The “Bicycle Touring Pro” podcast is here to share stories, inspiration, and engaging conversations with bicycle travelers and cyclists from around the world. We'll help you plan, prepare for, and enjoy your next bicycle tour, whether around the block or around the world. Follow us on Instagram: @bicycletouringpro Follow us on Facebook: Bicycle Touring Pro Check us out on the web: www.bicycletouringpro.com Happy riding! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bicycle-to ...
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Buffalo Soldiers Bicycling Project with Eric Cedeño
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Welcome back to the Bicycle Touring Pro Podcast! Today on the show - Eric Cedeño AKA the Bicycle Nomad talks about his Buffalo Soldiers project. I really enjoyed this conversation and learned a lot! Follow Eric on Instagram @bicycle_nomad Check out the NEW Bicycle Touring Pro Shop: https://shop.bicycletouringpro.com/ -Sam Bennett Bicycle Touring Pr…
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Cycling Europe with Léa and Brewenn of Voies Recyclables
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Welcome to the Bicycle Touring Pro Podcast - now on YouTube! You can still follow the podcast on your favorite podcast platform, but we’ll also be publishing future episodes on our YouTube channel. Today I’m speaking with Léa and Brewenn of Voies Recyclables about their bicycle journey through Europe. I hope you enjoy! Inspired? Check out the Bicyc…
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Life on the road full-time with 421 ADVENTURE
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My friends Marco and Aurelie set off for a year-long trip in 2018, and almost five years later they're still on the road. They've cycled all throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and are now tackling South America on their way North to Alaska. In this episode, they talk about being on the road full-time, their travels in Europe and Asia, how th…
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Bicycle touring - on a higher level? Alex Sidney is TALL BIKE TOUR. He's a bicycle traveler who rides a Tall Bike. What is a Tall Bike? Listen to the episode to learn more... but let's just say Alex has talents that I don't share! Alex is traveling Europe on his Tall Bike and shares his experience on the road, favorite stories, and why he rides suc…
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Riding the Underground Railroad with Erick Cedeño
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Bicycle travel can be an incredibly rewarding experience, full of opportunities for cultural exploration, self-reflection, and learning. But today's guest takes it to a whole new level. I'm so happy to welcome ERICK CEDEÑO to the Bicycle Touring Pro Podcast. Erick is THE BICYCLE NOMAD and an incredibly experienced bicycle traveler. But Erick's appr…
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Crossing an international border is not always as straightforward as you might think! While many people are familiar with the idea of crossing an international border in a car, train or airplane, many people are unfamiliar with the act of riding a bicycle across the border of two neighboring countries. So, in today’s new Bicycle […]--- Support this…
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18 Year Old Cycles Across the USA After Graduating From High School
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Quinn is an amazing 18 year old who cycled across the USA after graduating from high school. During his cross-country cycling adventure, Quinn came and stayed at my home in Park City, Utah… and during his stay I took some time to sit down with him and interview him about his epic cross-country bikepacking […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcas…
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Can Bicycle Touring Cure Your Depression?
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Hundreds of people try bicycle touring or bikepacking each year as a cure or treatment for their depression. But is a bike tour (or cycling in general) a good cure for depression? Watch the video above or listen to the latest episode of the “Bicycle Touring Pro” podcast to hear my thoughts on the […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spot…
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Funny & Scary Police Encounters From My Travels Around The World
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When you travel the world for years on end, you’re bound to eventually have some interactions with the police – both good and bad. In this week’s new Bicycle Touring Pro video, you will hear three funny and scary stories about encounters I’ve had with the police in different countries all around the world. In […]--- Support this podcast: https://po…
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Traveling in Peru can be crazy… especially if you take some of the country’s super low-cost buses, which commonly break down, are boarded by roadside salesman, are rarely equipped with bathrooms and smell like pee, and can sometimes even be robbed by roadside bandits. In this new video/podcast, you will hear three crazy, scary […]--- Support this p…
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Have you ever been camping in the woods and heard a noise outside and thought to yourself, “Is there a big, scary animal outside my tent?” Well, in this storytime video from Darren Alff, the Bicycle Touring Pro, you will hear about three scary nighttime encounters with animals from Darren’s bicycle touring adventures all […]--- Support this podcast…
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Traveling on a train with your bicycle isn’t always easy. In fact, sometimes, traveling with a bike on a train is a downright disaster! In this new video/audio podcast, Darren Alff – the Bicycle Touring Pro, shares three train and bike horror stories from his bicycle touring adventures all around the world. These are […]--- Support this podcast: ht…
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Scary Encounters With The Police in Southern Africa
