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 [...]

Why Now Is Such A Good Time To Go On A Bike Tour

The following is a guest post by Sean Maher, a 21 year-old from Cornwall in the UK, who recently graduated from university and is using the poor state of the economy as the catalyst for adventure, world travel, and personal development.
Arthur Conan Doyle, the famous author of Sherlock Holmes, once said, ‘When the spirits are [...]

Interview With Alastair Humphreys: Adventurer & Author

At age 14, Alastair Humphreys set off on his bike and cycled across England. The adventure bug was born and whilst at university (Edinburgh and Oxford) Alastair cycled from Pakistan to China, Land’s End to John O’Groats, Turkey to Italy, Mexico to Panama and across South America in a succession of summer-long bike rides.
After graduating [...]

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 [...]

Barend Dronkers – First Time Solo Cycle Tourist: A Macedonian Encounter

Walking back from Skopje’s Turkish bazaar, I crossed the old stone bridge that seperates the old and new regions of this impressive Macedonian capital city. And there, at the end of the famous stone structure, I spotted a man with a fully-loaded bicycle.
He was writing in his journal and doing his best to ignore the [...]

Interview With The Hungry Cyclist: Pedalling The Americas In Search Of The Perfect Meal

Tom Kevill-Davies (aka The Hungry Cyclist) sold his car, quit his job, and set off on a 2.5 year journey by bike through North and South America in search of the perfect meal.
Along the way, The Hungry Cyclist covered more than 15,000 miles and not only found the perfect meal, but found hundreds of them!
From [...]

Cental Asia On A Four Wheeled Bicycle Car

Roger Chao and Megan Kerr are university students from Melborne, Australia who left home this month and departed on a 12 month journey by bike through China, Central Asia and Mongolia.
But they aren’t riding regular touring bikes! No! Actually, they’re riding a custom made four-wheeled bicycle they call “The Quike”.
They are carrying everything they need [...]

Cycling Morocco – An Interview With Pat & Cat Patterson

Pat and Cat Patterson are a couple from Oxnard, California who spent four years riding their bicycles around the world. By the time they returned home in 2006, the Pattersons had traveled through 4 continents and 57 countries.
A few months ago I did an interview with the Pattersons in which we discussed the basic overview of their [...]

An Interview With Ted Schredd – Author Of “The Cycling Adventures Of Coconut Head”

After returning from a canoe trip in Western Canada, my Aunt Christi and Uncle Tom presented me with a gift: A book titled, “The Cycling Adventures of Coconut Head: A North American Odyssey.”
On the cover of the book were two nude cyclists, smiling at the camera, with a big blue bar covering their exposed body [...]