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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

July 11, 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-2… http://bit.ly/c73Gc2 # Powered by Twitter Tools
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

July 4, 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20: CO2 Bike Canisters on Planes: Emirat… http://bit.ly/bx16a0 # Test, Richmond, Victoria, Australia: Name of Place: TestType of Tip: Tourist/SightseeingRatingOriginal Score: 4, 4… http://bit.ly/9A3SDB # Relais Mont Ventoux, Richmond, Victoria, Australia: Name of Place: Relais Mont VentouxType of Tip: CafeRatingOrigi… http://bit.ly/brAcr5 # How to Plan a Cycling Trip to [...]
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How to Plan a Cycling Trip to the Tour de France, Part 6: Equipment List

July 1, 2010
Despite the fact I’ve written and published a Very Comprehensive and Totally Kick Butt Guide to Cycling Through France, I thought I’d write a series of posts around the topic as well. In Part 1, we cover the creation of an itinerary (initial planning) involving Tour stages, climbs to do, as well as what airlines you [...]
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27

June 27, 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20: CO2 Bike Canisters on Planes: Emirates says ok: Thanks to Chris H for sendi… http://bit.ly/d5Zp1F # Mobile Phone Data Roaming Tips for France (Reader Help Needed): One of my first posts on this site was this one ab… http://bit.ly/crc1Cn # Updating the Cycling in France guide for a L'Etape-only version – due [...]
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Travel Photography ebook

June 24, 2010
From time to time, I’ll recommend other products for readers of tdftips to check out. Sometimes these products will be affiliate products (for which I get a small commission). Today I’m going to give you guys a heads up about an awesome product from Digital Photography School, called Transcending Travel. This is an awesome product, and [...]
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L’Etape Du Tour and Le Tour stage previews

June 24, 2010
Below are two quick links to aid those heading to Le Tour and L’Etape in 2010. 1. L’Etape preview by Rapha 2. Every stage of Le Tour mapped, by Podium Cafe Just a quick reminder that I head off in 3 weeks, so am madly preparing for an around the world flight into Toulouse from Australia, and some [...]
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Reader TDF Tips – add your tips to the site!

June 24, 2010
Today I’m really excited to announce a new function on the tourdefrancetips.com website: a post submission form for tdftips readers to add their very own tips and tricks for people heading over to France! Awesome. Currently, the form is in v1, which means that incremental changes will be made on an ongoing basis as I find [...]
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Mobile Phone Data Roaming Tips for France (Reader Help Needed)

June 23, 2010
One of my first posts on this site was this one about Mobile Roaming Data tips. As with anything in the IT and Telco space, things change, so an update is warranted. After I returned home to a AUD$2000 mobile phone bill I had a look around for an international data roaming cap plan from the Australian [...]
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Reader Help Needed for New TdFtips guides – Cycling in France guide and Pyrenees Guide

June 18, 2010
I had an excellent email recently from a Cycling Through France Guide purchaser (from someone I’ll call Paul), who had some excellent ideas on how to improve the Cycling Through France Guide. Making it more general is a great idea (technically, broadening your market) – the moment you see a picture of a smart looking guy [...]
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CO2 Bike Canisters on Planes: Emirates says ok

June 15, 2010
Thanks to Chris H for sending me the following heads-up via email: Emirates wrote to advise Chris that they would allow him to take a maximum of 2 x CO2 canisters inside his bike case. Chris says there is plenty of discussion on bike blogs about whether it’s ok to take these on planes, but [...]
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