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Ok, so here is my resurrected blog from my 2005 tour from Kentucky to Wyoming.

I've taken every post I made on that tour and put them into a new blog so you can read them straight through. I'll upload pictures from the tour but I probably ought to get some work done first.

Here you go: http://www.pedalthestates.com/2005/blog/

hello everybody

my name is olivier, i am french and i already came from france to thailand following the silk route.
here is the link to my blog about this trip: olivelo.canalblog.com (http://olivelo.canalblog.com)

and this is the link to my new blog, that will be about my future travels from perth, western australia to sapporo, japan, from prudhoe bay, alaska to ushuaia, argentina and maybe from cape town, south africa to cairo, egypt: cyclolivier.canalblog.com (http://cyclolivier.canalblog.com)

these two blogs are in french and english, the only problem for english speakers is the interface is in french...

don't be afraid to contact me if you have questions about my bicycle trips, i'll glady answer you (if i am able to find a good computer! :crash:)

i am now in perth to earn some money to keep on riding my bike. i think i'll be here until september 2008 where i'll leave to go to my trip to japan through asia.

see you and my the wind be with you! :roflmao:

EDIT: forget about olivelo and cyclolivier.canalblog.com, they'll never be finished!
i'm working on a new site, easier to build and with an english interface ;)
take a look here: cyclolivier.jimdo.com (http://cyclolivier.jimdo.com)

Just getting off the C&O, starting the GAP. Presently raining, should improve later though. Internet access has been spotty, we have been lagging a day or three lately on our blog.
www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/mikeandsharon08 (www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/mikeandsharon08)

If you're interested in Western Alpine roads (Grandes Alpes), here's mine (http://freenet-homepage.de/westalpen/index.html)
marmotte

First tour ever. Solo of the pacific coast, south north.

www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/3660

cheers!

Two and a half weeks into the northern teir route.

http://rayandannabike.blogspot.com

Here's a report from my trip through C. America... (http://telek.smugmug.com/gallery/1298485_w3Hdh)

http://www.ourexplorer.com/. For some cities, the tourist guides (http://www.ourexplorer.com) offer cycling tours.

Ride the Rockies 2008 on a tandem...and we're still married!

http://daveandjinnerspics.site.shutterfly.com/

My half-arsed blog, but with a bunch of recent tour content: http://www.drunkenmasters.org

Flickr: Lac-Supérieur Tour 2k8 (http://flickr.com/photos/jaydrunkenpee/sets/72157605345123542/)

Here's my photostory from my Katy Trail ride:
http://www.doanphotography.com//katy08/

I don't have a blog or webpage about my tour this year, just a bunch of photos. I'll be adding more once i get them edited, 40 pics online as I type this, will probably be twice that when done.

http://gallery.rhapsody.st/albums/ironfist_t08/st08_1.thumb.jpg (http://gallery.rhapsody.st/ironfist_t08?page=1)

Edit, the photos are from Finland, Sweden and Denmark

Oregon to New Jersey
Transcendental Transcontinental
www.xcountrybike.com (http://www.xcountrybike.com)

Hello, Bike Forum Folk

I'm new the site, and like what I see coming from cycle tourists from all points. Here's my story: starting in 1996, I worked for Discovery Channel Online, making the first online cycle trip from Darwin to Lake Eyre, Australia. The tecnology was all Discoverys, but the stories are mine, and over the next six years I completed my tours of the lowest point on six continents - places like the Dead Sea and Death Valley. This summer, Sierra Club Books published my account of the journeys, Into Thick Air, and I've been promoting the book via a book tour, and now Bike Forum. You can check out one cyclist's opinion of the book at http://www.alaskabikeblog.blogspot.com/, but you'll have to scroll down to find it. The GreenGlobetrotter gave me a review, too: http://greenglobetrotter.blogspot.com/2008/06/on-bookshelf-into-thick-air.html. Natually, I've a website, www.IntoThickAir.com, where you can link to photos from the trips.

The book is not so much about my bike as the pleasure of being outside, on a bike, and free to go where I like and camp where I please. That's why I ride. But I'm happy to field questions on bike touring, especially for those considering a ride to far-away deserts where the info is might scant. Just drop me a line at IntoThickAir@yahoo.com.