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Travel the world for long enough and you’re sure to have some scary encounters with the police. That was certainly the case for Darren Alff, the Bicycle Touring Pro, during his three-month-long bicycle touring adventure across the Southern African countries of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. During his three-month journey by bike, Darren had […
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The 5 Best Meals in the World – A Travel Story
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The Bicycle Touring Pro, Darren Alff, has spent more than 20 years traveling around the world on his bicycle. In that time, he’s eaten at Michelin Star restaurants and some of the fanciest diners in the entire world. In this video/audio podcast, however, Darren details his top 5 favorite meals from his travels in more […]--- Support this podcast: h…
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Don’t fall for these common travel scams! If you travel the world long enough, you’re sure to encounter at least one of these three common travel scams. In this special Bicycle Touring Pro video/audio podcast, the Bicycle Touring Pro himself, Darren Alff, shares the story of three common travel scams that were attempted on him […]--- Support this p…
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Funny “Love Stories” From My Travels Around The World
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You’d think that as a famous world traveler, I’d have tons of juicy love stories from my travels all around the world. In fact, I’m often asked if, because I travel so much, I happen to have a different girlfriend in each and every city. But the truth is far less glamorous. As a world-famous bicycle […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.s…
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Colin Herron’s Incredible Cross-Country Bike Tour (USA)
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Colin Herron is riding his bicycle across the United States! In this half-hour interview with Colin, we hear why this young man decided to make the cross-country trip of a lifetime, what he has learned about himself and his country along the way, and the lesson’s he’s learned as a long distance bicycle traveler. […]--- Support this podcast: https:/…
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TEEN TREKS: Bike Touring Education Series
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In case you missed it, here is the recording of the special bicycle touring web event that took place on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2020 — a special ZOOM webinar that was hosted by TEEN TREKS as part of their “Bike Touring Education Series.” This particular webinar featured an interview between Katie Hennessey of Teen […]--- Support this podcast: htt…
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Bicycle Touring Teaches You To Be Thankful
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It’s easy to get caught up in life and obsess over the things you don’t have, the experiences you’ve been unable to make or the relationships you’ve been unable to forge. While thinking about what you DON’T have may be easy… it’s important that you sit back every once and a while and appreciate the […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.sp…
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It has been almost four months since I last sent out an email, published a new blog post or released a new video on the Bicycle Touring Pro YouTube channel… and in that time, I’ve received dozens of messages from people all around the world, asking if I’m okay. ►► CLICK HERE TO WATCH […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
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Bicycle Touring Pro, Darren Alff, goes on the “Tell Me About Your Bike” podcast to discuss his first experiences with bicycle touring and the 1980’s Sierra Schwinn mountain bike he used to complete his first two long-distance bike tours across the United States of America. Be sure to subscribe to the “Tell Me About Your […]--- Support this podcast:…
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My Terrifying Encounter With The “Wild Man”
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My eyes were open, but all I could see was darkness. Pure black. A vague cloud of charcoal swirled in front of my eyes and I struggled to gain focus. I knew where I was, but I was unable to do anything about it. I was laying on my back, incapable of movement, and […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bicycle-touring-p…
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This summer I traveled to New Ringgold, Pennsylvania to meet and interview author Cindy Ross, who has been walking and cycling the long-distance trails of North America for more than 35 years. CINDY’S WEBSITE: www.cindyrosstraveler.com CINDY’S BOOKS: https://amzn.to/2HWb5yz Cindy and her husband, Todd Gladfelter, live in a log home that they built …
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My Frightening Encounter With A Mountain Lion
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In the summer of 2003, Darren Alff (then age 19) spent two months cycling up the Eastern Coast of the United States on his bicycle – starting in Raleigh, North Carolina and ending in Portland, Maine. Along the way, Darren pedaled his bicycle close to two thousand miles, had some incredible adventures along the […]--- Support this podcast: https://p…
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7 Ways To Save Huge Amounts of Money With AirBNB.com
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AirBNB.com is an amazing online platform that allows you to easily find and rent apartments, houses and a wide variety of properties all around the world. I love staying in AirBNBs… and over the last eight years I have rented dozens of AirBNB properties all around the world. In fact, I have rented so many […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcas…
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Using WarmShowers.org To Score Free Lodging When You Travel By Bike
