Bicycle Touring

Bicycle Touring Books:

	25 Bicycle Tours in and around Washington, D.C.: From National Monuments to Country Roads The 25 tours range in length from 7 to 70 miles and offer trips for cyclists of every ability. Each tour includes a map, mile-by-mile directions, and the fascinating stories behind the scenery and attractions along the way. 19 black & white photographs.
	25 Bicycle Tours in the Hudson Valley: Scenic Rides from Saratoga to Northern Westchester County The trip length and route layout suites the occasional to average trained cyclist. The routes are using mostly side roads which makes the trips safe and pleasant. The indication of the mileage for each step make sure than no turn or remarkable viewpoint is missed. The abstract that precedes the detailed description of each tour is a good help to pick a route for the day.
	25 Bicycle Tours in Savannah and the Carolina Low Country: From Hilton Head to the Okefenokee From the ocean to the giant oaks and mansions of Savannah, the Kahns guide cyclists of all ages and abilities to one of the best cycling venues in the country. Giant oaks draped with Spanish moss, wrought-iron-clad mansions, lush plantations, vistas of marsh and ocean, and miles and miles of flat, well-kept roadway—all combine to make the coastal lowlands of Georgia and South Carolina one of the best bicycle-touring spots in the nation. Jane and Buddy Kahn guide cyclists through the region's most rewarding land- and cityscapes. Visit Savannah's graceful squares; the mysterious Okefenokee Swamp; the sunny Golden Isles of Georgia; and the Carolina Low Country, rich with history and warm with hospitality. For this new second edition the Kahns have added one bonus tour, for a total of 26. Tours range in length from 6 to 60 miles, offering something for cyclists of all abilities. Each tour includes a detailed map, mile-by-mile directions, and information on natural and historic points of interest you'll see along the way.
	25 Bicycle Tours on Delmarva: Cycling the Chesapeake Bay Country No information available.
	Across Asia on a Bicycle: The Journey of Two American Students from Constantinople to Peking In 1890, two American college graduates set out to travel around the world on a then-new invention, the modern bicycle. In 1893 they returned, have covered over 15,000 miles, at that time the "longest continuous land journey ever made around the world." This is their account their trip across Turkey, Persia, Turkestan and northern China. It described their adventures traveling along through regions few outsiders ever visited. Out of print over a century, this book is now back in print with additional notes and maps.
	Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook: A Worldwide Cycling Route & Planning Guide Every cyclist dreams of making the Big Trip, the Grand Cycle Tour abroad. The Adventure Cycling Handbook is the comprehensive manual that will make that dream a reality whether it's riding the Karakoram Highway, cycling in Tibet or pedaling from Patagonia to Alaska. So whether cyclists are planning their own Big Trip or just enjoy reading about other people's adventures, the handbook is guaranteed to illuminate, entertain and above all, inspire.
	Alaska Bicycle Touring Guide: Including Parts of the Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories Route's Flyfishing provides data on the gear to use, places to go, and what you'll catch there. The Bicycle guide breaks the touring route into 50-mile stretches, with information on road conditions, terrain, climate, water, camping and picnic areas, etc. If by chance you're planning to ride your bicycle to various fishing holes in Alaska, then you're set with these!
	Around the World on a Bicycle In 1884, Thomas Stevens left San Francisco on a Columbia high-wheeler with the outrageous goal of becoming the first man to ride a bicycle across the United States. When he reached Boston, he decided to continue around the world, and soon sailed to London for the ride across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The high-wheeler was heavy and cumbersome, his supplies were limited to socks, a spare shirt, and a slicker that doubled as tent and bedroll, and much of the country he traversed was wild. Yet he persevered, recording his colorful and often harrowing adventures during the three-year odyssey in a classic of 19th century adventure and travel writing.
	Basic Essentials Bicycle Touring With this handy book you'll discover how to plan a trip with the right level of challenge, select the appropriate gear and provisions for your trip, get your bike ready and equipped, plan a route, and find the best places to stay.
