just a trike

Site Map

How can the site be sliced & diced so that you can find stuff?

Let me count the ways...     How about?

By menu (top memu tabs)
By location (country)
By date (year)

 

By menu tab:

Welcome
Welcome   –   site home page  
About   –   just what it says, it's stuff about the site (and me)  
Site Map   –   just another way to get to this page  
What's New   –   a list of changes, updates and so-on  

Trikes
Trikes   –   what's a trike?  
FAQ's   –   some frequently asked questions about trikes  
GT3   –   stuff (including specifications) about my Greenspeed GT3 trike  

Tours
Tours   –   the masochistic art of bicycle touring  

    Africa   –   well actually mostly touring the Med coast of Africa  
        Libya   –   a failed trike tour in 2003  
        Tunisia   –   a sort of consolation prize trike tour in 2003  
        Cairo to Algiers   –   the BIG trike tour in 2009  
        Algeria   –   part of the Mahgreb ride but worth a page to itself!  
        Sudan   –   a very short (trikeless) tour in 2009  
        Sudan   –   a longer (trikeless) tour in 2010  

    Australia   –   bicycle touring in the Land of Oz  
        Cycle Sydney   –   does 50 kms really count as a tour ?  
        'Gong Ride   –   is this the best one day bike ride in Oz?  
        Outback Odyssey   –   a trike tour into the fringes of Outback Australia in 2002  
        Sydney to Adelaide   –   a trike tour from Sydney to Adelaide in 2006  

    Axles of Evil   –   riding in Dubbya's badlands!  
        Iran   –   a mini tour without the trike in 2006/2007  
        Libya   –   a failed trike tour in 2003  
        Syria   –   the best yet!   A truly brilliant tour in 2001  

    Europe   –   well, actually it's just France!  
        France   –   a leisurely tour of Provence in 2005  
        France   –   a really leisurely tour of the Loire in 2008  

    Middle East   –   just exactly where is the Middle East?  
        Iran   –   a mini tour without the trike in 2006/2007  
        Syria   –   the best yet!   A truly brilliant tour in 2001  
        Yemen   –   another mini tour without the trike in 2009 

Photos   –   a collection of photographs of my trike tours  

Stories   –   bits from my journal, stuff that makes me laugh, or cry (or both)  

    Australia
        Adelaide   –   I don't usually do this, but here's a 'proper' bike journal  
        Renmark   –   are you a nutter?   A conversation with a trucker  
        Temora   –  high temperatures, high hills and high winds 

    France
        Mont Ventoux   –   second hardest hard ride I've ever tried!  
        Loire Valley   –   the easiest hard ride I've ever done!  

    Iran
        Tehran   –   reflections on being in a rogue state  

    Libya
        Tripoli   –   more reflections on being in a rogue state  

    Syria
        Hama   –   even more reflections on being in a rogue state  
        Krak de Chevaliers   –   the hardest ride I've ever done!  
        Palmyra   –   and here's the longest ride I've ever done!  
        Somewhere   –   even in the crap times, bike touring is the way to go  

    Tunisia
        Douz   –   tho in the Sahara, maybe a camel is better...  
        Nabuel   –   a wet, wet day 

    Yemen
        Al Higgara   –   on the virtues of qat 

Left-Overs
Left-Overs   –   the bits that don't fit elsewhere  

    Bookshelf   –   old technology, this is a reading list of books  
    Links   –   new technology, another sort of reading list  
    Search   –   a basic search function  
    Site Map   –   you're here!  

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By country:

    Algeria   –   part of the Mahgreb ride but worth a page to itself!  
    Australia   –   big + little tours Down Under  
    France   –   the best place in the world for bicycle touring?  
    Iran   –   a whirlwind mini-tour  
    Libya   –   the one that got away, a failed tour 
    Sudan   –   absolutely the shortest yet!  
    Syria   –   absolutely the best yet!  
    Tunisia   –   pretty good for second prize  
    Yemen   –   another (trikeless) mini-tour  

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By year:

    2001   –   Syria  
    2002   –   Australia (Outback Odyessy)  
    2003   –   Libya  
    2003   –   Tunisia  
    2005   –   France (Mont Ventoux) 
    2006   –   Australia (Sydney to Adelaide)  
    2007   –   Iran  
    2008   –   France (Loire)  
    2009   –   Mahgreb (Cairo to Algiers)  
    2009   –   Algeria 
    2009   –   Sudan 
    2009   –   Yemen  
    2010   –   Sudan  
    2011   –   ?  

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