Just a trike is pretty much what it says...
It's just about bicycle touring on a recumbent HPV (Human Powered Vehicle)
Not good for a cyclist to be lost is it? So, here's a road-map of this site:
The Site menu tabs at the top will take you to:
º Trikes - stuff about my tricycle
º Tours - stuff about bicycle touring
º Left Overs - stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else
The Page sub menu tabs at the side will take you to more detailed info
On most pages you'll also find More Information links - these will invariably take you to other sites (and open a new tab or window)
Trikes
My HPV is actually a bike with three wheels rather than the usual two; a tricycle, mostly called a trike
º My trike: A Greenspeed GT3
º FAQ: Frequently asked questions, everything you wanted to know about going feet first
Tours
Information about bicycle touring - mostly in Australia but also tours in other places, like Libya and Syria, described as the Axles of Evil Tours
Each tour is (usually) described in two parts:
º Nitty gritty: stuff about organising a tour - visas, roads, money and so-on
º Stories: bits and pieces from my journal - not serious, mostly the things that amused me
Africa
º Libya: an overview of a failed trike tour to Libya in 2003
º Tunisia: the consolation prize was pretty good tho, a trike tour in Tunisia 2003
º Mahgreb: the big one, a ride from Cairo to Casablanca in 2009
º Sudan: a small one! A (trikeless) tour of Sudan in 2009
Australia
º Big Rides: RTA NSW Big Rides 1996 - 2001
º Little rides: the 'Gong ride, Cycle Sydney and more 1996 - 2006
º Outback Odysessy: a ride out back of beyond in South Australia in 2002
º Nullabor 1200: a planned ride out back of beyond in southern Australia
º South Eastern Australia: 1400 km from Sydney to Adelaide in 2006
Europe
º France: an overview of a trike tour in Provence in 2005
º France: an overview of a trike tour along the Loire in 2008
Middle East
º Iran: an overview of a tour in Iran without the trike 2007
º Syria: an overview of a trike tour in Syria 2001
º Yemen: another tour without the trike, Yemen 2009
Axles of Evil Tours
º Why? Trike tours in the badlands - Iran, Libya and Syria
The photos
Mostly my own photos - of variable quality! - but a few that have been sent to me too
The stories
Bits and pieces from my journal - not serious, mostly the things that amused me
Left Overs
All the bits + pieces that don't fit anywhere else, including the obligatory links page
º Bookshelf: stuff to read before, during and after a tour
º Links: the inevitable page of web links
º Search: search this site
And last of all:
Home page
You're here already, but on this page, you'll find the inevitable stuff about me and more...
º About: about the site and something about me
º Site Map: just in case you can't find what's where
º What's new?: what has been added, fixed, upgraded