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WarmShowers.org is a FREE community-run website that enables individuals traveling by bike to find hosts around the world who are willing to put them up for a night or two during the middle of their travels. If you are familiar with websites such as CouchSurfing.com or GlobalFreeloaders.com, then you are already familiar with the […]--- Support thi…
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Here is my complete bikepacking gear list – a detailed listing of each and every item I carry with me on my off-road bikepacking adventures. My Complete Bikepacking Gear List: Feel free to use this bikepacking gear list as a template for your own bikepacking adventures. Pay attention to the bike I’m riding, the bikepacking […]--- Support this podca…
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Bike Virginia: An Epic 3 or 6-Day Bike Tour In The Shenandoah Valley
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Join the Bicycle Touring Pro in June, 2019 for the week-long BIKE VIRGINIA cycling tour across the scenic Shenandoah Valley. Click here for details on how you can join this 3 or 6-day cycling event! 🚴 The 32nd annual BIKE VIRGINIA tour is taking place between the 21st and 26th of June, 2019… and I think […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcaste…
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Bicycle Touring Pro’s 11-Year Birthday Celebration! – YouTube LIVE
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Help me celebrate 10 million YouTube views, my 35th birthday and Bicycle Touring Pro’s 11-year anniversary with this special LIVE YouTube webinar and Q&A session. SPECIAL OFFER – THIS MONTH ONLY ►► Get $5.00 off my how-to book, “The Bicycle Touring Blueprint,” when you enter the coupon code: BIRTHDAY at checkout (Offer valid on […]--- Support this …
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Cycling in Eastern Europe: Popular Bike Routes & Safest Countries
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Hi. My name is Darren Alff… and for the last 18 years I have been traveling around the world on my bicycle. I’ve pedaled by bike hundreds of thousands of miles/kilometers and I’ve ridden across dozens of different countries on multiple continents all around the world. In fact, I’ve cycled across every country in Europe […]--- Support this podcast: …
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3 Important Lessons From My Bike Tour in Northern California
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If you’ve been following me on Instagram or Facebook recently, you know that I just recently completed a short 5-day bike tour in the mountains of Northern California. This was a short, but beautiful and challenging bicycle tour with lots of climbing, snow-covered passes, and run-ins with lots of friendly people along the way. I’ll […]--- Support t…
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The SteerStopper – An Innovative Bicycle Stabilizer to Help You Safely Park Your Bike
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The SteerStopper is a high-end bicycle accessory that, I suspect, will split the cycling industry in two. Half of the people who hear about the SteerStopper are going to think, “Oh my goodness! This is genius. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I need to get this for my bicycle right away!” While […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcas…
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The Chumba Ursa 29+ Backcountry Bikepacking Bicycle
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Get ready for an incredible cycling adventure with the new Chumba Ursa 29+ bikepacking bicycle! The Chumba Ursa 29+ is an American-made mountain bike designed specifically with bikepacking in mind. Its wide 29plus tires make it great for cycling on dirt and gravel roads as well as on narrow single-track trails. The fact that the […]--- Support this…
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READER SURVEY – What Do You Want from Bicycle Touring Pro in the New Year?
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Will you do me a quick favor and fill out this short survey? It’s been more than 10 years now since I started Bicycle Touring Pro and began my mission of helping people from all around the world experience the joys and benefits of bike travel. In that time, a lot has happened: I’ve cycled […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/…
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Your Biggest Questions About Bike Travel: Answered
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I know you have a lot of questions about bicycle touring, bikepacking and world travel. That’s why I recently sat down and took the time to answer some of the questions my readers at www.bicycletouringpro.com have sent in to me over the last couple days. Questions such as: My name is Tim from Walla Walla, […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcas…
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Why Autumn is the Best Time of Year to Buy a New Touring Bicycle
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Don’t wait until the spring or summer to buy your new touring bicycle! Save yourself hundreds of dollars by buying your new touring bike in the autumn – when bike sales are slow and bike shops/manufacturers are dropping their prices in order to make space for the new models they’ll be selling in the New […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcaste…
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#Vanlife Lessons: What I Learned During My First 2 Months Of Living, Working & Traveling In A Van
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People know me as the “Bicycle Touring Pro” because, for the last 17 years, I’ve been traveling around the world on my bicycle and teaching people like you to conduct their own incredible bicycle touring adventures. But this autumn, rather than going on another big bike tour in some foreign country, I decided to try […]--- Support this podcast: htt…
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How Much Should Your Touring Bicycle Weigh?
