (near the watershed - the highest point of my route) and finishing in Whitstable in Kent. This summer I needed to finish the trip, in two long legs or three short legs from the west coast, back to Bedwyn.
Looking [...]

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GPS

I’m on a bit of a gadget spending spree at the moment. After my Trek 3900 bike, I went out an bought a Nokia N73 smartphone and a bluetooth GPS device. On yesterday’s bike ride I was tracking my route, the GPS in my rucksack beaming its location to my mobile phone which was running [...]

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New Bike

Finally got myself a new bike - a Trek 3900 (2006 model.)

It’s streets ahead of my old thing, which fell apart and then got nicked anyway. It just hasn’t been the same, walking/getting the bus.

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July Races

I raced on 12 maps this July.
They are:
Pieriskiai
JWOC Lithuania
Tue 4 July 2006
Spectator Races 1
H21S (6.37k/150m)
51:38, 8.1mpk
28th/73. 27C
Writeup
Noskunu Miskas
JWOC Lithuania
Wed 5 July 2006
Spectator Races 2
H21S (8.26k/170m)
92:48, 11.2mpk
51st/68. 30C
Writeup
Petrosku Miskas N
JWOC Lithuania
Thu 6 July 2006
Spectator Races 3
H21S (5.40k)
51:25, 9.5mpk
40th/73. 30C
Writeup
Petrosku Miskas S
JWOC Lithuania
Fri 7 July 2006
Spectator Races 4
H21S (5.80k)
58:04, 10.0mpk
27th/67. 31C
Writeup
Druskininku Miskas
JWOC Lithuania
Sat 8 July
Spectator Races 5
H21S [...]

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