	The Basic Essentials of Bicycle Touring Travel to the world's most exotic destinations on your own power. Choose a bicycle designed for your size, capabilities and riding style. Understand the components of your road bicycle and how they are installed. Familiarize yourself with touring hardware such as racks, panniers, mud flaps and even computers. Discover equipment for life on the road and the advantages of lightweight bicycle clothing, shelters and cooking gear. Implement a pre-trip conditioning routine to prevent injuries. Develop proper safety techniques using hand signals and correct spacing between riders. Improve your riding skills on a loaded bike by altering your cadence or by implementing better pedaling techniques.
	Best Bike Paths of New England: Safe, Scenic and Traffic-Free Bicycling Cycling the open road has its pleasures but it can also be intimidating, especially for the novice or the parent with young children. Fortunate, there's another option for those cyclist who have something a little more peaceful and recreational in mind: the paved bike path. Free of cars, red lights, and exhaust fumes, recreational paths are popping up everywhere. In The Best Bike Paths of New England, Wendy Williams has done you the favor of finding them in advance.
	Best Bike Paths Of The Southwest Cycling the open road has its pleasures but it can also be intimidating, especially for the novice or the parent with young children. Fortunately, there's another option for those cyclists who have something a little more peaceful and recreational in mind: the paved bike path. Free of cars, red lights, and exhaust fumes, recreational paths are popping up everywhere. In The Best Bike Paths of the Southwest, Wendy Williams has done you the favor of finding them in advance.Organized by state, The Best Bike Paths of the Southwest is the only comprehensive listing of these community treasures, describing fifty-six paths and detailing everything you'll need to know about each one.
	Bicycle Across America What began for Richard and Barbara Siegert as modest jaunts around the neighborhood grew into the challenge of a few more miles, another hill, a new region to explore. It evolved into trips across America -- several in fact. Bicycle Across America chronicles five trans-America tours, provides route notes and maps, and offers suggestions on what to see and expect along the way -- and features a special section on how to prepare for long-distance advenures.
	Bicycling Along The World's Most Exceptional Routes This exceptional guide presents twenty-five great bicycling vacations around the world for riders of all abilities, on routes selected for their unique locations, dramatic scenery, varying terrain, and fascinating wildlife.
	Bicycling Around The World: Tire Tracks For Your Imagination / Everything You Need to Know About Touring Nowhere in the world can you be arrested for having too much fun while riding a bicycle! Unless, of course, you read 'Bicycling Around The World'! Whether you're 'flying' over 15,000 foot passes with two condors in the Andes, riding with an emu in the Australian Outback, facing a king cobra in Nepal or meeting a man walking across America on his hands, Wooldridge carries readers into the astounding world of long distance bicycle touring. From the first chapter to the last, you're riding on the edge of your seat with laughter and wonder. This is the best of 26 years in the saddle. If you've never smelled the breath of a grizzly bear in camp, you will. You'll find out how he discovered the 'Voluptuousness of Living'. Wooldridge meets fascinating men and women from around the globe that will astound and inspire you. This book mesmerizes readers with animal stories that bring a smile to your face. It will pain your mind and heart seeing the Third World. It chills you with a once-in-a-lifetime ride in Antarctica where you'll meet a family of Emperor penguins. Along the way, you'll find out that you have to go without a mirror, sometimes, in order to see yourself. The greatest aspect of this book comes from--expectation! Not since 'Miles From Nowhere' has a writer captured the Zen and Art of Bicycle Adventure as well as Wooldridge. Not only that, you enjoy a final section--Everything you need to know about long distance touring'. He shows you 'How To Live The Dream.' You'll have the right bike, equipment, money and tools to ride into your own long distance touring adventures. If you like bicycling, you'll go wild reading this book. If you don't like bicycling, you'll still go wild reading this book.
