Category: Alaska to Argentina
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Gear and Route map
Bicycle Specialized Allez Elite road bike 2007 modelBob ibex trailer and dry bag – spare skewer for bob trailer; Spare tube for bob trailer wheelContinental Gatorskin Foldable tires (2) + 5 spare inner tubeShimano Click’R CT45 bike shoes and Shimano SH 56 cleatsShimano-Click’R PD t400-bike-pedals Camping Big Agnes fly Creek UL2 tentBig Agnes fly creek…
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Pacific coast ride : part II
After leaving Portland, I went straight to the west coast and stayed on the coastal road until San Francisco (route map here). The pacific coast bike route mostly follows highway 101 in Oregon and then changes to highway 1 in California. This route is quite popular among the touring cyclists so much so that several…
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Back to London
Buenos Aires was hot all day and every day and it was a perfect place for a bit of chilling, reminiscing and future planning. This time was also used to catch up with some of my friends and also to organise a job and a place to live in London on my return. There was…
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Anchorage (Alaska, USA) to Ushuaia (Argentina): The finale, El fin, Le final
The end was in sight and the countdown began. After El Calafate the next bigger place was Puerto Natales in Chile and there was a 70 km ripio (Spanish for gravel roads) section in between. I took the 75 km detour to avoid this even though it meant some potential headwinds when heading west from…
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Bariloche to El Calafate: Patagonian adventure
Patagonia region spans over two countries, Argentina and Chile, and were quite distinct. There were several gravel road sections which my road bike tyres didn’t like and this on its own provided for some adventure. After Bariloche, the theme of lakes and mountains continued for about two days until El Bolson after which I had…
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Santiago to Bariloche: Riding the Pacific Coast in Chile and seven lakes route in Argentina
My time in Santiago flew by and I could have easily stayed there longer. It was time to leave because things became too familiar and it was not the time to return to ‘normal’ life. I really liked this place though. I had originally planned a six days ride to Concepcion another big city in…
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Mendoza to Santiago: Crossing the Cordillera into Chile
This would be the last big pass in this trip about 3200m high. I will be going over some passes further south but none of them above 1500m. Leaving Mendoza was straightforward I just had to head towards the mountain. The highway was pretty busy and after the turn off the road became narrow with…
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Salta to Mendoza: Some good road cycling in Argentina
Long flat roads, good weather, good quality food and friendly folks all along – riding in Argentina felt like holiday riding except for the winds. What is life without some challenges anyway. Cafayate was out of the way but some diversions are allowed especially if it involved a climb, a 3000m pass. On leaving Salta,…
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La Paz, Bolivia to Salta, Argentina via the Salar
The city of La Paz was almost the shape of a bowl, the side wall was about 350 meters in height and was packed with houses. The cable car that runs up and down was the quickest way of getting to the top part called El Alto. Unfortunately bikes can’t be transported in the cable…
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Cusco to La Paz: Bienvenidos A Bolivia
Tourist life for two weeks in Cusco went well and it was time to get going. Dan and Gina ( https://fatcycling.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/snow-to-sweating-bikepacking-the-salkantay-pass) whom I met in Cusco were interested to visit the salinas in the sacred valley. We quickly made a plan to do a short loop around Cusco. I had visited the sacred valley on…
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