‘Are you crazy?’ I am often asked. I always laugh and say, ‘Crazy only on a good day … and every day is a good day on a bicycle tour.’ – Loretta Henderson It’s not often that a book about bicycle touring comes across less of a manual and more of a rollicking, inspiring tale woven […] Read More »
Before coming, lots of folk had told me that the scenery in Iceland was wonderful and that I would love it there; however, it looked so bleak to me, just a lava desert with purple blue lupins. -Dick Edie, Cycling Iceland Bleak and stinking of sulphur: these were some of Dick Edie’s first impressions of Iceland. When his bike […] Read More »
Last week, we stumbled across the website of Leah Bostwick. In the summer of 2013, she and a couple friends cycled 1,600km across Europe on bicycles that cost just $50 U.S. As Leah writes on her site, The Vegetarian Traveller: A wise man once said to me, ‘All you need to cycle is a bicycle […] Read More »
The 2nd edition of our Bike Touring Survival Guide is now available! The book now totals 450-pages (or 128,000 words) of bike touring guidance. Thank you for helping us to make it happen. Read More »
In recent weeks we’ve had a ton of emails from bike tourists who’ve recently written books about their travels and experiences. We enjoy sharing the experiences of others on bike tours as much as possible so here are some of the titles that have recently come to our attention. Read More »
