During our bike touring adventures, two of the people we communicated most with were Tara and Tyler – another couple also going around the world at roughly the same time. We’ve yet to meet them in person but always kept in touch and helped each other out with information as we travelled. One of the […] Read More »
Archive | Cycling Trips
Making Time For Family Adventures
When people ask us what the hardest part of cycling around the world was, it seems they expect us to tell a story about some great hardship suffered underway. Troubles with people. Getting lost. Poor food. But our answer is simply this: the hardest part was making the decision to go. Read More »
15 Tips For Happy Bike Tours With A Toddler
In May 2014, we spent 3 weeks cycling around Switzerland. Now, some 7 months later, we’ve finally found time to put together a little film of our trip: 15 Ways To Entertain A Toddler On A Bike Tour. Read More »
1,600km Across Europe on $50 Bicycles (And A Cookbook)
Last week, we stumbled across the website of Leah Bostwick. In the summer of 2013, she and a couple friends cycled 1,600km across Europe on bicycles that cost just $50 U.S. As Leah writes on her site, The Vegetarian Traveller: A wise man once said to me, ‘All you need to cycle is a bicycle […] Read More »
Decathlon Quickhiker Ultralight 4: Our New, Cheap Tent
For years now, our trusty tent for bike touring and camping has been Hilleberg’s Nallo 3GT but this summer we retired our Nallo 3GT in favour of something bigger: the Decathlon Quickhiker Ultralight 4 tent. Read More »