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Day 44, 4810km, somewhere in the desert, Western Sahara
Hearing a rumour that there were some French cyclists ahead of me today I dropped plans to resupply and get a much needed wash in a bid to track them down. Had to put in some 30kmph plus spurts to keep my ankles from a pack of dogs that hounded me for a km helped and I caught up with a couple on a tandem and friend late this afternoon. It's great to have some equally unhygenic and carefree company to take away from the desert boredom.
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Hi Rob, glad you've found some folk to travel with, and a tandem will stop you slacking off !
For those that don't know, tandem's have the same rolling resistnace, close to the same wind resistance and twice thepower, so they go fast.
Recumbent bikes, the ones like a deck chair, have same power, but much less wind resistance.
Recumbent tandems, man, that's fast. Should have suggested that to Rob....
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Merlin, founder of the charity he's raising money for, www.re-cycle.org
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Just caught up with your travels after a few days without the computer! You are flying along - Soreen should book you for a malt loaf ad. Rob, you are making fantastic progress. Glad that Bertha is proving stalwart. Love and thoughts from Nessa and Piers.
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