The Ultimate Bike Friday New World Tourist Review
The Bike Friday New World Tourist is thought by some to be the ultimate travel bike for long distance tourists. It's small wheel base, low-step over feature, fully-loaded capabilities and its ability to fold up and fit inside an airline standard suitcase (thus saving you huge amounts of money when flying with your bicycle) are certainly appealing features for any world traveler. But does the bike really live up to its reputation? That's what I set out to see! Here's my story: I purchased a Bike Friday New World Tourist in the summer of 2008 and used it on a short 8-day ...
Bicycle Panniers
Are you looking for a good set of panniers for your commute to the office, your return trip from the supermarket, or your bicycle tour around the world? The following is a list of all the companies currently making bicycle panniers. If I've missed a company, please leave a comment at the end of this article with the name of the company and a link to the company website... and I'll be sure to add them to the list. The companies below have been listed in alphabetical order. Altura Buy Here
A Bikepacking Journey In Search Of Sustainability
Ryan Mlynarczyk and Mandy Creighton are in the middle of an 18-month journey by bike in which they are researching, partaking in, and spreading the message of sustainable living. If you are unfamiliar with the idea of sustainable living, or you simply want a better explaination of what it is that Mandy and Ryan are doing, I encourage you to watch the short video below. After the video is over, continue to scroll down and read the interview I conducted with Ryan and Mandy about their epic bicycle adventure and documentary project.
21st Century Bicycle Travelers
The world is changing... and so is the way people travel by bike. For the past few months I've been sharing my ideas on what I believe could be a new form of bicycle touring. In my efforts to introduce this new form of travel, I talked about the way bicycle tourists are perceived by the public; I shared my ideas on how bicycle tourists could look good, be respected by the non-cycling world and still be hard-core world travelers all at the same time; and I revealed some information about the snowboarding industry that could help bicycle touring evolve and ...
Traditional Touring Bikes - Bicycles Made Specifically For Long Distance Touring
The following is a list of the most popular full-size, single person, road-equipped, 700c, touring bike models. You can get more information about each of these bikes on the corresponding company websites. The touring bikes shown below have been listed in alphabetical order.
Could Bicycle Travel Be The New Snowboarding?
Years ago, snowboarding was completely unknown to most people in the world. Origionally banned from ski resorts and looked down upon by traditional skiers, snowboarders pressed on and fought hard to get their sport accepted by those within the snow industry. Today, snowboarding is more popular amongst young powderhounds than skiing and the snowboard industry has carved out a niche for itself that is bigger, more profitable and has made more of an impact on youth culture than any of its origional founders could ever have imagined possible. The question then is this: Could such a thing ever happen in the bicycle touring ...
Who's Behind BicycleTouringPro.com?
My name is Darren Alff and I would like to welcome you to my website. My goal with this site is to both inspire and educate a new generation of bicycle travelers. Traditional bicycle touring is an old means of travel, but this site is about putting a new, modern and technologically advanced twist on the way bicycle travel was done in the past.
Bicycle touring is an incredible, life-altering outdoor experience. When traveling by bike you see sights you'd never see in a fast moving automobile or R.V.; you're in the outdoors; and you meet some incredible people along the way. But to me, “bicycle touring” is more than just that. In fact, that’s what this website is all about – it’s about the “more”.
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