We’d never recommend packing a gun for a bike tour, but back in the early days of bike touring a pistol was commonly carried by adventurous cyclists such as the McIlraths. Today, for the first time, we stumbled across a historic advertisement for a gun built especially for cyclists. Read More »
We’ve just returned from an Easter bike tour through the east of the Netherlands. There were six of us in total, riding four folding bikes and two ‘big wheel’ touring bikes. Here’s the video to tell the story. Read More »
Our Bicycling Cuba book assures us that the ride from Sancti Spiritus to Trinidad is one of the most beautiful in Cuba, and it’s not wrong. Before long, we’ve cleared the city limits of Sancti Spiritus and we’re cycling on blissfully quiet and wide-open roads. Read More »
One of the great things about touring in Cuba is seeing all the ways bicycles are used in daily life, and how much is done with so little. Here are just some of the photos we snapped of Cubans and their bikes. Read More »
We’re about halfway through our bike tour of Cuba and heading for the towns of Santa Clara and Remedios. First up is Santa Clara, a city famous for being the site of the last battle of the Cuban Revolution. This momentous occasion is marked by a huge monument to Che Guevara. Read More »