	Bicycling Cuba: Fifty Days of Detailed Rides from Havana to Pinar Del Rio and the Oriente Tired of the same old vacation? Eager to forgo guided motor coaches, all-inclusive resorts, and RVing? If bicycling through Cuba is the first thing you think of as an alternative to Europe in August, then the authors, experienced bike guides from Vermont, can take all the guesswork out of it for you. In this delightful and very practical guide, they outline, kilometer by kilometer-for all the Canadians and Europeans whose governments actually let them vacation in Cuba legally the best places to eat, sleep, sightsee, and even avoid.
	Bicycle Guide to the Lewis & Clark Trail This 3,000 mile tour offers magnificent scenery, quiet roads, a variety of accommodations and food, and wonderful people. Ride your bicycle, your car, or your armchair to experience and appreciate our wonderful United States, as you follow in the footsteps of America's greatest explorers and learn about the opening of the west.
	A Bicycle Journey to the Bottom of the Americas: Being a True Account of a Bicycle Adventure from Alaska to Tierra Del Fuego Remember when you were a kid and you got your first bicycle? After a few weeks of mastering the dynamics of balancing, steering, and pedaling, all at the same time hopefully, your father released his protective, steadying grip on the seat and you went wobbling off on your own. It was probably your very first taste of independence and freedom and you knew you liked that feeling very much. Few things in life have ever compared to that first solo ride. Almost 40 years after my first solo bike ride, I was able to recapture the excitement and passion of that momentous occasion when I pedaled out of Anchorage, Alaska bound for Tierra del FuegoÂ—the very tip of South America. No matter that it was 17,500 miles distant and would take 3 ? years to get there; I vowed I would achieve that goal if it took the rest of my life.
	Bicycling Magazine's Guide to Bike Touring: Everything You Need to Know to Travel Anywhere on a Bike For adventure-loving cyclists as well as anyone who has ever daydreamed of pedaling the open road or trail . . . Imagine a bike trip through California wine country, a nature tour of Vermont in autumn, mountain biking the north rim of the Grand Canyon, climbing Mont Ventoux during the Tour de France! There's nothing quite like the exhilaration of a bike tour vacation if it is done right-not to mention the fitness benefits it provides. Backed by nearly two decades of experience from the most authoritative magazine on cycling, this book shows the way. Written in a quick, easy-to-absorb style, it tells you:o How to buy the right touring bike and gearo How to find a good touring companyo How to plan your own touro Training programs for any length of touro What clothing to choose for specific weather conditionso How much and what to eat and drinko Cycling Dream Trips-the 10 places you have to rideComplete with maintenance tips and 12 emergency repairs you should know how to do, advice on riding in bad weather and in heavy traffic, and the ultimate packing checklist of what you need to take no matter where (or how long) you go, this handy, helpful guide is designed to make your bike tour an invigorating, rewarding experience you will never forget.
	Bicycling the Lewis & Clark Trail In 1804, an expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departed Camp Wood, Illinois, on a journey to discover the source of the great Missouri River and map a path to the Pacific Ocean. Traveling by canoe, on horseback, and on foot, the Corps of Discovery completed its mission successfully, returning safely to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1806. Bicycling the Lewis & Clark Trail is the cyclist's indispensable handbook to the route of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Filled with detailed maps, information on road surfaces and traffic, and a wealth of historical detail, it guides the modern adventurer through the spectacular country first recorded by Lewis and Clark.
	Bicycling The Pacific Coast: A Complete Route Guide, Canada To Mexico If you've ever dreamed of riding part or all of the Pacific Coast this is a great source of information.
	Bicycle Touring: How to Prepare for Long Rides Tells you how to prepare for a long bicycle tour, no matter what your age, financial situation, or physical fitness. Includes advice on the selection of a bicycle and other equipment, information on cycling clubs, maps and other research sources.
	Bicycle Touring Holland: With Excursions Into Neighboring Belgium And Germany A guide to bicycle touring in one of the best places on earth to do it: Holland. 2-color route maps and detailed cue sheets, as well as information about the amenities and places of interest along the route. In addition to detailed route descriptions, the book contains general and bicycle-specific information about the country in general and each one of the towns and regions visited.
	Bicycle Touring In Australia No Information Available.
