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The Bicycle Pedlar - Ravenswood to Mt Coolon

Fat Bike Cycle Touring – Ravenswood to the Burdekin Dam to Mt Coolon return

July 9, 2020by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

It’s been a while! In fact it has been nearly two years ago since we last went on a cycle touring trip. After that six week adventure we progressed through […]

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adventure cycling, Cooking on Tour, cycle touring, Cycle touring gear, Fat Bikes, Queensland, Townsville
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Dotswood Dash 2018

May 10, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

Five of us geared up on Sunday to do the ‘Dotswood Dash’ again. We were the same five who were misled into thinking the 230km ride was only 210km last […]

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adventure cycling, Cycle touring gear, Ortlieb, Queensland, Tandem Bicycle
The Bicycle Pedlar - Salsa Powderkeg Tandem

Salsa Powderkeg prepares for more adventure

April 25, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar 3 Comments

It has been over a year since we began riding the Salsa Powderkeg tandem and began talking about doing a big trip to make use of it’s wide tyre capacity, […]

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adventure cycling, cycle touring, Queensland, Salsa Powderkeg Tandem, Tandem Bicycle

Townsville – Ravenswood – Giru – Townsville – Part 2 & 3

April 1, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar 2 Comments

There was no need to leave early on Saturday, but we woke with the sun and slowly started preparing for the day with tea and coffee and breakfast. It seems […]

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Townsville – Ravenswood – Giru – Townsville – Part 1

March 30, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

Google maps showed a dirt road that crosses from the Flinder’s Highway over to Ravenswood through the farmland and scrub. Internet searching showed other maps that also indicated a through […]

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adventure cycling, Cycle touring gear, Ortlieb, Queensland, Salsa Powderkeg Tandem, Tandem Bicycle, Townsville, Vivente Bikes - World Randonneur

Fountain Springs Rest Area to Mount Isa

March 18, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

There was no need to rush this morning with only 60kms to go until Mount Isa and the end of the cycle touring part of this trip. I woke at […]

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adventure cycling, Cooking on Tour, cycle touring, Cycle touring gear, Ortlieb, Queensland, Vivente Bikes - World Randonneur, Women and Cycle Touring

Cloncurry to rest area

March 17, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

There is joy in knowing you only have a short distance to ride! After waking up at 6am, I packed up and was at the Cloncurry Bakery around 7.30am, where […]

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Rest Area to Cloncurry

March 16, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

After a restless night, I was packed and on the road in only half an hour, leaving around 6.30am, while the offending love birds and the others were still asleep. […]

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Julia Creek to Cloncurry…well nearly…

March 15, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar 1 Comment

I woke up early again in the morning, sometime after 5am, but the desire to stay in bed was strong and I went back to sleep. At 6.20am I forced […]

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Richmond to Julia Creek

March 14, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

It was cold overnight again and I got to enjoy the cosiness of my new fleece throw. Waking at 5.45am I made a hurried start, keen to complete the 140km […]

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adventure cycling, cycle touring, Ortlieb, Queensland, Vivente Bikes - World Randonneur, Women and Cycle Touring

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