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Making Pizza On A Bike Tour
We love pizza – even more so when we’re bike touring (something about that craving for carbs). That’s why we figured out a way to make it ourselves while bike touring. Easy and delicious! Not to mention impressive, if you make it for friends. This is a great “dinner party” trick to show other cyclists. Read More »
Overpacking: What One Bike Tourist Left Behind
Ask any experienced bike tourist and they’ll certainly have a story about over packing. For us, the 2 plastic champagne flutes were the first to go, along with a kite and one too many t-shirts. So when Keith rolled up to our front door and said he had to lighten his bags, we were curious […] Read More »
Cycling The Dutch Tulip Fields
If you’re lucky enough to be in Holland around mid-April, there’s only one place to go on your bike: the tulip fields. That’s exactly where we headed for a day trip: the Bloembollenroute or flower bulb route. See where we went and what we’d do differently next time. Read More »
Stephen Lord: Author of the Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook
The new edition of the Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook is due out in May. While we wait, author Stephen Lord tells us how he got into bike touring and shares some lessons from the road. Read More »