A tent can be your best friend or your worst enemy on a bike tour, so it’s wise to choose carefully. You’ll want to consider the weight, the colour, how easy it is to set up and how you’ll feel if you have to spend a day or two inside during foul weather – all […] Read More »
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More Bike Touring for Your Money
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. Find out how in our latest article Bike Tour More, Spend Less. Read More »
Free Maps of Switzerland
Planning a bike tour in Switzerland? You must check out this site, with free maps of Switzerland that you can print at scales as small as 1:25,000! Read More »
Around The World For $23 A Day
It’s hard to find many ways to get around the world on $23 a day but that’s what our bike tour cost – a bargain when you think that includes not only daily expenses but extras like flights, insurance and visas. Our new article on the cost of bike touring outlines where we spent our […] Read More »
The Art of Giving Back On Your Bike Tour
Great adventures and kind things happen when you’re bike touring. People spontaneously approach you with offers of place to stay for the night. Others drive 50km to buy you candies and drinks from the nearest store (yes, this really happened to us). Here we talk about ways to repay the kindness you’ll certainly encounter on […] Read More »