Flip Mino HD Video Camera (60 Minutes): Product Review

The Flip Mino HD Video Camera is a small cell-phone sized camera that shoots video in high definition, records to a 4 GB built-in memory, comes in an unlimited number of colors and designs, and outputs to your computer for easy email and Internet sharing. But the question is: Is the Flip Mino HD Video [...]

Ryan Nakashima Discusses What He Remembers From Our Bicycle Tour Down The California Coastline In 2001

My first trip by bike took place when I was just 17 years old. It was 2001, I had just graduated from high school and I wanted to do something big before I went off to college and began my professional career. The idea for a bike tour came mainly from my Uncle Tom, who [...]

Chasing the Sun: Changing the World

Gobi Desert, Mongolia, June 2009.
“The Wind. It howls, yells, screams in my face. It grabs me by the shoulders and tries to wrench me back to China. It’s forceful, ferocious, determined. But so am I. I’m further from home than I’ve ever been. I’m out of water and food. I’m scared. It wouldn’t be so [...]

How To Prepare Your Body & Mind For Life On The Road

Packing for a bicycle tour is one thing. Preparing your body and mind for life on the road is another.
This past Thursday, the Adventure Cycling Association published an article I wrote about how to prepare for a long-distance bicycle tour.
In the article I talk about 5 easy things you can do to prepare your body [...]

Talking Bike Travel With Jerry Goodwin – The Bicycle Nut

On Monday, March 1, I conducted an hour long interview with Jerry Goodwin (aka “The Bicycle Nut”) for his online radio show at BlogTalkRadio.com.
During the interview Jerry and I discussed:

How and why did I got started with bicycle travel.
How traveling by bike at a young age is different than coming into bike travel when you [...]

Trails And Touring Through Bike-Friendly Florida

Would you, could you, might you believe that touring and long-distance recreational trails are going to lead Florida’s future?
This week Florida tourism officials had their first look at a trails website that will launch in October, while two days later the state Office of Greenways and Trails declared a new focus on long-distance destination trails.
Bike [...]

Take A Trip To COSTA RICA… With Me!

This past week I was selected as a finalist in an online contest for a two-week tour of Costa Rica. The trip is being sponsored by Nomadic Matt and Gap Adventures… and in just two short days, voting on the contest will end and the sponsors will make their decision as to which finalist gets [...]

Expedition Cycling: A How-to Primer

Mud splattered up my black nylon rain pants as I pedaled down the rocky, wet road from Huancane along the northern route of Lake Titicaca. My bright orange panniers from Arkel Overdesigns were muddied and battered from a rough fall, but they’re the kind of bags that can take a blow from a speeding truck [...]

Help Me Win A Free Trip To Costa Rica

I need your help!
A few weeks ago I entered a contest being held by Nomadic Matt and GAP Adventures. The prize is a free two-week trip to Costa Rica (airfare included). To enter, you simply had to write a blog post or create a video about why you wanted to go to Costa Rica. I [...]

How To Quickly Research International Travel Destinations

When researching International travel destinations, I typically ask myself the following questions:

How much does it cost to get there?
What language(s) do the native people speak?
Are there dedicated bicycle routes to travel on? If so, do I want to take them? Or do I want to take a different route?
What are the road conditions like?
What kind [...]

WeFollow.com Ranks Bicycle Touring Pro As #1

Did you know that in addition to all the free content I post here on BicycleTouringPro.com, I also maintain an active Twitter account, which has just recently been named the highest ranked, most followed, and most influential “bicycle touring” Twitter acount in the world!

WeFollow.com is an online directory that lists the highest ranked Twitter users [...]

Free Camping, Hotels And Lodging For Your Travels (Video Recording)

Earlier tonight I held a live video broadcast on Ustream where I spent a little over a half-hour discussing the topic of free lodging for bicycle travelers.
I promised to record the event for those of you who were unable to attend the live broadcast, but (would you believe it!) I forgot to press the record [...]

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