	Bicycle Touring In Europe A completely updated edition of the one guide al about-and only about-bicycling in Great Britain and Europe. As more and more people are discovering, bicycles offer relaxed, inexpensive, healthy, and totally unique adventures in a hidden Europe.
	Bicycle Touring in the Western United States No information available.
	Bicycle Touring in Tuscany Bicycle Touring in Tuscany is a backroads guide to cycling in Italy. It provides everything you need to plan a tour of Tuscany, Umbria and the Marches: What to bring, where to go, how to transport your bike, how to ride away from the airport. It describes eight multi-day tours with detailed maps of every route. This is your guide to some of the most spectacular riding in the world.
	Bicycle Touring in Utah No Information Available.
	Bicycle Touring Made Easy Whether you are planning a Saturday morning jaunt, a 100 kilometer ride, or a month-long bike trek, Bicycle Touring Made Easy will get you moving. Lise Krieger has ridden her bike on long journeys all over the United States and learned a lot along the way.
	The Bicycle Touring Manual: Using the Bicycle for Touring and Camping No information available.
	Bicycle Touring: The New Complete Book on Touring by Bike An experienced touring cyclist provides all the advice needed for successful bicycle touring at home or abroad.
	Bicycle Touring in the Connecticut River Valley Road and mountain bikers will each find 25 scenic trips with route maps. Trips range in length from 3 to 50 miles. Each trip description comes with a route map, directions to the start, distances, and elevation gains. Includes information on restaurants and notes on the area's rich history.
	A Bike Ride: 12,000 Miles Around the World No Information Available.
	China by Bike: Taiwan, Hong Kong, China's East Coast Grigsby, who has cycled extensively in Korea and Japan, has written an expert's book on bicycling in China. Nine intricately designed tours guide the reader through Taiwan, Hong Kong, and up China's east coast to Beijing and the Great Wall. There are comprehensive discussions about planning, packing, safety, and survival. But what makes this book indispensable to the serious cyclist may not appeal to those looking for fabulous tales of the Far East. This is a how-to guide for those really interested in meeting the cycling challenge.
	The Complete Book of Long-Distance Cycling: Build the Strength, Skills, and Confidence to Ride as Far as You Want These days, bike riders, like runners, are not satisfied with just a tour around the neighborhood. Long-distance challenges like the AIDS Ride and Race Across America (RAAM) have grown in popularity. Burke and Pavelka, both with years of experience competing, writing about the sport, and working with professional cyclists, team up for this thorough resource that includes all facets of long-distance biking. Not only do they cover the basics, such as best bike gear, proper nutrition, and what type of bike to buy, but they give the lowdown on the latest equipment and explain bike technology without oversimplifying.
	Complete Guide to Bicycle Touring in Canada Complete Guide to Bicycling in Canada, is a comprehensive bicycle touring guide of Canada. Routes cover distance, time required, degree of difficulty and much more. Over 110 clear, original maps accompany each route description plus general information about 14 geography, climate, and history.
	The Cycling Adventures of Coconut Head: A North American Odyssey Ted’s first book, a Canadian best-seller, chronicles the tales of Ted Schredd’s 8100-mile bicycle ride around North America. This is a book about following your heart. This trip helped launch Ted’s writing and broadcasting career. Join in on Ted Schredd’s exploration of human nature as he journeys into some of the continent’s strangest places.
	Cycling Australia : Bicycle Touring Throughout the Sunny Continent In addition to excellent directions, the author provides you with recommended budget accomadations. Insights into Aussie culture and even a list of helpful Aussie phrases. Fair dinkum mate!
	Cycling Canada : Bicycle Touring in Canada No information available.
	Cycle Central America A framework of routes for exploring Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.
	Cycling the USA: Bicycle Touring Nationwide Whether you're an east coast bicyclist heading west, a west coaster heading east, or a visitor from overseas, Cycling the USA will pinpoint some of the road tours the country has to offer. Featuring tours in all 50 states, plus four cross-country routes designed to maximize scenery, ideal riding and convenience for accomodations and meals, this book is a one-stop resource for planning your next bicycle vacation.
