Category Archives: Main Articles

What Is Your Single Biggest Question About Bicycle Touring?

If you’ve already joined the BicycleTouringPro.com mailing list, then you’ve likely been asked to fill [...]

Doing Your Laundry When Staying In A Hotel

If you have the opportunity to stay in a hotel on your bike tour, you’re [...]

Packing My Bike Friday Folding Bicycle For The Very First Time

I purchased a brand new Bike Friday New World Tourist folding bicycle just two shorts [...]

How To Come Up With A Budget For Your Bicycle Tour

I just received an email from BicycleTouringPro.com reader, John Herr. Here is what he said: [...]

The Anxiety That Builds Up Before A Biycle Tour

When you first start planning your big bicycle adventure, you’re filled with excitement. It’s great [...]

Bicycle Touring vs. Bicycle Camping

As I prepare for my epic ride on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) [...]

Why Would Anyone Want To Ride A Recumbent Bicycle?

Why would anyone want to ride a recumbent bike, you ask? Borrowing from Elizabeth Barrett [...]

The Benefits Of Announcing Your Bicycle Tour To The World

For the past three weeks I’ve been wrestling over whether or not I was going [...]

Two Weeks Before You Leave On Your Bicycle Tour

You’re two weeks away from the start of your epic long distance bicycle adventure and [...]

Journaling While On A Bike Tour

If you’re planning a bicycle tour, then this is an excellent time to start a [...]

Using Your Bicycle Tour To Learn A New Language

Are you planning a bicycle tour outside of your home country? In a place where [...]

10 Pieces Of Paper You Can’t Afford To Leave Home Without

You’re making a list and checking it twice. No, you aren’t Santa Clause; you’re just [...]