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Argh, Vietnam is such an amazing place to ride. Ma Pi Leng is just the right scale for cycling, it's awe-inspiring but kinda intimate at the same time. Thanks for the report!

It's such a great climb, valley views must have been nice with the angry clouds

I'm so lucky to share my life with someone who a) takes pictures and b) has a memory

Oh the tandem will always be with us. One day we will take it out for another big one that's for sure. But other things first, some years ago we adopted a wonderful but rather anxious dog which we're still learning to travel with (and without). We also moved countries once, and are actually considering a move again (northern Italy is on the cards!). So I guess yes, adventures of another kind lately.

Dredge but after a long while, Carol is writing about the trip. If anyone's interested: tocallitbeauty.substack.com

I admit my ignorance, sorry if it came across snidey

It looked so nice

Oh well, if it's mounted properly, that's all that matters. More room to grab hold of it!

I run P-Zeros 30mm on my CAAD12 with no issues at all

Oh, NL, Limburg

I mean, I almost feel bad posting this. It's lovely here, for real. But I dunno.

I'll zag and say that I find the Netherlands, as lovely as it is, a tad boring for cycling. Pottering along, yeah, sure, but it's not the same feeling as riding through France or Belgium. Perhaps because it's so perfectly laid out for cycling, and so goddamn flat, I don't have much of a sense that I'm exploring when I'm out on the bike, it's almost like commuting. Another thing is that the landscape can be repetitive, it's hours on end of the same (cute) things. Even the towns feel quite samey.

I know it's silly to moan about what's considered cycling paradise, but as someone who lives in the Netherlands, and for the kind of trips I like to do, I'd choose France.

PS - if you go South it gets better I reckon.

Nice, enjoy these first rides, they are such special moments!

On thing I'd say is that if you ever want to ride it loaded, wide bars are helpful with leverage and control. With tandems the less twitchy the nicer for everyone involved, and the fully loaded experienced is hard to imagine until you try it.

Kind of same with the tyres, good thinking to consider something sturdy. For touring I like Marathon Almotions, they're solid and fast — once they break in. Even then, wear was significant on a loaded bike.

Framebag heaven!

Framebag heaven!

The book is SO good that I struggled to get into the series. Might try again, I like the director.

Big fan of the Tara, but how come the arch sits so high above the tire? More used to using/seeing it like this.

Thank you, looks glorious

Where is that please?

an old example, though the simple paintjob prob helps

Tandems are such a vibe

Thanks, quite the detour but worth bookmarking for a future ride

Oh, does anyone has a link to a nice Amsterdam > Veluwe > Amsterdam route?

I cut them by hand, shapes are large enough that's easy(ish) to do with a bit of baking paper transfer.

Been really enjoying my tutti-frutti caad12. Was looking at some newer carbon options last year and this popped up locally, don't regret it at all — on the contrary, made me stop thinking about overpriced bikes. Only thing I wish it had is thru axles, but whatever.