touring Category Archives
SF Parks Bike Tour I
8 April 2007 | touring | No Comments |
Yesterday at noon I met a group of eight to participate in the Small Parks of San Francisco Bike Tour. I developed and led the tour for the bicycle coalition, and came up with several parks that either I had never known existed, or knew and didn’t care to see. In the course of making […]
Good Italy Bike Touring Links
8 April 2007 | touring, how-to | No Comments |
WayTuscany-
A great place to start with this site is the “tradition and folklore” page. Check out the tons of great events going on including food and
wine festivals.
The Siena Tourist Board’s website is great. I personally have used the bike routes they have suggested on a dozen occasions. In fact, I had hopes of writing […]
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Essential Clothing for Bike Tours
8 April 2007 | touring, how-to | No Comments |
Since 1998, I’ve been touring long distances on a bike, and I’ve developed several systems for what to bring on a tour and why. These systmes are always developing with new technology, but most of what I bring on a bike tour doesn’t change too nuch. I am also what you might call a gourmand. […]
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Developing a Bike Tour Route
8 April 2007 | touring, how-to | No Comments |
There are no hard and fast rules for developing a route for your bike tour. The resources you use for traveling to Vietnam is totally different than traveling to Italy for a tour. Because of the diversity of information you can get about any given place, I will focus on two trips- The U.S. and […]
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Cycling in Big Sur
8 April 2007 | touring, how-to, travel | No Comments |
Yesterday, a friend of mine from Austin, Texas gave me a call to ask me where he and his wife could stay in Big Sur, and instead of simply calling him back I figured that I would write an entry for all those interested in spending some time in Big Sur.
I’ve cycled through Big Sur […]
Cycling in Venice
8 April 2007 | touring, travel | No Comments |
I’ve considered documenting my cycling exploits in Italy, but I’ve never really done anything about it. Maybe over the next few entries or possibly over a few years I will document some of the things that I’ve experienced while cycling through that beautiful country.
My first rule of thumb: don’t attempt to cycle in Venice. Just […]
Cycling in the Rain
8 April 2007 | touring, random bike stuff | No Comments |
I have a natural aversion to rain. Rain makes me more bitter than usual. But as an avid cyclist, I have to trudge on right? I guess… but I’m not going to like it. I think this hatred of the wet stuff started about 8 years ago when I participated in my first and only […]
Bike Touring in Extreme Areas
8 April 2007 | touring, how-to | No Comments |
I want to touch quickly upon looking at your bike in terms of how you would fix it if you were deep in a foreign country with no special parts or mechanics available. Why would you do this? Because if you don’t you may have to leave your bike once you’ve got mechanical problems. I […]
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Bike Touring Basics
8 April 2007 | touring, how-to | No Comments |
I wrote this for the SF Bicycle Coalition’s website, so I thought I’d share it here as well
Many of the cyclists I know at one time in their cycling life get the urge to take their bicycle further than to work. And who wouldn’t want to? With the increased marketing and promotion of adventure and […]
Bike Tour Leader Education
8 April 2007 | touring, how-to | No Comments |
After a recent event that made me rethink leading bicycle tours, I decided to find out where all the tour leader resources were. I cobbled together a number of certifications that every tour leader should have:
Every tour leader should at least have a bike ed course. See