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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Bicycle Touring Pro How-To Guides

If you haven’t done so already, be sure to check out the following “how-to” guides from Bicycle Touring Pro. Each of these products has been specifically created to help bicycle travelers make their unique and adventurous dreams come true.
The Bicycle Traveler’s Blueprint
Bicycle touring is easy… once you’ve done it a couple times. But if you’re [...]

Interview With The Founder Of The Bicycle Film Festival

The Bicycle Film Festival, a traveling festival that moves through nearly 40 cities over a 6+ month period, is taking place today and tomorrow (October 2-3) in Salt Lake City, Utah. Because I live in Park City, a small mountain town just 35 miles from Salt Lake City, I contacted the founder of the BFF, [...]

Bicycle Radio Interviews The Bicycle Touring Pro

Last week I had the great pleasure of being a guest on the weekly web show at BicycleRadio.com. On the show we discussed my recent 9-month tour of Europe, my decision to travel with a Bike Friday folding bicycle, stealth camping, travel safety, the impressions other people get of bicycle travelers, the steps needed [...]

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 [...]

CycleNow Video Interview About Bike Travel In Europe

While in Montenegro last month, I had the great pleasure of speaking with Rick Owens. Rick is the director of CycleNow.us, a Texas based web show all about bicycling… and we sat down for a few minutes to talk about my bicycle touring adventures in Europe and beyond.
For those who may not know, I’m seven [...]

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 [...]

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