This picture was taken a few moments before we almost died. We were biking across Iran, on our way to the holy city of Mashhad. By 7am, we’d finished breakfast and packed our bicycles. We picked up the camera one last time, snapped a quick shot of our camping spot from the night before, and […] Read More »
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Che Guevara: Bicycle Tourist
We’re just back from a month of bike touring in Cuba. Trip reports and photos are on the way (once we’ve recovered from jet lag and found time to put all our thoughts together). In the meantime, here’s an intriguing image we discovered on tour of famous revolutionary Che Guevara, on a bicycle tour! Read More »
Book Review: Twenty Miles Per Cookie
Interested in bike touring with kids? If so, you can take some inspiration from the Vogel Family and their 9,000-mile jaunt around the U.S. and Mexico. We read all about their adventures in the book Twenty Miles Per Cookie. Read More »
Video: Our First Big Family Bike Tour
We just returned from our first extended bike tour as a family. With 5-month-old Luke in tow, we cycled 550km through the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Here’s a little video summary that we managed to shoot along the way. Read More »
Gear? It’s The Spirit That Counts.
We recently heard from an anxious would-be cyclist who bombarded us with questions about gear. From the bike and the tent down to the tiny details such as bottle cages, he wanted to be sure that everything was perfect, would solve every problem on the road and never fail. We had to disappoint him. Read More »