I really enjoyed listening to the Cycle for Change interview. I will be ordering your book shortly.

My husband and I decided to take a bike trip around southern Vancouver Island next in a couple of weeks. We are from California and have travelled by car all over Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast over the past 18 years. We’ve talked a lot of one day biking it up around this area and finally made the commitment. We are recreational bikers, not “cyclists” as you mentioned in the interview, and will be renting hybrids with panniers, etc. to ride 40 miles west from Victoria past Sooke, mostly along the Galloping Goose trail which you also seemed to referenced in your interview. We will then ride back to Victoria and up to Swartz Bay and take our bikes to Mayne Island for a couple of days. It’s a short trip, only a week but I am so excited to finally be getting to do a trip like this. We will not be camping this time around, though I do love to camp, but will be staying at some wonderfully rustic lodging.

I just wanted to give you some background and to tell you that I am so glad to have found your web site because I feel the stirrings of passion for bike touring already takitng hold and reading your newsletter, hearing your interview, etc. has really been a motivator. I’ve downloaded your packing list and can’t wait to read your book.

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and knowledge to help those that are just starting out or those veterans that could use some helpful insight into making the trip so much more.

Jan Lane
Palm Desert, CA

Just wanted to say thanks for the fantastic emails and informative website. I am planning an extended trip for departure next year, and i am gathering us much information from people like yourself before i tke the plunge.

Looking forward to the next instalment,

Regards, Stuart A