If you’re new to bike touring, you might wonder how far you can cycle in one day on tour. It’s impossible to come up with a number that will suit everyone. Much depends on your style of touring and the terrain. Some luck is involved too, especially when it comes to weather. Read More »

I’ll never forget the day in Iran when a group of dogs lunged towards me, surrounded the bike and sunk their teeth into my panniers. So I had some sympathy when I read a journal from another cyclist struggling with dogs. Here’s the sequence we went through when approached by an annoying dog. Read More »