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Review: Ortlieb panniers (Rear and Front)

By Twisting Spokes|2019-08-15T10:03:51+02:00 13th September, 2016|Categories: Gear Reviews|Tags: Cycletouring, Fully loaded, Ortlieb, Panniers, Santos travelmaster|

We have cycled from Rotterdam to Kathmandu and crossed Europe again from Istanbul on the return covering 38.000km with our Ortlieb BIKE-PACKER PLUS and SPORT-PACKER PLUS. Are Ortlieb panniers the best you can get? Was this the right choice of panniers? Read our review and make your own wise opinion. We have cycled through all sorts of [...]

Borderlands and hill tribes, back on the bikes

It was never the plan to cycle in Thailand. Because of borders, visa and because travel plans change we made it here anyway. We are in Mae Sot now contemplating our time in Thailand from the expected ease to the little more unexpected possibilities to get off the beaten track in this well developed country. Lately we [...]