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 [...]

181 Free Articles About Bicycle Touring, World Travel And Lifestyle Design

2009 was one hell of a year!
At this time last year I was emerging from my apartment in downtown Luzern, Switzerland and celebrating the first of what would become 254 days of bike travel in 16 different European countries.
Since that time, I have covered thousands of miles on my bicycle (and on foot); written nearly [...]

Today Is My 26th Birthday And I Have A Gift For You!

Today is my birthday. It’s hard to believe, but I’m 26 years old.
As you may or may not know, I started traveling with my bike at age 17, immediately after graduating from high school, and since that time I’ve conducted nine long distance bicycle tours over the last nine years in various locations around the [...]

Grab A Free Membership From The Adventure Cycling Association (A $40 Value)

NOTE: The 50 free Adventure Cycling memberships mentioned in this article have already been given away. I’m sorry, but there are no more available free memberships.
Today is a great day for BicycleTouringPro.com readers.
“Why is it a great day?” you ask.
It’s a great day because the Adventure Cycling Association has given me permission to [...]

The Colorado Peace Ride

The Four Corners area of Southwest Colorado is buzzing with the news of an awesome new bicycle tour that is gearing up to be one of the country’s most desirable cycling events. This summer Durango will welcome 500 riders and countless supporters for the start of the first annual Colorado Peace Ride, taking place [...]

Biking For Invisible Children

Kristen DeMint and Mark Kowalik are set to graduate from Colorado State University in Fort Collins this month. Immediately following their graduation, they plan to gear up and ride bikes across America in an effort to raise money and awareness for the Invisible Children Organization.
Invisible Children is an organization that looks to create international attention [...]

Bicycle Touring For A Good Cause

Cycle touring off the beaten path through developing countries, you see the impact of poverty on people’s lives like no usual tourist does. You experience the ‘generosity of the poor’ as well as see the scars of hard lives lived etched onto the faces of those who stare back at you. Compassion moves you to [...]

Has Bicycle Touring Become Boring?

I recently received an email from a BicycleTouringPro.com reader who is currently in the process of preparing for a long distance, self-supported bicycle tour to raise money for a charitable organization. She’s planned out a route, purchased all her gear, and is now in the process of raising awareness for her ride. But she’s has [...]

Poor & Happy: Why Money Does Not Equal Happiness

Growing up in California, I was led to believe that having a big house, a fancy car, and a flat screen TV was what you were supposed to strive for as an adult. The bigger the house you had, the more successful you were and the more respected you would be within your community. That’s [...]

Adventure Cycling Free Membership And Gift Certificate

The Adventure Cycling Association has been inspiring people of all ages to travel by bicycle for fitness, fun, and self-discovery since 1973. Adventure Cycling is the premier bicycle travel organization in North America with 44,500 members nationwide.
The organization researches and produces cycling maps for the Adventure Cycling Route Network, one of the largest route networks in the [...]

Adventure Cycling Association Helps Head U.S. National Bike Route System

Most of us know that cycling in America is not as popular as it is in many other parts of the world. In my mind at least, much of that has to do with our lack of established cycling routes which would allow riders of all ages, levels, and types to get from one place [...]

Cycling With Your Family And The Birth Of One Million Bicycles

The following is by Joe Metal Cowboy Kurmaskie

The wind kicking off the Strait of Juan de Fuca is all wrong for a full day of loaded bicycle touring, but I don’t care. When laboring across Canada with a massive bike train–18 feet of tandem, trail-a-bike and trailer, 450 pounds of gear and three lively sons [...]

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