Category Archives: Shorts

Urban Downhill – Extreme Bicycle Racing

Urban downhill is an extreme form of downhill bicycle racing in which participants race through [...]

Join Me On A Bicycle Tour Across Switzerland

I’ve made a lot of great friends through my travels, my bike tours and my [...]

How A Warren Miller Ski Film Inspired Me To Make A Documentary About Cycling Around The World

My friend Caroline Gleich (whom you might recognize from the cover of my book, “Stretching [...]

Thru-Hiking Park City, Utah’s Wasatch Crest Trail

Bicycle touring is a lot like backpacking… except that on a bike trip the weight [...]

What Advice Would You Give To Someone Planning His Or Her First Bicycle Tour?

First-time bicycle tourists ask me for advice all the time… but now I want to [...]

Bicycle Helmets Proven Not To Make You Any Safer?

In recent years I’ve become increasingly interested in “The Great Helmet Debate”. My interest has [...]

Peruvian Travel Expenses – Month 5

For the past five months I have been traveling through the South American country of [...]

The 2011 Bicycle Touring Pro Travel Scholarship: Winners Announced!

Today I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Bicycle Touring Pro travel [...]

In Search Of Cantaloupe – A Cycling Story

7:30 a.m. A day out of Bar Harbor on a bicycle trip to Illinois. I [...]

8 Super Cycling/Travel Websites You Should Know About

If you’re looking for some new websites to read and enjoy, be sure to check [...]

GU Energy Gels: Have You Ever Used Them?

Have you ever seen those energy gel packets at the supermarket or in your local [...]

Help! I’m In South America & I Can’t Speak Spanish

Stupid me. Stupid, stupid me! I spent my entire youth (more than twenty years) in [...]