Nice to make a rest day after several days riding. Also necessary as we needed to fix the back wheel. How to find bicycle repair in a city of two million? We...
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Shorter ride today. Less wind, more hills and generally better roads. We left the concrete highway and cracks behind. We checked out early from Hotel...
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Another easy day in Kiev. We checked out of our hotel before going to pack things back on the bikes. First fix a flat on Bert's back wheel. We'd gone barely...
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A shorter ride today as we explored a little of Lipetsk. We had breakfast at our truck stop motel. Still quiet, though previous evening there had been a...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:30 am
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Made it to Sumy! After three days of cycling towards signs to the city, nice to arrive. The first part of the day was flat, but we had some good rolling...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:33 am
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Made it to Tambov, last big city before Penza. Spoke too soon about Russian roads as we had rough roads for good part of the day. We started early in Lipetsk...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:38 am
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Made it to Penza! Today was good day riding, with good roads, some hills to cross and a little rain. It was nice to arrive at our goal and to meet the...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:42 am
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A long ride today, over half the distance to Penza. We started out the day with a rough plan to ride to Tamala as first of three days riding to Penza. As...
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Today a day to run some errands and to rest in Penza. First task was to get the official stamp to register the visa. This took a series of steps. First stop...
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A nice cycling break including a trip to small village Myshkas where friends of Vladimer and Tamara have a second houses. Slept in Saturday and then ran...
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Nice scenery cycling today. Variable roads, sometimes narrow, sometimes smooth and sometimes rough. Bright sunshine and slightly warmer than before. We left...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:46 am
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On the road again. Since we had arrived in Penza with time to spare, we decided to get in some additional cycling to Samara. However, we were able to shed...
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Happy summer! Today on the day of the longest day of the year, we crossed the Volga River. The Volga makes a large bend towards Samara, so for much of the...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:51 am
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Our bikes made it to Samara! We did too! End of the line in cycling Russia for now. My headset had been giving me problems for a while, so nice it made the...
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Some relaxing days to visit Penza and take care of errands. On Friday we stopped by bike store for a few tires. We also had one of my panniers repaired (40...
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It is a long way back home again. Tuesday we stored our bicycles in Vladimer and Tamara's garage. We packed everything up and prepared to leave. Our travels...
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On the train from Tashkent. It takes five days by train from Tashkent, Uzhbekistan to Moscow. We boarded this train on 4th day of its journey, so most of the...
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Jun 30, 2006 9:53 am
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December 25th in McPherson, Kansas. On the road again and headed to Brownsville, TX for a bicycle ride from there northbound. It is nice to be able to get in...
Today was mostly driving, but thanks to some extra driving yesterday, I also got to bicycle 35 miles with mostly tailwinds. Looks fortunate since tomorrow the...
Today was a slow and steady slog. Fortunately, the weather was dry and reasonable temperature (50F-60F) and the road was flat. What made today a bit tougher...
Today was a longer ride, but on a variety of roads and terrain. Winds were mostly from the north (headwinds), though lighter than yesterday. I was on the road...
Today a pretty day riding and also easier with no headwinds for a change. It was slightly cool starting out (~45F) but after sunrise it warmed up nicely today...
Happy New Year, almost! It seems like how a day starts influences me a lot of how challenging it seems. Today had a few challenges. When I started out, there...
Today was a beautiful and much easier day than yesterday. Amazing how a difference from headwind to tailwind can easily double my speed and make things quite...
Today felt like an easy Sunday ride. Ok, it actually is Friday today but traffic was a bit lighter with day after a holiday. More importantly, I took it...
Across from the hotel is a new stadium being built. My maps say I'm perhaps 15 miles from the airport. Nice to get this close to completion of the trip,...
Today a short but surprisingly cold ride. A cold front had come in overnight and from yesterdays high of 80F, today was expected to be in the 40s. It was...
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