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velosophics · 5 years

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Planning my further route through Botswana and Namibia I decided to get a rear carrier for my bike in Lusaka. I expect long stretches of nothingness in these countries which makes it necessary to carry way more water and food than I was able to carry so far. Finding a robust but lightweight carrier that fits my bike turned out to be a challenge. All the bike shops I checked were selling super heavy solid racks that weren't adjustable and wouldn't fit my bike. Dennis from the Buffalo bikes team introduced me to John who is running a second hand scrap bike workshop. He tried everything possible to bend the super solid carrier from the Buffalo Charger bike to fit my bike in a nightly workshop action...a few hours later two carriers were broken and none mounted on my bike... it simply wouldn't match. John still wanted to help and called Ben, a guy running a road side bike workshop. Then the magic happened... Ben: "Sure man, I have an adjustable lightweight aluminium carrier lying around here...tell him to pass by tomorrow morning!" Next morning a quick operation... finding Ben's road side workshop, mounting the rack - that just fits perfect - and out of Lusaka on the way to Livingstone... #zambia #cyclingzambia #buffalocharger #rack #carrier #thepowerofbicycles #cargobike #workshop #bicyclerepair #velosophics #bikepacking #africa #livingmydreams #neverstopexploring #nevernotriding #adventurelifestyle #adventure #bikes #nightwork #vpacebikes #t2st #ortlieb_waterproof #tubus #bicycleassembly #bikeshop #bicycleworkshop #metalbending #thisisafrica #tia #nightlybuild (hier: Lusaka, Zambia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvGyDprggej/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ni9o78z1m01y

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velosophics · 5 years

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Visited the World Bicycle Relief / Buffalo Bicycle headquarters in Lusaka with the Locosciclos at the end of February. Definitely a highlight to finally meet the team who is doing such a great job assembling the buffalo bikes on sight and distributing them to ones in need. This is a place I have always wanted to visit since I fundraised Buffalo bikes during my bike trip through Latin America back in 2012/2013. The Locos are active fundraisers and were stoked to be on site. It was a great coincidence to meet Dave the CEO together with Jay the marketing director who were just around from Chicago. Bryan the Country Director and Ceasar the Operations Manager gave us a lot of interesting insights about the WBR work. Spent a full day riding from bike shop to bike shop trying to find spares for the bikes. We highly appreciated that we were invited to use the Buffalo Bike workshop in order to fix and maintain our bikes. Dennis from the Buffalo team and I invested lots of time to put the bikes of the Locos Ciclos back in a top condition. Thank you sooo much Buffalo Bikes team for having us around and making us feel at home! #zambia #cyclingzambia #worldbicyclerelief #wbr #buffalobicycles #thepowerofbicycles #ngo #cargobikes #workshop #bicyclerepair #velosophics #bikepacking #africa #livingmydreams #neverstopexploring #nevernotriding #adventurelifestyle #adventure #cyclists #bikes #fundraising #wheeltruing #locosciclos #vpacebikes #t2st #ortlieb_waterproof #tubus #bicycleassembly (hier: Lusaka, Zambia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvGjDREAU5P/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13tu62t325apl

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