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May 2022: Ep. 049

How To Customize Your Electric Off-Road Bike For Better Performance

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Electric bikes are the go-to rides of people who roam around cities while minimizing expenses and improving fitness. In many cases, e-bikes are flexible and easy to use. They also come in various types, lengths, and sizes. Today, one of the up-and-coming e-bikes catching the market by storm is the electric off-road bike. Suppose youโ€™re planning to buy an electric off-road bike anytime soon. In that case, you may need to know how to use and set it up to maximize its performance. In addition, you also need to learn what to adjust or replace to make the most of the eco-friendly ride. For that purpose, hereโ€™s an article to guide you. So, read on!

Le Grand Tour 2022: The Inevitable Animated Map

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Subscribe to the Cycling Europe YouTube Channel Visit the dedicated Grand Tour page of CyclingEurope.org to find out more about the planned 2022 cycle along some of western Europe’s most iconic cycle routes. Since 2009, CyclingEurope.org has established itself as a valued, FREE cycle touring resource. There’s now […]

The Cycling Europe Podcast: Episode 049 – Cycling Slovakia End To End With Rob Ainsley

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Writer, cyclist โ€“ and now composer โ€“ Rob Ainsley is the master of the cycling โ€˜end-to-endโ€™: Britain, France, Spain, Poland, Cubaโ€ฆ and now Slovakia, west to east. He chats to The Cycling Europe Podcast about his recent journey across the country, its people, its placesโ€ฆ and its beer. He also takes time to reflect upon the attractions of the end-to-end cycle and reveals the name of the country that he believes is home to the definitive end-to-end. We also hear two of Robโ€™s compositions for guitar, inspired by his travels on a bicycle, and zebrasโ€ฆ ย 

Episode 049: Cycling Slovakia End To End With Rob Ainsley

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Writer, cyclist – and now composer – Rob Ainsley is the master of the cycling โ€˜end-to-endโ€™: Britain, France, Spain, Poland, Cubaโ€ฆ and now Slovakia, west to east. He chats to The Cycling Europe Podcast about his recent journey across the country, its people, its placesโ€ฆ and its beer. He also takes time to reflect upon the attractions of the end-to-end cycle and reveals the name of the country that he believes is home to the definitive end-to-end. We also hear two of Robโ€™s compositions for guitar, inspired by his travels on a bicycle, and zebrasโ€ฆ ย  All of Robโ€™s music can be found on his website e2e.bike.ย  ย  ย 

The Cyclists’ Special Excursion To Rugby: Plus ร‡a Change…

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I think this film may have featured on CyclingEurope.org is the dim, distant past – there are nearly 4,000 posts on the site! – but it’s worth sharing again. A period piece if ever there was one made in 1955, complete with plummy narrator dishing out the British Rail propaganda. Alas the British obsession with hanging bikes in trains is nothing new. At least back in the 50’s they seem to have been allocated plenty of space, in stark contrast to the horror of the modern Azuma trains…

Coast To Coast: The Way Of The Roses – The Plan

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Before heading off to the continent in early July, I’d like to take the bike out for a shortish camping trip over three or four days. So, following on from the discussion I was having with myself a few weeks ago regarding completing one of the coast-to-coast cycling routes here in northern England, I’ve decided to take the train over to Morecambe in Lancashire and cycle east along the Way of the Roses from Lancaster to York. I may continue as far as Flamborough (the end of the route) but we’ll see how that goes at the time. As far as York will be planned, anything after York unplanned.