Here's how to physically prepare your body for a long distance bicycle tour.
How To Physically Prepare For Your First Long Distance Bicycle Tour
Author: quintendo64
Planning Your First Bicycle Tour: Which Type Of Bicycle Is Right For Me?
We take you through the different types of bicycle tours, help you figure out what you need from your bike and identify the bicycle that's right for your first big tour.
Planning Your Bicycle Touring Route: Traffic, Weather and Other Factors To Consider
From traffic to weather to city centers — everything you need to consider when planning your bicycle touring route.
The Roots Run Deep at Roche Harbor’s Afterglow Vista
Robber barons, immigrant communities and native burial practices — it's all here.
Photo of the Day: High in the Cascades at Mount St. Helens
A self portrait in the stripped-out shadow of Mount St. Helens.
Photos of the Day: A Slice of Life in the Cascade Mountains
A slice of life in the Washington Cascades: mountains, elk, heaven-sent convenience stores and "worship centres" masquerading as churches. After a long climb into the mountains from the east, I spent a day and two nights loitering around Randle and sleeping behind the local Methodist church, recharging for the ride to Mount St. Helens.
Planning Your Bicycle Touring Route: The Different Types Of Tours
Everything you need to know about planning your route for your first big bicycle tour.
Photo of the Day: Back to the Cascades
After a week or two following rivers in central Washington, Baxter and I headed back to the Cascades.
Photo of the Day: The First 1,000 Kilometres
1,000 kilometres deserves a beer with my handlebar bag companions, Piglet and Dougal the Cancer Council bear.
10 Reasons To Do Your Next Trip By Bicycle
Before we launch into the details, from route planning to gear to hiker-biker camp culture, I thought it’d be fun to assemble ten reasons why you (yes, you!) should get your wheels on the road for the first time. Personally, I could go on forever about why cycle touring is the greatest thing since sliced bread and how you should start planning your trip right now, so it took considerable effort to trim this list back to just ten.
