Bicycle Touring

[TxBrew]

Has anyone done any adventure bicycle touring trips long distances?

Friends are planning one for next year. Looked for a forum out there but doesn't seem to be anything near the size of avrider for bicycles.

 

[Airborneguy]

Check these guys out:

www.foodcyclist.com

They visited our homebrew club a few months back and then set out on their trip. They have a lot of information in there and links to websites that they used to plan their trip.

 

[Looper]

2 years ago when I first started living in Argentina, I met 2 guys who were biking from Alaska all the way to the tip of Argentina. I think they had been gone for 15 months or something. Crazy!

Here is another guy who did it a little bit differently, but made a documentary from the experience..
http://www.takeaseat.org/

 

[TxBrew]

Yea there are so many amazing blogs out there. Both those are great ones I've never seen before. I wish there was an AV Rider equivalent for bicycle riders. Very curious to discuss how camping was accomplished in States like Texas where there is no public land.

 

[JerseyTransplant]

2 years ago when I first started living in Argentina, I met 2 guys who were biking from Alaska all the way to the tip of Argentina. I think they had been gone for 15 months or something. Crazy!

Hey looper, the two guys you met, were they British perhaps? If they're who I'm thinking of, they're relatively well known (I think) in the adventure sport world; North Pole to South Pole by human and natural-powered means only (kayak, dogsled, biking, etc). Must have been pretty cool to hear their story, if it was them.

On a more somber note, one of the pair actually perished in an ice climbing accident about a year after their trip was complete..

 

[Hugh_Jass]

Has anyone done any adventure bicycle touring trips long distances?

Friends are planning one for next year. Looked for a forum out there but doesn't seem to be anything near the size of avrider for bicycles.

Might be able to kick a question to these guys.

http://www.bikelaw.com/about/

 

[beersteiner2345]

Check these guys out:

www.foodcyclist.com

They visited our homebrew club a few months back and then set out on their trip. They have a lot of information in there and links to websites that they used to plan their trip.

I love that blog. One of three I actually follow.

I have done some bikepacking as well. bikepacking.net is a good source. :rockin:

 

[Looper]

Hey looper, the two guys you met, were they British perhaps? If they're who I'm thinking of, they're relatively well known (I think) in the adventure sport world; North Pole to South Pole by human and natural-powered means only (kayak, dogsled, biking, etc). Must have been pretty cool to hear their story, if it was them.

On a more somber note, one of the pair actually perished in an ice climbing accident about a year after their trip was complete..

Nope, these guys were actually French. Absolutely the two craziest guys ive ever met. Very friendly and caring though.

I actually met them while I was living in a "hippie" commune in El Bolson, Argentina.

They were both engineers working for Ford, and had been on a sabbatical.. They were both telling me that they don't think they could ever go back to work a similar job ever again after the experiences that they had.

I know what they mean. Still haven't gotten into the corporate world. Life is too short to live it on someone elses terms.

 

[Airborneguy]

I love that blog. One of three I actually follow.

I have done some bikepacking as well. bikepacking.net is a good source. :rockin:

Great kids with really ambitious plans. I wish them well. When they came to our club, they barely knew anything about beer. Probably experts by now!

 

[Surly]

I began touring about the time I took up brewing beer.

I will pop into Crazy Guy once in awhile: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/

I also like Bike Forums: http://www.bikeforums.net/forum.php

Although it has a touring form, it provides a lot of basic bike information as well.

Then of course there is the Adventure Cycling Association: http://www.adventurecycling.org/forums/index.php

 

[TxBrew]

So my guess is you ride a Cannondale, Surly?

 

[Surly]

So my guess is you ride a Cannondale, Surly?

Hehe...I have the best of both world's contained within my web name. I live in WI, but near the twin cities of MN, so I enjoy Surly beer and ride a Surly, Long Haul Trucker.

You ride the CannondaleTx?

 

[JonM]

I did a 150-mile tour a couple years ago. Ride 150 miles to scenic northern Wisconsin and take a bus back.

I found out much later that there are some homebrewers who do the tour too. They somehow get a couple corneys to share with everyone on the bus during the trip back. I definitely got on the wrong bus.

 

[isurf]

I rode my bike from Texas to New Mexico up through Colorado and back to Texas. About 750 miles round trip. It was fun.

 

[clankboneshake]

I've done a lot of bike touring. My advice is to not worry about gear or researching things on the internet. Best to get out and do a weekend trip. Camping without "public" land gets easy the more you do it. I've almost never been bothered pitching a tent where camping wasn't really allowed. Make sure you have enough water for the night, oh and beer of course, and rest easy.

Have fun.

 

[LoneTreeFarms]

there's always ragbrai if you're looking for a ride from one side of iowa to the other in late july!

 

[beersteiner2345]

Not touring, but I just turned in a 35 mile ride on the mountain bike this afternoon and am feelin' it.

These long rides really make me want to tour, but I am thinking all mountain off road touring. Found a 235 mile loop I am gonna shoot for as soon as the snow melts.

 

[Surly]

there's always ragbrai if you're looking for a ride from one side of iowa to the other in late july!

I started after doing on of those type of cross state supported tours in WI. I enjoyed it so much I said, "I do not need somebody to haul my stuff, I can do it myself." Love the hobby.

 

[punkrockdave]

Just met a girl in Berkeley last week at a military surplus store, she was there to buy pepper spray and a cooking element. Ended up talking with her for a bit and found out she was riding from Walla Walla,WA to Baja Ca on a solo journey. Big props for a female flying solo especially on a mt. bike.

 

[punkrockdave]

Just met a girl in Berkeley last week at a military surplus store, she was there to buy pepper spray and a cooking element. Ended up talking with her for a bit and found out she was riding from Walla Walla,WA to Baja Ca on a solo journey. Big props for a female flying solo especially on a mt. bike.

I forgot to mention I commute to work on a single speed cyclocross, weather permitting. Ride my Specialized road bike on weekends and do my 30 mile tour. Before you scoff, it requires pub hopping. Lol

 

[shelly_belly]

Many years ago I rode from Auburn Al to Key West Fl. One of the most memorable things I've ever done.