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	HOW I'VE GONE ABOUT PLANNING MY OWN EUROPEAN BIKE TOUR 6 MONTHS IN ADVANCE September 2, 2008 The other night I went bowling with some of my old friends from high school. I’ve been away from home for almost a year now, so when I told my friend Adrienne that I was planning yet another bicycle tour, she gave me a puzzled look and asked, “Darren, when are you going to tell me how you find the time and money to go on all these trips?”
	HOW TO PLAN A BICYCLE TOUR 6 MONTHS IN ADVANCE: STEP 5 - PLAN YOUR ROUTE August 30, 2008 As I mentioned in my previous articles, most traveling cyclists begin planning their tour by starting with a route. They think that they can figure out which roads they will be traveling on and then figure out all the rest of the details for their tour. But as I’ve stated before, I suggest you work the other way around...
	MEET ME IN LAS VEGAS AT THE INTERBIKE TRADE SHOW August 27, 2008 September 24 – 26, 2008 marks the dates for the 2008 Interbike trade show, the largest bicycle related exhibition in the Western Hemisphere. The event is held in Las Vegas, Nevada each year… and according to the Interbike website, the trade show consistently delivers the...
	HOW TO PLAN A BICYCLE TOUR 6 MONTHS IN ADVANCE: STEP 4 - CREATE A BUDGET August 27, 2008 Once you’ve decided upon the destination for your bike tour, the next step is to create a budget. Unless you’ve got more than enough money to go around (I know I sure don’t), you’re going to want to know how much your bicycle adventure is going to cost..
	SEA TO SUMMIT TITANIUM SPORK August 23, 2008 When traveling by bike, you should always be on the look out for ways to make your load lighter. Weight is not a cyclist’s friend, and if you can find a way to reduce the weight or size of your packs, you should do it! Sometimes this is done by buying lighter or more compact equipment, but other times this can be done by combining two separate items and into a single item that can be used for both purposes...
	HOW TO PLAN A BICYCLE TOUR 6 MONTHS IN ADVANCE: STEP 3 - DO YOUR RESEARCH August 21, 2008 Once you’ve completed these two tasks, it’s now time to begin doing some research. But by research I don’t mean planning your route. That will come later! Instead, I mean that you need to begin researching the places you are considering traveling to and then using that research to build to the “to-do” list you made in Step 2...
	HOW TO PLAN A BICYCLE TOUR 6 MONTHS IN ADVANCE: STEP 2 - CREATE A PLAN OF ACTION August 18, 2008 Once you’ve set the date for the start of your tour, you can then begin working backwards by determining exactly what needs to happen before you leave home and head out on your bike...
	HOW TO PLAN A BICYCLE TOUR 6 MONTHS IN ADVANCE: STEP 1 - MAKE THE DECISION August 16, 2008 Most people, when planning for an adventure like a bicycle tour, think in chronological order. They think they have to save up the money, plan out the route, get all the gear, find a riding partner, make arrangements with their work, tell their friends and family, and then… when all of that is sorted out… then they can finally commit to the idea of an adventure by bike...
	HOW TO PLAN A BICYCLE TOUR 6 MONTHS IN ADVANCE: AN INTRODUCTION August 14, 2008 It’s been over a year now since my last long distance bicycle tour and I’m getting a bit antsy. I just watched “A Map For Saturday” and now all I can think about is travel. The problem is I’m busy with work, I’ve got too many responsibilities, I don’t have much money, and the last thing I should be doing right now is going off on yet another bicycle adventure...
	HOW TO PACK YOUR PANNIERS: AN INSIDE LOOK August 12, 2008 My goal today is to expand further on the information I provided in that first article by showing you exactly how I place my gear inside my panniers and by pointing out two very important things you should consider when packing your panniers for a bicycle tour.
	WHY COLOR IS SO IMPORTANT ON A BICYCLE TOUR August 9, 2008 Color isn't something I first thouht out when I began traveling by bike, but over the years I've come to the realizatin that color is very important. When traveling by bike there are numerous areas to pay attention to when selecting colors... and I walk to talk about these areas today.
	TESTIMONIALS FROM BICYCLETOURINGPRO.COM READERS August 6, 2008 Over the past couple months I’ve started collecting some of the positive comments readers have sent me in regards to the website here at BicycleTouringPro.com. I love receiving these types of messages, as they are what keep me motivated to continue working on the site...
	AN INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER & WORLD TRAVELER: BROOK SILVA-BRAGA August 3, 2008 When Brook Silva-Braga left his job as an Emmy-Award winning TV producer for HBO to spend more than 11 months traveling around the world, his co-workers didn’t know what to think. Carrying 5 pounds of clothing and more than 30 pounds of video equipment in a backpack, Brook would spend the next year...
	INTRODUCING THE NEW BICYCLETOURINGPRO.COM NEWSLETTER July 30, 2008 It’s been nearly nine months since BicycleTouringPro.com went live… and since that time, thousands of people from around the world have visited the site, sent me emails, and declared their love of bicycle travel. From the beginning there was a bicycle touring newsletter, but I never knew exactly what...
	SHOWERS PASS ELITE RAIN JACKET July 28, 2008 Today, we are going to take a detailed look at the Showers Pass Elite – a jacket that the company claims to be “the ultimate rain jacket that also works well in cool dry weather.”