Facebook Users – Win A Free Hydrathon Water Pack For Your Bicycle

The Hydrathon is a product that uses the frame of your bicycle to help maximize the amount of water that can be carried on your rides. It straps over the top tube of your bicycle and uses two internal reservoirs to store water (or other liquids) on your bicycle as you ride. And not only [...]

Incredibell Omnibell – Bicycle Bell: Product Review

Do you need a bell for you bicycle? The Incredibell Omnibell may have a strange name, but it is an excellent medium-sized bike bell capable of mounting to handlebars of just about any size (22mm – 31.8mm). This superb dinging bell comes in one size (34mm in diameter) and one color (silver). What makes this [...]

Postcard From The Road: Bicycle Touring In Maine

This postcard from a bicycle tourist in Maine showed up in my mailbox a few days ago. On the back of the postcard is says: Howdy, out on tour right now through Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. You said to send a card, so here it is: everything you need to know about Maine except [...]

It’s Finally Here! The Essential Guide To Touring Bicycles

My new book about touring bicycles is finally here! Click this link to learn more about it and get your copy now. With the launch of this new book, I thought today would be a good day to talk about touring bicycles… because when it comes to bicycle touring, the bicycle you ride is pretty [...]

Bike Doctor iPhone App – Learn Bicycle Repair

Need to know how to repair your bike or make a necessary adjustment? Get the Bike Doctor app on your iPhone or iPod Touch! The Bike Doctor application is a new app developed by Andreas Kambanis (from the London Cyclist website) and Ron Forrester (of Cychosis App). The application, which costs a measly $4.99 is [...]

Questions About Finding The Perfect Touring Bicycle

I’ve got some exciting news! This Saturday I am going to be releasing an incredible new book all about Touring Bicycles. The book is going to be called “The Essential Guide To Touring Bicycles” and it’s going to be a book that is designed to help you learn about touring bikes and to help you [...]

Safety Is Gained Through Experience

A few weeks ago I conducted a live video event via Ustream where I spoke briefly about my travels on the Katy Trail and shared some of the good books I’ve been reading lately. At the end of my talk, I took questions from those in attendance and did my best to answer them live [...]

Kindle Readers – Get Free Lodging For Your Travels

You can now download The Ultimate Guide To Free Lodging for the Amazon Kindle. Click here for details. The Ultimate Guide To Free Lodging is a 101-page eBook I created to help you get free hotel rooms, campgrounds and other such accommodations for your travels. If you have a website or blog that revolves around [...]

The Bicycle Touring Pro’s 4×9 List

I saw this on Alastair Humphrey’s website. He saw it on Ben Saunders’. Now I’ll add to the experience by creating a list of my own. Four jobs I’ve had in my life Editing room assistant (helping people learn to use high-tech video editing equipment) Bike shop mechanic (I lasted less than 4-hours before I [...]

Hybrid Backpack – The All Purpose Bicycle Carrier

The Hybrid Backpack is a product designed to help you carry odd-sized items on your bicycle without having to transport them in a backpack, pannier or trailer. The idea here is that by carrying large items on the back of your bike, you can eliminate the weight of carrying a pack on your back – [...]

The Village Of Arrow Rock: A National Historic Landmark

The tiny village of Arrow Rock is located 13 miles north of I-70 on Hwy 41 in Saline County, Missouri. Due to its historical significance, the entire village has been designated a National Historic Landmark. The tiny town is most commonly known for its association with Westward Expansion, the Santa Fe Trail and the artist [...]

Adventure Monkey Magazine: Cycle Touring In Albania

Have you got an Adventure Monkey inside you? Eric Benjamin is a Kansas cyclist and extremely talented photographer who runs the Adventure Monkey website and is the creator of Advenutre Monkey magazine – both of which have been created in hopes of inspiring you “to remember your dreams and live the life you have always [...]