Yours,
Jim Malusa
Tucson, Arizona

I started a blog last year to encourage newbies to tour and commute by bike, and recruit companions for a trip around the Mediterranean that keeps getting postponed. Most of the recent posts are journal entries from a tour of southern Italy I did a few years ago--and just got around to posting the stories, tips, route notes and photos:

www.bicyclefreedom.com

It took a while to finish but it's done. Journal and pictures from our tour last spring from Maastricht, NL to Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

My sports blog (http://sportcrazy.net/)

My bikes - Trek 4300 and Surly Cross Check (http://sportcrazy.net/my-bikes/)

Bike pics and specs:

More pics of my Surly Cross Check (a touring build) (http://sportcrazy.net/cycling/bike-porn-my-new-surly-cross-check/)
Technical specs (component list) for my Surly Cross Check (double compact Ultegra touring wheels) (http://sportcrazy.net/cycling/surly-cross-check-ultegra-10speed-component-list/)


Touring pics:
2004: Cycling Tour, Val de Loire, France, Trek 4300 (1 pic only, need to find the others) (http://flickr.com/photos/alrocket/sets/72157594354572094/)
2005: Cycling Tour, Val de Loire, France, Trek 4300 (46 photos) (http://flickr.com/photos/alrocket/sets/1026307/)
2006: Ireland mini-tour (http://flickr.com/photos/alrocket/sets/72157594354543878/)
2008: Cycling Tour, Val de Loire, France, Surly Cross Check (69 photos) (http://flickr.com/photos/alrocket/sets/72157606983893187/)


Day trips (Ireland):
Termonbarry to Charlestown 27th Dec 2006 (http://flickr.com/photos/alrocket/sets/72157594452859532/)
Nephin Beg Trail Dec 2006 (http://flickr.com/photos/alrocket/sets/72157594452846178/)

Half completed but I'm still working on it at the moment. Oslo to Istanbul via the Arctic Circle.

http://panniersforpillows.wordpress.com/

Newbie here. I just ordered my Surly LHT so I haven't done any actual touring yet but I plan to soon. Here's my blog http://www.rattrappress.blogspot.com (http://rattrappress.blogspot.com)

Ride The Classics


Get ready for your booking and “Ride The Classics” in 2009!
Ride The Classics is a top tour guide organisation, that offers you some of the most challenging cycling trips in Flanders, Ardennes, Spain and France.

Cycling Tours
We organise several cycling programms. We have three different kinds of tours and one training camp::
1. Flanders Weekend - April 3-13, 2009
2. Ardennes Weekend - April 17-27, 2009
3. Tour de France- July 4-26 (several options available)
4. Mallorca training camps ( Between January and April)


Exclusive arrangements
We can also book particular tours for exclusive groups of cyclists. If you have a group you will only have to book your desired date, the sooner the better. To book an exclusive cycling tour you have to gather a minimum group of 8 for Guided-Tours.

Website
You can visit our website (www.ridetheclassics.com) and there you can find all tours for 2009. We are waiting for your contact!
Looking forward to hearing from you soon!


Contact
info@ridetheclassics.com

Here's a link to my current website documenting my RTW cycle ride.
www.acousticmotorbike.com

Thanks

Aidan

Hi there!

This June I completed a 15 day trip from north to south Spain. It was around 1100 km. You can read more about it here: http://www.pedrodiaz.com/cycling/spain2008.php

www.pedal-to-portland.blogspot.com (http://www.pedal-to-portland.blogspot.com)

just finished my first tour, cross-country from Maine to Oregon. One thing that we really liked in the area of blogging was to have an updated google map embedded in our site (maybe I'm not telling you all anything new). I would call my fiance and give her our location every night and she would update it. Everyone back home absolutely loved following us with it. It also made it not so critical for us to find ways to update our blog as often. anyway, hope you enjoy the site.

