Selecting A Tent

There are many different ways to conduct a bicycle tour. You can camp, stay in hotels and hostels, or simply stay with friends. If you’re planning to do any camping though, you’re going to need a good tent. And selecting the right tent for your long distance bicycle tour is of top importance. Your tent [...]

Selecting A Sleeping Bag

When you’re selecting a sleeping bag for your long distance bicycle tour, there are three main things to keep in mind. 1. How cold is it going to be? This is an important piece of information that you need to research before you leave home. The location and time of year in which you will [...]

Dealing With Electronics While Traveling By Bike

On my first bike tour in 2001, the only electronic device I carried with me was a camera. And not even a digital camera! It was a 35 mm camera than ran on one battery and used actual film. It’s hard to believe that was only seven years ago. The world has definitely changed since [...]

How To Pack Your Panniers

I get a lot of questions from prospective bicycle tourists who ask how to go about packing their panniers for a bicycle tour. This seems like a simple question, but there is actually a lot that goes into packing your bike for a tour. That being said, I can’t cover everything in just one post. So [...]

A Camp Stove Comparison

It was during my third long distance bicycle trip that I began to fully understand the importance of having a good stove. Unable to fly with a tank full of propane, I landed in Raleigh, North Carolina with the intention of finding the first sporting good store I could and purchasing myself the propane/butane mixed [...]