The image on the front cover of Bike Touring Basics was taken at 4,500m on the Puna de Atacama in northern Chile.
It was part of a multi-month bike tour in South America, by Harriet and Neil Pike (http://www.andesbybike.com).
Photo by Neil & Harriet Pike (http://www.andesbybike.com)
“We were doing a loop which took a couple of weeks with no shops and not much water, so we had heavy bikes. You can see that Harriet’s 10 liter Ortlieb water bag, on the back of the bicycle, is reasonably full! In the photo we’re above the Salar de Maricunga and are descending a rarely used mine road, heading to the stunning Laguna Negro Francisco in Tres Cruces National Park,” says Neil.
In addition to the cover photo, we owe a huge thanks to many people in the bike touring community who made the HTML version of this book possible through their photos, articles, quotes and help with editing. We encourage you to visit their websites for even more bike touring inspiration.
- Alastair Humphreys – http://www.alastairhumphreys.com
- Alicia Ackerman – http://www.cyclingwithoutahelmet.blogspot.com
- Angela & Stéphane Girard – http://www.ouestef.net
- Cass Gilbert – http://www.whileoutriding.com
- Chris & Janyis – http://farewellburt.wordpress.com
- Chris Leakey & Liz Wilton – http://www.bikeabout.co.uk
- Dan, Alison, Sonia & Gus – http://www.shutupandpedal.org
- David Herbold & John Lipton – http://www.bikeshophub.com
- David Houghton – http://www.biciklo.com
- Dennis Koomen – http://www.toko-opfietsvakantie.nl
- Diana Johnson – http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/dianac
- Grace Johnson – http://www.bicycletraveler.nl
- Harriet & Neil Pike – http://www.andesbybike.com
- Hilary Searle – http://www.cycleseven.org
- Michael – http://www.slowcycler.wordpress.com
- Michelle Wurlitzer – http://www.wheeledmigration.com
- Marija Kozin – http://twitter.com/mk4220
- Nancy Sathre-Vogel – http://www.familyonbikes.com
- Nathan Chase – http://www.foolhardytravels.blogspot.com
- Patrizia & Brö – http://www.somewhereonearth.org
- Rebecca Jensen – http://www.anadventurecalledbicycling.blogspot.com
- Ryan Davies & Rebecca Holliday – http://www.worldcyclingtour.wordpress.com
- Scott Stoll – http://www.theargonauts.com
- Shane Little – http://www.shanecycles.com/africa
- Stephen Lord – http://www.adventurecycle-touringhandbook.com
- Sylvie & Ben – http://www.frogsonbents.over-blog.com
- Tara Alan & Tyler Kellen – http://www.goingslowly.com
- Tim Travis – http://www.downtheroad.org
- Tom Allen – http://www.tomsbiketrip.com
- Trevor Luker – http://www.oddbikes.com
For the chapter on tents, we’d also like to thank our Twitter followers for their suggestions:
- @Aegisdesign – http://twitter.com/aegisdesign
- @Bazzargh- http://twitter.com/bazzargh
- @Cycle4india – http://twitter.com/cycle4india
- @Davebikenotes – http://twitter.com/davebikenotes
- @Jonahchitty – http://twitter.com/jonahchitty
- @Mk4220 – http://twitter.com/mk4220
- @Oddcats – http://twitter.com/oddcats
- @Shanecycles – http://twitter.com/shanecycles
- @Tomsbiketrip – http://twitter.com/tomsbiketrip
- @Worldcyclevideo – http://twitter.com/worldcyclevideo
And finally, the following people helped test the eBook file:
- Álvaro Merelo – http://twitter.com/sindandune
- Annie Meikle – http://twitter.com/anniemeikle
- Bruno Riollet – http://twitter.com/brunoriollet
- Mark Pleunes – http://twitter.com/mpleunes
- Paul Johnson1222 – http://twitter.com/pauljohnson1222
- Simone Huigen – http://togetherbybike.com
- Steve Langston – http://www.canadabybicycle.com