My first tour ever. 9 days and 664 miles circling the Olympic Peninsula using Adventure Cycling's new "Washington Parks" route.
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/skyler2008

My latest trip in pictures: Atlantic Canada - Around the gulf of St-Lawrence (http://www.borealphoto.com/gallery/5701404_cnBDn)

- For the largest display, press F11 and click on the main photo on the right. This opens the "lightbox".
- Use arrow keys to naviguate from one pic to another.

Other trips in photos: Cycling galleries (http://www.borealphoto.com/Cycling)

I have started a blog about bicycle touring that is following the progress and planning of my Korea to Portugal bike ride in March of 2009. There is information on bikes, gear, components, accessories, and rides around the world that might be of interest to people. Check it out.

http://recklesscognition.wordpress.com

www.pedalpatagonia.co.uk

http://picasaweb.google.com/imjibi

http://picasaweb.google.com/imjibi2

must update now I am back in the Uk

george

I've tried to create a website about bicycle touring and long distance travel that really focuses on "how to" type articles. The website was origionally designed for younger riders (between the age of 15 and 30), but readers of any age are welcome!

http://www.bicycletouringpro.com

Hiya!

I'm off in two days for my first tour (bar a couple of training weekends back in Sussex, UK). I'm going to tour the south island of New Zealand, hopefully going all around it but it'll depend how fast I go, I've got 7 weeks.
I've got a brand new cherry Surly Long Haul Trucker to help me through it : ) Here's my blog: http://lisroundtheworld.wordpress.com/ and here is my Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisguegan where I'll attempt to post pictures fairly regularly, but I'll see!
Thanks for all the help I got on various threads here on BikeForums!

Lis

my first tour

http://1lesscarnews.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html

the kind of guy you want to meet one day. it is on his 5th year world tour.
now in pakistan,headinn to mongolia next summer
his website is in english but he is spanish
he wrote two books, about southamerica and africa and this christmas a photograph book is coming out
dont miss it
www.biciclown.com and enjoy it

Hey all!! My boyfriend and I are biking from Scotland to Malaysia, starting in April, 2009. Check out our website: www.advriding.net (http://www.advriding.net)
enjoy!!
We'd love to hear from you,
Tara (and Tyler) :-)

Hello, Forum -

Just a note: I've just posted my photos from a tour of Patagonia, from Puerto Montt, Chile, to Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. The weather was miserable, but the land is lovely. See: www.IntoThickAir.com (http://www.IntoThickAir.com).

Yours,

Hello, Forum -

Just a note: I've just posted my photos from a tour of Patagonia, from Puerto Montt, Chile, to Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. The weather was miserable, but the land is lovely. See: www.IntoThickAir.com (http://www.IntoThickAir.com).

Yours,

After reading your book Jim, and noting your battles with mountains and winds, I wiped that region off my must do list, but your photos make the region very tempting. I also just had a look at your photos from Russia and I must send the link to a cyclist we warmshower hosted last week. She is a New Zealander who left home about 15 years ago and hasn't been back. She has recently arrived in Oz after two years teaching English in Bulgaria. After seeing the book Off the Rails - Moscow to Beijing by Bike (recumbent) on my bookshelf she resolved to cycle Russia. She did learn Russian at University which would be a help. I am sure she would enjoy your blog and book.

regards

I'm glad you're rethinking Patagonia (or perhaps have crossed it off your list) because it's tough country if you don't like big winds. It is terribly beautiful, however, and maybe worth a shot if you stick close to the Argentine side of the Andes during the summer. And thanks, too, for recommending the book to the lady who seeks a Russian adventure. She'll surely find it.

Yours,

I'm leaving the UK in July 2009 for a 2-year bike tour through Africa to Cape Town.

I've set up a website and will be adding to it in the near future... I'll be undertaking a series of photographic projects and writing a number of articles relating to Africa along the way.

If you want to follow my progress you can subscribe to receive emails etc.

Hope you take a look: www.takeonafrica.com (http://ww.takeonafrica.com)

Helen

and here's ours
www.tour.tk (http://www.tour.tk) | what a wonderful world tour | Sonya Spry and Aaldrik Mulder cycling around the world since 2006

www.JamieCompos.com (http://www.JamieCompos.com)
Right now this site primarily contains my 25-day backpacking journal from the Long Trail/Vermont in 2007, and I'm currently reposting my Transam bike trip from 2006.

