Bike Touring Basics
There’s always lots to learn when it comes to bike touring, whether you’re stepping out the door for the first time or an experienced rider.
In this section, we touch on the basic things you need to know when you’re getting started. You can learn about the different types of touring bikes and about some of the planning you need to do for a tour.
We also talk about saving money for a bike tour and what a day on the road, or even several years, might cost you.
Choosing A Mid-Range Touring Bike
You don’t have to spend a fortune to get a reliable touring bike. Many companies like Trek, Dawes and Surly are turning out mid-range touring bicycles that are well designed, reasonably sturdy and perfectly suited to trips of a few weeks or a few months at a time. Expect to pay anywhere from $600 to read more...
Choosing An Expedition Touring Bike
Expedition bikes are the toughest machines available for bicycle touring. They are eye-wateringly expensive. Plan on setting aside a minimum of $2,500 and as much as $5,000 for the bike, racks, pedals, saddle and of course a good lock! The price is justified by the fact that this is a bike that will last a lifetime. read more...
The $100 Touring Bike
I have to confess to being a hypocrite. For months now, I’ve been telling impoverished would-be bike tourists that you don’t have to spend a mint to travel by bicycle and all the while I’ve been travelling the globe on my very expensive custom-built bike with Ortlieb panniers and Brooks saddle. To buy the same setup, read more...
Choosing Racks for Bicycle Touring
You only need to know one thing about buying a rack for your bicycle tour: don't get a cheap one. Racks take a beating on a bike tour and cheap ones break down too easily. This is one area where it really pays to invest in quality. read more...
The Cost of Bike Touring
What does it cost to go bike touring? A mere $23 U.S. a day, if our record of expenses is anything to go by. A bargain! Try booking any other type of all-inclusive holiday for that price. Even if you just hop in your car and drive around for a month, you’ll spend at least as read more...
Bike Tour More, Spend Less
We recently discovered that it cost us just $23 U.S. a day to travel the world on our bicycles. That’s a cheap price for the adventure of a lifetime but looking back on our trip, we could have done it for even less. Why bother? Alistair Humphreys says it well: “You have a choice – spend read more...
Saving for your dream trip
The secret to saving for your great bicycle getaway is surprisingly simple: live beneath your means. Charles Dickens expresses this well in his famous novel David Copperfield, when the character Mr. Micawber says: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.” Even read more...
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