We spent last week testing the Gekko fx, the “nimble foldable touring trike”, if you believe the manufacturer’s hype. Unfortunately, the Gekko fx didn’t live up to our expectations and we won’t be buying one. Find out why in our review. Read More »
Too often, as a society, we are quick to dismiss things as ‘impossible’ or ‘foolhardy’. Start planning a big bike expedition, and you can run up against this attitude quite a lot. So, when we got an email recently from Henry & Jamie, telling us about their recent bicycle tour across mountainous Kyrgyzstan in February […] Read More »
We took our first test ride on recumbent bicycles this month and it was a real learning experience. If you’re thinking of a recumbent bicycle for touring, here are a few tips and things we learned. At the top of the list: It’s not as hard as you might think. Read More »
Hurrah! After a year of hard work, we’re proud to announce that our new Bike Touring Survival Guide is here! We’re sure you’re going to love it. It’s an eBook in both PDF and .mobi format for Kindle. There are 240-pages, packed full of practical bike touring advice. Read More »
Our good friends Trevor & Simone are about to leave for a 3-month bike tour, from Jordan to the Netherlands. The last few days before a big bike trip can be pretty crazy, with so many thing to do, but when we entered Trevor & Simone’s flat, we were greeted by an impressively organized to-do […] Read More »