Next to get posted is my Georgia to Maine Appalachain Trail hike from 2001-02, and then finally my Grand Canyon hikes from summer '08. I have my work cut out for me!

Recently added more photos to my 6 day, 4 state loop ride in NW Arkansas, SW Missouri, NE Oklahoma, and SE Kansas, September 2008:
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/4286

Also lots of photos of a one day ride in Arkansas, October 2008:
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/4448

Hi all, just joined this forum.
I recently did a 3-week tour of north Vietnam and Laos. The story is still being updated (and almost finished) in my blog but do have a read. I like having lots of pics in my blog ...that's why its taking a bit of time to update:::

www.wheelosopher.com (http://www.wheelosopher.com)

cheers

Mike Khor

Hi,
If you want to read a wordpress blog (wordpress is usually written at the bottom of the page), you will find that it starts from the last post.
To read all the posts from the start to the end, just add ?order=asc to the end of the url.

Example:
http://www.mywordpressblog.org/
becomes:
http://www.mywordpressblog.org/?order=asc

Kfir

Hi touristes and long-distance enthusiasts!

I have finally finished the photography/image editing and authoring the "Touring Hub" at VeloWeb (http://www.veloweb.ca/)

The main touring page is: http://www.veloweb.ca/biketour.html and includes a bit of touring history.

TourVelos discusses appropriate bikes for touring: http://www.veloweb.ca/tourpages/tourvelo.html

The "Luggage" page is about all things baggage-like: http://www.veloweb.ca/tourpages/bikebags.html (http://www.veloweb.ca/tourpages/bikebags.html)

There are stories, long and short, on some of my tours and randonnees on the Stories page @: http://www.veloweb.ca/bikestories.html
(http://www.veloweb.ca/bikestories.html)

The touring section will soon have pages on touring kit, etc. The navigation bar on the left enables easy "touring" between sections & pages.

Keep on exploring!:thumb:

Well, my site and blog is at: http://www.hoosiercycling.com
There isn't a lot there, and nothing about touring really, as I've just gotten into touring. There's a bit of info though, and a message board that no one uses. lol

Fans of big dry spaces might like the 29 photos of my tour from Tucson to Death Valley, posted today at my web site (below).

Yours,

New website. Still have the hoosiercycling one, but decided to create another one for fun and no profit.

http://www.TheCyclist.net

Great idea , this site is getting better all the time.
here is our site www.cycle-for-change.com. its a bilingual english / japanese site about our environmental awareness bike trip through the himalayas in summer and autumn 2009. Blogging at cycleforchange.wordpress.com

I'm actually trying to put up interesting articles about bicycle touring on my re-designed blog at http://recklesscognition.wordpress.com (http://recklesscognition.wordpress.com/)

In about 1 month we will be including real-time updates from a 8500 bicycle tour from South Korea to Portugal. If you have an bicycling event you want publicized, let us know and we'll feature it.

Hi all,
I'm writing up my trip to Cuba from last year - 3 weeks with my bike.
It was my trial for the upcoming big trip I have planned, to see if my recently repaired knee would cope with all the pedalling - I needn't have worried.

http://www.takeoncuba.wordpress.com/

There's my journal entries, some photos and trip notes (for anyone considering a trip to Cuba and wanting information).

It's still a work in progress - if you're interested, check back over the next couple of weeks and I should have the rest of the journal entries written up.

My first real attempt at this blogging lark, so any comments/criticisms are appreciated.

Thanks, Helen

Not your typical tour, but this summer I'll be biking across North America in order to raise money and awareness for affordable housing with an organization called Bike and Build. Check out my website at http://www.pedalingforpoverty.org or my blog at http://allybikes.blogspot.com. Also, if you're able, feel free to make a donation - any amount is appreciated and every dollar gets me one step closer to dipping my rear wheel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire! </shameless plug>

Hi
I just uploaded my picture of my last tour throw Thailand,Laos and Cambodia on my Bike Friday NWT
http://colmanlerner.zenfolio.com/p513070872