Journal Comments - Bike Bimble - CycleBlaze

Journal Comments (page 2)

From Bike Bimble by Stephen Gray & Catherine Docker

You're viewing the comments posted on the entries, photos, and maps for this journal. Want to add a comment of your own? Click anywhere you see the    icon within a journal entry. Go to the most recent entry in this journal.

Stephen Gray replied to a comment by Doug Gillott on a photo in Day 131-135: Mzuzu to North Malawi

Could be a function of the cement they used :-)

There was another, bigger, statue in the roundabout. Don't think we took a photo, but I have a memory of that one having a wide grin. And odd colouring - the paint looks like it ran out around the belly.

1 month ago
Doug Gillott commented on a photo in Day 136-138: Malawi border to Mbeya

I had to look up what a Dunlop valve is. Thanks Wikipedia:
The Dunlop valve, (also called a Woods valve, an English valve or a Blitz valve[1]) is a type of pneumatic valve stem in use—mostly on inner tubes of bicycles—in many countries, including Japan,[2] Korea, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, most European countries, and a number of developing countries. The Dunlop valve has a wider base than a Presta valve, similar enough in size to a Schrader valve to use identically drilled valve holes in rims,[3] but it can be inflated with a Presta valve adapter.[4]
Looks like the best global touring rim would have Schrader/Dunlop size valve stem holes... Do you have a drill with you...

1 month ago
Doug Gillott commented on a photo in Day 131-135: Mzuzu to North Malawi

Clearly the Malawisaurus is noted for its fat tail.

1 month ago
Stephen Gray replied to a comment by Mike Ayling on a photo in Day 131-135: Mzuzu to North Malawi

Yeah! We're cycle touring - too much food is rarely a problem!

1 month ago
Stephen Gray commented on a photo in Day 131-135: Mzuzu to North Malawi

It must have been lost (no trees around), joined us for dinner under the table.

1 month ago
Mike Ayling commented on a photo in Day 131-135: Mzuzu to North Malawi

Did you manage to eat all that?

1 month ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in Day 131-135: Mzuzu to North Malawi

Tree frog. Look at those big toe pads! So photogenic!

Might be a Bocage's tree frog

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/23423-Leptopelis-bocagii/browse_photos

1 month ago
Steve Miller/Grampies commented on a photo in Day 119-128: Lilongwe to Nkhata Bay

Yikes, we just shipped chains to our upcoming hotel in Spain, because the Spanish are weak on parts for our German bikes. But this problem pales beside your situation. Much empathy from us.

2 months ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in Day 119-128: Lilongwe to Nkhata Bay

Nice!
Looks like photos of rainbow skink.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/37426-Trachylepis-margaritifera/browse_photos?place_id=7113

2 months ago
Bill Shaneyfelt replied to a comment by Catherine Docker on a photo in Day 114-115: Mfuwe to Mchinji

Thanks! They sure look similar! Good to see folks are checking on me.

2 months ago
Catherine Docker commented on a photo in Day 102-104: Lusaka

Haha, it does look terrible! Salty, fatty chicken, yum?!

2 months ago
Catherine Docker commented on a photo in Day 105 - 113: Lusaka to Mfuwe

Considerably, but I think it's to make up for the hours of extra time it takes to pack it all away.

2 months ago
Catherine Docker commented on a photo in Day 116-118: Mchinji to Lilongwe

Yup, buffed now but not 'buff'.

2 months ago
Catherine Docker replied to a comment by Bill Shaneyfelt on a photo in Day 114-115: Mfuwe to Mchinji

Thanks Bill. These are African hunting Dogs. We were told they were rare to see 🤷🏼‍♀️

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_wild_dog

2 months ago
Catherine Docker commented on a photo in Day 114-115: Mfuwe to Mchinji

Yeah, they have a WhatsApp group and message/phone each other whenever they find something interesting

2 months ago