Have You Been On A Bicycle Tour Before?

For the past year I’ve been surveying readers here at BicycleTouringPro.com and asking them, “Have you been on a bicycle touring in the past?”
I gave them only three options to choose from:

No, not yet
Yes
Yes, more than once in fact!

152 people answered this particular question… and here are the results:

68 people (44.74%) reported [...]

Tales From Turkey: The Ancient City & The Carpet Dealer

After our short island tour of Mykonos, Greece, Leslie and I headed back to our ship, ate dinner, and went to bed.
We woke the next morning at 5 AM, a time of day I rarely ever see. After a hot shower and breakfast in the cruise ship’s lounge, we exited the boat in Kusadasi, [...]

Photos And Stories From A Greek Island Cruise

Leslie Parr and I have known each other since seventh grade. We went to both middle school and high school together… and when we went off to college, we stayed in touch through mutual friends and the incredible tightness formed by our tiny high school class – a class consisting of just 22 people.
When [...]

The Biggest Fears Of People Who Travel By Bike

Over the past six months I’ve been surveying the readers here at Bicycle Touring Pro and asking them to answer a series of questions about bicycle touring, world travel, their age, interests and more.
One of the questions I ask in the survey is, “What is your biggest fear when planning a bicycle tour?”… and today, [...]

9 Months In Europe: A Bike Friday Travel Story Of The Month

For those who have been following this site over the past year, you’ll know that I’ve been slowly cycling my way through Central and Eastern Europe on a little red folding bicycle produced by a company in Eugene, Oregon called “Bike Friday.”
Every month Bike Friday sends out an email to their customer list profiling one [...]

Travel Expenses From Macedonia and Greece

For the last seven months I’ve been riding my little red folding bike through central and eastern Europe… and along the way I’ve been sharing my monthly travel expenses with you.
To view my reports from months 1-6, please see the following:

January
February
March
April
May
June

Last month (July) I traveled from Kosovo to Skopje, Macedonia, where I stayed for [...]

Extreme Stealth Camping Tips

The August issue of XSport Magazine features a short 2-page piece I put together on the logistics of stealth camping.
For those who don’t know, “stealth camping” refers to the act of quietly finding a place away from people where you can camp for the night and then quickly slip away in the morning without [...]

The Conductor: A Train Story From Austria

Innsbruck had been great, but I was excited to finally be leaving Austria.
Of course, I had never planned on traveling this far south. The plan from the beginning was to putt around German-speaking Europe for 3-5 months and fly back home after I had learned a bit of the language. But after the couple renting [...]

Down The Road With Tim And Cindie Travis: An Audio Interview

Tim and Cindie Travis are, what I consider to be, celebrities in the world of bicycle travel.
This humble, seemingly ordinary couple from Prescott, Arizona have been traveling around the world for the past seven-and-a-half years… and they have no plans of stopping any time soon!
While on the road, they manage a website about their travels [...]

Ortlieb Panniers And Handlebar Bags – 20% Off

This is a special one-time only post. The products I have for sale below will go very quickly, so if you are interested, you need to contact me right away.

Here’s the deal:
I’ve decided to no longer sell Ortlieb products in the store section of BicycleTouringPro.com.
Don’t get me wrong. Ortlieb makes some killer gear. Fantastic [...]

Bicycle Touring Trailers

If you’re thinking about a trip by bike, you might consider the use of a trailer. While backpacks and panniers are great for some, many traveling by bike choose to carry their gear in a trailer pulled behind their bike.
There are bicycle trailers made to haul just about anything (from dogs to children, and yes, [...]

Do You Really Need A Handlebar Bag?

The other night I received an email from Linda Imle. Her message read:

Darren,
Could you address handlebar bags. I am still not sure if I really need one that is clipped or if something smaller will do.  Just wondering what you think and why.
Thanks,
Linda

From what I can tell, Linda is really asking two questions. Her first [...]

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