Comments for Bicycle Touring Pro - A Modern Approach To Traveling By Bike http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog Those looking for specific details on how to plan, prepare, and promote a bicycle tour or other worldwide adventure, will benefit from the information available at BicycleTouringPro.com Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:42:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Life Without A Vehicle: Could You Live For 12 Months Without Your Car? by Darren Alff http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/life-without-a-vehicle-could-you-live-for-12-months-without-your-car/#comment-721 Darren Alff Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:34:17 +0000 http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/?p=134#comment-721 I think getting to and from the supermarket is going to be the biggest obstacle for me. When I had my car I would just drive to the supermarket whenever I wanted. When I was hungry and didn't like the food I had in stock, I'd just get in the car and go get some new food. But now I plan out my trips. Planning not only saves me time, but it also saves me money. I think getting to and from the supermarket is going to be the biggest obstacle for me. When I had my car I would just drive to the supermarket whenever I wanted. When I was hungry and didn’t like the food I had in stock, I’d just get in the car and go get some new food. But now I plan out my trips. Planning not only saves me time, but it also saves me money.

]]> Comment on Life Without A Vehicle: Could You Live For 12 Months Without Your Car? by Ryan http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/life-without-a-vehicle-could-you-live-for-12-months-without-your-car/#comment-720 Ryan Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:11:24 +0000 http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/?p=134#comment-720 That is awesome Darren. I too am at the point where I use my truck so little it seems absurd to pay for insurance and registration. I am pretty sure that after my tour next year, I am going to sell my truck. It does take an adjustment to your mindset, like accepting that you may have to take 20 minutes instead of 5 to get to the grocery store, but after you adjust, it feels great every time you complete a task on your bike that most people would only consider in a car. And you are right, panniers are a great investment because they are so functional in everyday life, not just on tour. Keep riding. That is awesome Darren. I too am at the point where I use my truck so little it seems absurd to pay for insurance and registration. I am pretty sure that after my tour next year, I am going to sell my truck. It does take an adjustment to your mindset, like accepting that you may have to take 20 minutes instead of 5 to get to the grocery store, but after you adjust, it feels great every time you complete a task on your bike that most people would only consider in a car. And you are right, panniers are a great investment because they are so functional in everyday life, not just on tour. Keep riding.

]]> Comment on What Are You Doing This Winter? by Darren Alff http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/what-are-you-doing-this-winter/#comment-719 Darren Alff Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:17:45 +0000 http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/?p=127#comment-719 Zach, That sounds like a great way to spend the winter. I'm glad I've been able to help you with your bike tour plans. But as you said, the strength and determination needed to make the tour actually happen is going to have to come from you. You can do it! Zach,

That sounds like a great way to spend the winter. I’m glad I’ve been able to help you with your bike tour plans. But as you said, the strength and determination needed to make the tour actually happen is going to have to come from you. You can do it!

]]> Comment on What Are You Doing This Winter? by Zach http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/what-are-you-doing-this-winter/#comment-717 Zach Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:23:41 +0000 http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/?p=127#comment-717 I will be conditioning and training while making money at my 3 jobs over the winter so I can make my Spring 2009 tour from Nebraska to Portland, OR happen. I will be leaving in early March so it will be essential for me to actually get out there and camp in the cold weather throughout the winter. I will be in Portland for about a week giving a paper presentation about Healing, Cycling, and Psychedelics. Once I am in Portland I will be meeting up with some old friends who left the midwest to make a new life on the west coast and then will be meeting up with another group of people, mostly from my home town of Lincoln, to travel from Portland, OR to Portland, ME. The entire thing is frightening to me as I have never been on any bike tour, let alone plunging head first into riding across the country twice in the span of maybe 4 or 5 months. Your website has been an immense help as far as information and tips while on the road, and the strength to do this will inevitably have to come from within myself. Oh, and I'm going to cut back on my alcohol consumption over the winter as well. There is no need for an alcoholic to get the shakes 3 days into a tour because he doesn't have a bottle of hooch. I will be conditioning and training while making money at my 3 jobs over the winter so I can make my Spring 2009 tour from Nebraska to Portland, OR happen. I will be leaving in early March so it will be essential for me to actually get out there and camp in the cold weather throughout the winter. I will be in Portland for about a week giving a paper presentation about Healing, Cycling, and Psychedelics. Once I am in Portland I will be meeting up with some old friends who left the midwest to make a new life on the west coast and then will be meeting up with another group of people, mostly from my home town of Lincoln, to travel from Portland, OR to Portland, ME.
The entire thing is frightening to me as I have never been on any bike tour, let alone plunging head first into riding across the country twice in the span of maybe 4 or 5 months. Your website has been an immense help as far as information and tips while on the road, and the strength to do this will inevitably have to come from within myself.

Oh, and I’m going to cut back on my alcohol consumption over the winter as well. There is no need for an alcoholic to get the shakes 3 days into a tour because he doesn’t have a bottle of hooch.

]]> Comment on Lance Armstrong’s Surprise Appearance At The 2008 Cross Vegas Cyclo-cross Race by Derick http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/lance-armstrong%e2%80%99s-surprise-appearance-at-the-2008-cross-vegas-cyclo-cross-race/#comment-716 Derick Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:13:14 +0000 http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/?p=131#comment-716 go Lance go! go Lance go!

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