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Have you guys been doing much training for your cycling trip?!?

Sarah and I have been asked this quite a few times over the last 6 months, and the answer has generally been "No, not really, we'll figure it out as we go, how hard can it be?". We did, however, manage to fit in a single overnight trip to put our new panniers, racks and camping gear through the paces.
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We're from the South Island of New Zealand and we're off on a cycle touring trip around Europe. We've started this blog to share photos and stories with our friends and family

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    We set off from Arles to make our way to the border of France and Spain and eventually Barcelona. Our first day we had planned 90km over fa...
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