Salsa Cycles - I applaud you!

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When something good happens then it's important to share! The image above shows me proudly in possession of two brand new Salsa Delgado rims for my Surley. This photo was taken today in my backyard in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia.

You may recall that on my tour I noticed that my original Salsa rims were cracked. While in Michigan, USA, I contacted Salsa who immediately indicated their willingness to replace the rims as they were within a 12 month warranty. They were happy to do this even though on my tour I had clearly expected the rims to do more than that for which they had been designed. I carried 30kg of panniers on my Surley LHT from Minneapolis, across Wisconsin, through the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan and across Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. This tour was undertaken after spending two months touring Spain, France, Germany, The Netherlands and the UK. The major challenge for the rims were the combined weight of rider and panniers while travelling at times on some very damaged concrete pavement - not to mention the "rumble" strips!
(My Michigan mates also advised that its better for your rims to lift your butt off the seat when negotiating bumpy conditions. I had not been doing this!...I will from now on.)

As I was soon to travel home it was decided to make the claim for rim replacement while back in Australia. Well, the picture speaks for itself. The rims have come all the way from the States to the Australian supplier and then from there to my home here in North Queensland.---at no cost at all to me.

Salsa Cycles I salute you!

I am soon to take possession of a Burley Nomad Trailer which from now on will replace my panniers while touring. So my new Salsa Rims will be treated appropriately.

Thank you Salsa. I will be keen to recommend you and your products to any one seeking quality in products and service.

Click on the heading above to see the Salsa Cycles website.

The Salsa Rim and warranty negotiations.

I'm still waiting to hear from Salsa and am confident of their support. I'll post the response as soon as I get news. I am keen to get my wheel operating again as I'm soon to go on a tour. I'm also in the process of getting a Burley Nomad trailer to replace my panniers.

Hi there all my Adventure Cycling followers. This is about Lance Armstrong!

I'm delighted to be able to say that before I return to the USA in 2009 that I'll be able to see Lance in January 2009. I'll travel 4000km south of Cairns to Adelaide in January to see the Tour Down Under as mentioned below in Bike Bits. How lucky am I? In the image I'm the guy with the big head and blue ball cap that Lance is talking to. (Ragbrai 2006)

David O'Loughlin

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"Lance [Armstrong] participating in the Tour Down Under will mean the biggest influx of overseas and interstate visitors to any sporting event in South Australia's history."
-- South Australia Premier Mike Rann, on confirming Lance's plans to return to professional road cycling at next January's Tour Down Under

Cairns to Cooktown

I'm now back home in Cairns after spending Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 27th to 29th September with about 150 others, riding the 330 kilometres from Cairns to Cooktown. With the help of this blog and direct contact with friends I was able to raise over $500.00 for the local Hospital Foundation. My thanks go to all who sponsored me and those who also sent their best wishes. Its a blessing to have such great friends.The images provide some detail of the ride.

Salsa Rims:To all my Adventure Cycling fellow members

I have really enjoyed many emails from Adventure Cycling members who have been following this blog site. A number of you are interested in what's happening re my damaged Salsa Rim. At this stage I have had a very positive response from Salsa and will update you once they finalise their response to me. (Click on the heading above to view Salsa's website.)
You may recall the following in Bike Bits:

From Adventure Cycling Association:



“Bike Bits Vol. 10, No. 12, June 18, 2008

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DAVE'S NOT HERE

But he is somewhere, and he's one enthusiastic bicycle traveler. David O'Loughlin is a sixty-three-year-old Aussie who's making a 5,300-mile tour through the United States and Europe, while raising funds for the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. Scroll through some of his past journal entries and you'll see that he graphically reveals his various locations by posting photos of panels from Adventure Cycling maps.

http://davidsworldtour.blogspot.com





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KIosk - Lake Morris.

Completed a ride up a 16km hill to the Copperload dam Kiosk. Great food and welcome from Janet, Jason and Kel Lane.

Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation Donation. Click on this heading!

To send me on a three-day, 335Km bike ride - click on the heading above.