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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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Hughenden to Charters Towers to Townsville

September 29, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar 2 Comments

The next post is a couple of days late. We actually arrived home in Townsville two days ago on Thursday afternoon after a looong day…but you will read about that […]

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Cargo bike, cycle touring, Salsa Powderkeg Tandem, Tandem Bicycle, Townsville

Townsville to Ravenswood – Day 1

August 18, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar 3 Comments

It’s day 7 of our trip and we have internet for the first time since we left Ravenswood, giving us the opportunity to update the blog and check out the […]

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bicycle trailers, cycle touring, Queensland, Salsa Powderkeg Tandem, Townsville
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Packing for cycle touring –

August 12, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar 3 Comments

We normally pack the night or two before we leave on a cycle tour, but this trip was decided on so far in advance that we are feeling the pressure. We […]

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Rohloff reflections

July 6, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar 1 Comment

We were thrilled when the Rohloff hub turned up for our Salsa Powderkeg, the tandem bicycle we had for about a year before deciding to splurge on this German gear […]

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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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Out the back of Hervey’s…

March 2, 2018by The Bicycle Pedlar 1 Comment

It poured all day Saturday, then cleared beautifully for a clear (and humid) ride out of town, up Hervey Range and beyond. We only had the day, but wanted to […]

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Townsville-Gregory Developmental Rd-Charters Towers-Townsville

October 9, 2017by The Bicycle Pedlar Leave a comment

We were a bit worried about our latest cycle touring trip. Not that we couldn’t do it, but that we were not really that fit and 360kms with a loaded […]

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Giru Overnighter

September 4, 2017by The Bicycle Pedlar 3 Comments

If we had known there was going to be a strong headwind the whole 80 kilometres to Giru, the crowd may have been smaller. Riding a fully loaded touring bike […]

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