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Non-Thorn Related / Re: Touring abroad with an electric assisted bike
« Last post by mickeg on August 24, 2026, 11:10:47 PM »
My bike tours, I predominantly am camping in tent sites in campgrounds that lack electrical hookups.  Where are you going to charge the battery every day?

You might be happiest with a guided tour group that provides bikes.  Thus they would have the logistics all taken care of.

Flying with an e bike, even if you do not have a battery for it, some of those bikes are pretty heavy.
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Non-Thorn Related / Re: Touring abroad with an electric assisted bike
« Last post by Andyb1 on August 24, 2026, 09:41:53 PM »
It is not ebikes that airlines don’t like - it is the battery.   One option is to fly your bike out with you without a battery and then buy / hire one at your destination.

Bike hire ……personally best avoided IMHO….unless you are hiring from someone you know
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Non-Thorn Related / Re: Izabella Murtagh Audax
« Last post by in4 on August 24, 2026, 06:01:08 PM »
Thanks Dan, appreciated. Izabella has just completed an impressive Audax in Italy.
Having just done two day rides of 100km & 78 km I'm now selling my Nomad and taking up golf!  ;D
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Non-Thorn Related / Touring abroad with an electric assisted bike
« Last post by tyreon on August 24, 2026, 12:59:23 PM »
I never thought Id get here but here I am exhausted and limited

I moved across from touring abroad on a full frame,to touring with a folding frame bike. Now I find even this too much. Im wondering is anyone here is touring abroad on an electric assist bike,and howsitdone given that flight carriers refuse(?)to accept battery powered bikes on planes.

Do those who require electrical assist bikes now just hire them abroad when wanting to bicycle?

On a related issue: I was in Adelaide and went to hire two bicycles. When I visited where I went to hire  two bikes,the bikes were....crates...bangers,more like those you would find abandoned at a tip. Their hire worked out more expensive than hiring a car that carried four from a local rental car hire firm.

I wonder if others have different experinece or maybe advice
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Bikes For Sale / 1998 BREVET FOR SALE
« Last post by jtaylor on August 24, 2026, 12:14:56 PM »
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Non-Thorn Related / Re: Izabella Murtagh Audax
« Last post by Danneaux on August 24, 2026, 08:34:24 AM »
Ian, here are just a few other links to Izabela and her remarkable accomplishments...
https://www.instagram.com/iza.murtagh/
https://www.seektravelride.com/podcast-ep-72/
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=959572153529290
https://www.facebook.com/carradicebikebags/posts/were-pleased-to-welcome-izabela-murtagh-as-a-new-carradice-ambassadororiginally-/1294016886082197/

ATB, Dan.
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Non-Thorn Related / Izabella Murtagh Audax
« Last post by in4 on August 23, 2026, 06:23:47 PM »
Some of you may know of this awesome lady already but just in case you don’t here is a link to her latest Audax achievement.

Oops! Pasting doesn’t work but pop on over to Strava and find her there.

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Cycle Tours / Re: Do you match one another's pace when you tour with a friend?
« Last post by Jags on August 23, 2026, 02:36:44 PM »
i have yet to find someone who cycles the same pace  as meself .
i fell out with the group i used to cycle with for many reasons.
yeah stay solo  way better enjoy your cycling.

cheers
anto.
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Cycle Tours / Re: Do you match one another's pace when you tour with a friend?
« Last post by mickeg on August 22, 2026, 06:39:50 PM »
Quote from: in4 on August 22, 2026, 03:27:29 PM
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As an associated aside: I was hiking  a circuit of Lake St. Claire in Tasmania some years ago. Now I can shift a bit over broken terrain but there was no way I was able to catch this guy in front of me. He was like a machine but as I got closer I realised he was using a pair of walking poles/sticks and to my mind had hit peak walking speed. ...

I go backpacking with one trekking pole, but sometimes carry a second one strapped to my pack if I might need two for difficult terrain, like fording a creek.

I use the pole when going uphill, but on flat ground or downhill, I just carry the pole in my hand.  I think the pole makes me a bit faster up the hills, specifically I think my cadence is the same but stride is a bit longer when I use the pole on uphills.
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Cycle Tours / Re: Do you match one another's pace when you tour with a friend?
« Last post by in4 on August 22, 2026, 03:27:29 PM »
I always tour solo. I’m a very sociable cove but tend to stop a fair bit looking at wildlife etc. the banter at campsites and tea stops more than makes up for any cycling solitude.
As an associated aside: I was hiking  a circuit of Lake St. Claire in Tasmania some years ago. Now I can shift a bit over broken terrain but there was no way I was able to catch this guy in front of me. He was like a machine but as I got closer I realised he was using a pair of walking poles/sticks and to my mind had hit peak walking speed. Perhaps hitting Dan’s hummingbird-type cadence is a cycling equivalent.
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