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Problems
Flat tyres, broken parts and the other things that went wrong.
Pa Pae to Pai with bad gears!
Surprisingly today was a good day. We cycled 60kms with 30 of them being uphill. Our broken chain from yesterday held up and we made it all the way to Pai. The problem was the…
Mae Thaeng to Pae Pa both in Chiang Mai
Today was supposed to be hard cycling, but it wasn’t. It WAS hard for another reason. We only planned 34km today to make sure we could deal with the hills leading to Pai. The…
Somewhere in Phayao to Amphur Mueang
Cycling over the last 2 days has been hard, we’ve had plenty of hills and it’s only the start of the hilly region. We are not athletes, we are just two normal people, people that…
Mueang Nan to Chiang Muan, Phayao
This was our hardest day ever, only 70kms but 1,620m of grade that was too steep for us to cycle up in parts. Plus we didn’t eat breakfast before we left the town. The total…
Mueang Phichit
Day 90 – To Mueang Phichit I have no idea what’s going on with me. Last night I visited the bathroom too many times with diarrhea, but didn’t feel that bad. So we slept in a…
Petchabun and province #50
When we arrived, I wanted Pizza. Not many pizza restaurant choices out here so we rang Pizza Company, 1-1-1-2. They’ll even deliver to your hotel room. Natt spent 10 minutes…
Had our Broken Pedal fixed at Two Wheel Shop in Korat
Today we rode 96kms and we found only 4 resorts. Two of the resorts, despite having a shit load of signs announcing their locations from the main road, were not yet finished with…
Mueang Surin to Mueang Si Sa Ket
Leaving Surin was hard, because I didn’t want to get out of bed. The freight train of on air conditioner rattled all night long and it didn’t help my sleeping… obviously the…
Chachoengsao to Chon Buri with Dog Bites
It started out as a lovely morning… we were riding quiet roads and the sun was shinning. At around 25kms a massive storm front came through and we waited at a Tesco Lotus Market…
Suphan Buri to Nakhon Pathom and Stubbornness
It was a big 125km and 6 hours on the bicycle today. Subsequently, we ate 2 awesome hamburgers at the restaurant in the Rose Garden. Firstly, if you ever visit the Rose Garden…