Category Archives: Bicycle Travel

Tablet & Phone mAh Ratings

Ampere

Ampere by Hannes Grobe

If I’m ever going to travel lighter, I must have the ability to downsize my electronics. First and foremost I need a cell phone. Travel overseas, or anywhere else for that matter, virtually requires a cell phone, at least as often as it is possible to have access to one. The next issue of concern is having an electronic device with a screen larger than a cell phone to connect to the Internet. In the past I have always used a laptop computer but I think that my days of carrying around a laptop and a charger are numbered. First, there is the problem of weight. A small laptop such as a netbook is going to come in at 2-3.5 pounds with the charger. There’s no way around that weight. Even with a slim batter, it’s hard to come in under two pounds. An extended life (10+hour) battery sends the weight up to about 3.5 pounds. Continue reading →

Bicycle Travel

Dahon 20 " 24 Speed

Dahon 20 ” 24 Speed – My Current Main Ride

Bicycles. It’s probably the most significant form of travel in my life. The bicycle has been with me for approximately 60 + years. I can remember my first one. I can remember my last one. I like to ride. Today, it’s a form of health insurance. I utilize a bicycle to do two things.  First, to help me have a healthier lifestyle. Second, to get me somewhere. Today, I try to ride more miles in a month than I drive. Its not that I don’t ride in a car, I do. It’s just that I rarely drive if I can ride a bicycle. I make an attempt to have the bicycle in my life more often than being behind the wheel of an automobile. For that reason, I am going to start a series of blog posts about bicycle travel. This is my first entry it was the first entry that I ever made from a tablet as opposed to a desktop or a laptop computer.