{"id":12483,"date":"2011-01-29T13:30:23","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T13:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/komo.vamtam.com\/?p=12483"},"modified":"2011-01-29T13:30:23","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T13:30:23","slug":"5-bike-touring-blogs-that-are-much-more-helpful-than-this-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/5-bike-touring-blogs-that-are-much-more-helpful-than-this-one\/","title":{"rendered":"5 bike touring blogs that are much more helpful than this one."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vgblk-rw-wrapper limit-wrapper\">\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12483 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/photo-01\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-01-315x315.jpg 315w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-01-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/photo-04\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-04-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-04-315x315.jpg 315w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-04-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/photo-02\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-02-315x315.jpg 315w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-02-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/photo-06\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-06-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-06-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-06-315x315.jpg 315w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-06-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/photo-09\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-09-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-09-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-09-315x315.jpg 315w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-09-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/photo-05\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-05-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-05-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-05-315x315.jpg 315w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/photo-05-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/photo-11\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/photo-11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/photo-11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/photo-11-315x315.jpg 315w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/photo-11-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/photo-17\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-17-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-17-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-17-315x315.jpg 315w, https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-17-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<h4>The problem with starting a blog about biking the world half a year before you actually begin biking the world is that there\u2019s not a whole lot to write about until you actually set off.<\/h4>\n<p>By this time next year, I hope we\u2019ll have tons of really interesting things to say and share and teach about the ins and outs of cycling rural stretches of eastern Africa and beyond, but for now\u2014though we still have some planning and prep to write discuss\u2014there\u2019s not much to add about our meager few months of bike touring experience in Iceland and Morocco and the American northeast. We aren\u2019t exactly experts, but we know of some people who are, so if what you\u2019re here for is authoritative and comprehensive and inspirational and just really great tips and tales about biking the world, consider stopping by the pages below until we have a little more to share of our own. (Obviously, this isn\u2019t a sponsored post\u2014these folks are all just pretty awesome.)<\/p>\n<h3>\n\tFRIEDEL &amp; ANDREW of TRAVELLING TWO\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>A Dutch couple that cycled 60,000 kilometers around the world between 2006 and 2009, Friedel and Andrew host a super-friendly site that offers really, really great country-by-country, cyclist-specific tips. Friedel presents a really valuable perspective for female cyclists (who are often under-represented in the bike touring world), like, well, different options for peeing along the road. Of course, the vast majority of both Friedel and Andrew\u2019s stories and advice are for anyone and everyone, and though I\u2019ve never personally left a comment, they seem very responsive to those who do. More recently, they\u2019ve sprouted a few youngsters and have begun to write about how to keep bike touring as a family, which is awesome.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\tTOM ALLEN of TOM&#8217;S BIKE TRIP\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>I\u2019d seen Tom Allen\u2019s name on bike blogs many times, and didn\u2019t really give it much of a thought until looking for a good adventure read a few months ago. Janapar: Love on a Bike came highly recommended, and for good reason: it\u2019s a really well-written and really captivating telling of Tom\u2019s cross-continental bike trip as a young twenty-something, but with tons of suspense and adventure and romance, too. I read it in one sitting, learned there was an accompanying documentary pieced together from the video journal he kept along the way, and watched that the very next day (also excellent).<\/p>\n<p>Tom\u2019s site contains the stories of Janapar but much more, too\u2014loads of really exhaustive posts on how to tour, what to bring, how to prepare, and what to expect. Tom\u2019s also done a lot to get folks going on their first bike trip, starting an adventure grant and giving away his own bike and gear to someone looking to set off on their first tour. More recently, Tom\u2019s been helping the country of Georgia chart out some new mountain bike trails, or something like that.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\tALASTAIR HUMPHREYS of ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Another legend of the bike touring world, Alastair\u2019s blog (and especailly) books are absolutely terrific. 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Like Tom Allen, Alastair Humphreys does a great job of communicating that adventure is for everyone, and his writings on microadventures focus on experiences that can be had just in one day not too far from home, for those who don\u2019t necessarily want to (or can\u2019t necessarily) leave it all behind to bike around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- .vgblk-rw-wrapper -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The problem with starting a blog about biking the world half a year before you actually begin biking the world is that there\u2019s not a whole lot to write about until you actually set off. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,21],"tags":[30,40],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Slider2-01.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showtheworks.com\/peddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}