Bicycle Touring Clothes Packing List : Central Asia and China

It has been a full year since we headed out on the Central Asian section of our ride around the world and we still haven't finished our...

BIKE TOURING GEAR PACKING LIST - CENTRAL ASIA AND CHINA

We started our ride around the world in June 2017 in Uzbekistan, where we were living, and pedalled east through Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan...

A SIMPLE REVIEW OF OUR BICYCLES

This is not a geeky review of bicycles. This is a basic summary of how they have performed after 10's of thousands of kilometres. I think...

RIDE DIARY SUMATRA, INDONESIA: WEEK 2

Click here for an interactive map of our route in Sumatra. Ride Diary Week 2: Bukittinggi to Bengkulu A bit more than a week (10 days)...

RIDE DIARY SUMATRA, INDONESIA: WEEK 1

We will post weekly accounts of our journey through Indonesia. Partly because we have noticed a distinct lack of web pages on bicycle...

STAYING ENTERTAINED ON LONG RIDES

Most of the time bicycle touring is exciting and fun with plenty to see, hear and experience along the way. But sometimes you find...

OFF THE BIKE: REST DAYS IN SAIGON

Our route only took us through a small section of Vietnam. We cycled from the Xa Mat border with Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh to catch a...

REFLECTIONS OF A BIKE TOURING ECONOMIST PART 2

Budgeting for a bike tour. Reflecting on the last 6 months and thinking ahead. If you are thinking of having a break of any form to go...

REFLECTIONS OF A BIKE TOURING ECONOMIST

This post is not just for any would-be bike tourer. It considers an issue we could all think about. We have seen all sorts on this trip...

10 USEFUL TIPS FOR CYCLING IN UZBEKISTAN

*Wrote the post below months ago but never got around to posting it. We have now cycled the entire length of Uzbekistan from West to...

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