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5-3-08 to present
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New Zealand
9-16-07 to 5-2-08
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Australia
9-15-06 to 9 -16 - 07
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SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to 9-15-06
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South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04
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North & Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03
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Equipment Pages Index

Introduction
How Much to Bring and Weight
Some Advise About Advise
A Note to Perspective Sponsors and Gear Suppliers

START HERE for Touring Bikes and Commuting Bicycles
Bicycle Touring Frames 
The Steel Repair Myth.
Steel and Aluminum Derailleur Hanger Repair.
Bicycle Touring Wheels
Phil Wood: The Best Bicycle Hubs

Panniers / Bike Bags
Cargo Trailers Vs Panniers
Tires for Bike Tours..
Bicycle Touring Saddles.
Cindie's Women's Specific Bike Touring Saddles
Brooks Leather Touring Bicycle Saddle Care and Conditioning
Bike Computer
Touring Handlebars, Bar Ends, Adjustable Stems, and Padded Grips.
Sealed Cartridge Headsets

Camping
Buying Camping Equipment
Tent and Ground Cloth
Sleeping Bag
Sleeping Pad
Camp Stove
Pots and Pans
Water Filter

Clothing
Bike Touring Shorts

Health and First Aide

Electrical
Short-wave Radio
Computer
Internet
mp3

Books
Packing list
Pictures of Equipment Failures
Shopping

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Cindie with Robert Esson, he is 77 and has been cycle touring for 17 years. whoa.

A couple of canadians we met on the road.

An english guy on a dahon folding bike.

Cindie waiting for the sheep to go by.

Run sheep Run.

This little guy was lost but now he is found.

Our campsite at Fortrose, a freedom camp.

Cindie bird watching at sunset.

Sunset at Fortrose.

A heron wading in the shallows.

Cindie with a Spanish cyclists.

Cindie at Waipapa Point.

Sea lions at Waipapa point.

A sleepy sandy lady.

She is roaring at Tim, he got a little too close

A cattle farm in the Catlins, where we stopped and ate lunch.

Our tent gets surrounded by sheep.

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1North and
Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03

2 South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04

3 SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to
9-15-06

4 Australia
9-15-06 to 9-15-07

 North Island, New Zealand
Auckland to Wellington (Sept 15 - January 16, 2007)

Cindie's Daily Journals for the North Island

Best Place to see thumbnail pictures of the North Island

RoadNews - Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
: Let's get started in New Zealand

Cindie's Daily Journals

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New Zealand: One of the Most Beautiful Places on Earth

Cindie's Daily Journals for New Zealand's South Island #2

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LETTER

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1North and
Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03

2 South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04

3 SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to
9-15-06

4 Australia
9-15-06 to 9-15-07

How to Buy a Used or New Custom Touring Bicycle and existing Bike Upgrade Guide.

What years on the road have taught us.