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How much should your touring bicycle weigh? Well, it’s hard to say exactly. The vast majority of touring bicycles weigh 26 – 33 lbs (12 – 15 kg) when they are equipped with only fenders, front and rear racks, and water bottle cages. It’s important to note, however, that touring bicycles come in all kinds […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcast…
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Bicycle Touring in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the largest state park in all of California – and an excellent location for a bicycle touring adventure! Cyclists from all around the world come to Anza-Borrego to discover the wildflowers, palm groves, cacti and incredible desert scenery. But if you’re anything like me, you’ll come to the Anza-Borrego Desert […]--…
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Line Gammelli – The Lessons She Learned From Her First Two Bike Tours
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Line Gammelli is a 20-year-old woman from Örebro, Sweden. After watching a video about a bike tour in Japan, she discovered the Bicycle Touring Pro YouTube channel and sent me a message: Hello, my name is Line Gammeli. I’m 20 years old and live in Sweden. This summer I’m planning a bike tour from a […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.sp…
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Northern Sweden By Bike: Our 2017 Group Bicycle Tour From Umeå to Luleå
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There’s a small city called Umeå in northeastern Sweden that few tourists have ever heard of or would ever care to visit. But this beautiful university town on the edge of the Ume river became the launching pad for my 2017 bike tour in Sweden, Finland and Norway; served as my home-base for the entire […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.…
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50 Things You Need To Know About The Pinion Gearbox & Gates Carbon Drive System
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The Pinion gearbox and the Gates Carbon Drive System is a new internal, chainless, derailleur-free technology that allows you to cycle quietly, with extreme power, while performing almost no regular maintenance to your bicycle. Internal gearboxes and bicycles driven by sprockets and belts instead of metal chains and derailleurs are still relatively…
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Saddle Sores, Cycling Shorts & Painful Butts
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What is the best clothing for bicycle touring? Should you keep track of the calories you consume on a bike tour? And how do you avoid getting saddle sores on a long-distance cycling adventure? Discover the answer to these three questions in today’s Bicycle Touring Pro Q&A. Bicycle Touring Pro readers sent in submissions via […]--- Support this podc…
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Bicycle Touring in Sweden, Finland and Norway – 15 Important Things You Need To Know
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Sweden, Finland and Norway are the three most northern countries in all of Europe… and these Nordic nations also happen to be three of the best places of go bicycle touring in the world. I know that Sweden, Finland and Norway are great bicycle touring destinations because I’ve spent more than seven months of my […]--- Support this podcast: https://…
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Confused Biker Syndrome & The Cycling Adventures of Coconut Head
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After returning from a canoe trip in Western Canada, my Aunt Christi and Uncle Tom presented me with a gift they had found at a local gift-shop: A book titled, “The Cycling Adventures of Coconut Head: A North American Odyssey.” On the cover of the book were two nude cyclists, smiling at the camera, with […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcaste…
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Is It Safe For Women To Go Bicycle Touring Alone?
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Today you’re going to hear from a young woman named Shirine Taylor who has been bicycle touring around the world… on her own… and with her boyfriend… for the last couple years. During my interview with Shirine, we’re going to talk about some of the best and worst parts of traveling alone, and we’ll answer […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcas…
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BIKE CAMP COOK: The Food & Travel Cookbook For Bicycle Tourists
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Buying, cooking and eating delicious foods while traveling the world on a bicycle doesn’t have to be a painful or difficult task. In fact, cooking delicious meals with local foods found along your travels can be both easy and downright enjoyable! In her delightfully photographed and well-written bicycle touring cookbook (BIKE CAMP COOK), Tara Alan,…
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Bicycle Touring In Morocco With Pat & Cat Patterson
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Pat & Cat Patterson are a retired couple from Southern California who spent four years traveling around the world together on their bicycles. They started from their home in Oxnard, California… cycled across the United States… went down through Europe and then, after reaching Gibraltar… took a boat over to Morocco in northern Africa and […]--- Supp…
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Winter Cycling In Siberia With Alastair Humphreys
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In the first episode of the Bicycle Touring Pro audio podcast I speak with British adventurer, author and motivational speaker, Alastair Humphreys. In the bicycle touring world, Alastair is best known for his four-year-long bike trip around the world, which resulted in two incredible books about his journey. (Click the following links to read my [……
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