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Tom’s Bike Trip
Personal blog · tomsbiketrip.comother
Tom’s Bike Trip is a personal blog at tomsbiketrip.com. Since 2022, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-05, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The comments do not discuss the writing. The linked posts appear to cover a bicycle trip, including bike parking at London Gatwick Airport and travelling with a bike by air.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Helping adventure cyclists explore Earth since before it was cool, with 250,000+ words of hard-earned tips, tricks & knowledge.
What Hacker News says?
It depends on how it makes the money. For instance, I'm perfectly fine with a website earning a commission on the products it reviews. I go out of my way to make sure the website that convinced me gets their commission. However, a lot of the content is now written specifically for the commission, with zero effort spent on the content itself. That's how you get "best products of 2022" lists on January 1 2022, which c…
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HN discussionIf you're limiting yourself to carry-on, or even allowing for a (small) checked bag, there are bicycle panniers you can easily mount on the bike and then either carry aboard the plane or check. Heck, you could pack a bicycle travel bag and pack your bike itself as checked luggage. NYTimes Wirecutter has had some decent pannier reviews. I've had good luck with Arkel bags. Ortlieb look pretty bombproof. Wirecutter: <…
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on “Park by Robot at London Gatwick Airport”