	The Essential Touring Cyclist: A Complete Course for the Bicycle Traveler This unique, fully illustrated guide to the art of bicycle touring tells how to hit the road with confidence and panache.
	The Essential Touring Cyclist: A Complete Guide for the Bicycle Traveler The classic guide for beginning and intermediate cyclists is back—and it’s better than ever. With the latest on bikes, gear, and training techniques and new sections on short tours, and touring abroad, this new edition of The Essential Touring Cyclist promises to appeal to a whole new population of aspiring cyclists. Whether you’re heading out for five hours or five months, this vividly designed, heavily illustrated, and resource-rich guide delivers everything you need.
	Europe by Bike: 18 Tours Geared for Discovery Discover what bicycle tourists already know: that seeing Europe doesn't have to be an endless succession of big cities and overnight trains. Traveling by bike, you'll get to the cities all right, but you'll also encounter an authenticity beyond the reach of the average traveler. From Greek islands to the farmlands and village folk of Italy and France, you'll find the Europe of your imagination.
	Garfagnana by Bicycle : Cycle Touring and Mountain Bike The only available guide in English to cycling in the Garfagnana in northwest Tuscany.
	The Handsomest Man in Cuba: An Escapade Trading her car and house for a folding bike and a series of rented rooms and campsites, Australian suburbanite Chiang embarked on a three-month solo trip across Cuba, from December 1999 to March 2000 (her memoir was published in Australia and New Zealand in 2003). She roamed without a master plan, bunking with Cuban families, spending time in the places where ordinary people lived, making friends, and seeing what life off the beaten tourist paths is like. While the book suffers from a certain repetitiveness--Chiang moves from one dirt-poor community to another, dossing down with one charming family after another--it offers us a revealing look at a Cuba we rarely see, a country whose citizens are still crippled by the government's anti-American political stance, living in poverty, finding small joys in the kind of life most of us can't even begin to imagine. And while Chiang's tone is generally light and breezy, it's the serious messages about politics and poverty behind the entertaining characters and comic misadventures that give the book its staying power.
	Lonely Planet Cycling USA: West Coast Bike the best of the West Coast. Cruise California's world-class vineyards and hip cities, discover Washington’s spectacular North Cascades and explore Oregon's wild Columbia River Gorge. Choose from 42 rides, ranging from leisurely day trips and weekend escapes to challenging long-distance adventures.
	Metal Cowboy: Tales from the Road Less Pedaled While cycling through Idaho, Kurmaskie met up with a blind man who, after tapping his cane over Joe and his bike, dubbed him a "metal cowboy." If these 40 essays are any indication, that's a perfect description. Like the cowboys of Old West legend, Kurmaskie drifted around the country (and the world), meeting up with interesting and eccentric people, bunking wherever he found a dry patch of ground, eating whatever he could carry or scrounge. Like the travel books of Bill Bryson, Kurmaskie's collection of essays focuses on the unexpected and the little known. Travelogues are a dime a dozen, but the ones that find something fresh and unusual to talk about are fairly rare. Here readers will meet Elvis impersonators and other eccentrics; live through a goose attack mounted with military precision; and see the countryside the way they've never imagined it. A thoroughly delightful excursion.
	Miles from Nowhere: A Round the World Bicycle Adventure This is the delightful and often humorous story of an around-the-world bicycle trip taken by two young people, Barbara and Larry Savage. It took them two years and 25 countries. Along the way, these neophyte cyclists encountered warm-hearted strangers, bicycle-hating drivers, rock-throwing Egyptians, over-protective Thai policemen, and great personal joys.
	Momentum Is Your Friend: The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Sized Posse Take on America Joe Kurmaskie (a.k.a. the Metal Cowboy) cycled across the United States with his two sons in tow, and in MOMENTUM, he treats us to a lively account of the adventure. Joe's two sons (Enzo and Quinn) may be deadweight on the bike, but they prove to be great travelling companions, providing comic relief as their progenitor pedals and we chuckle.
	Moods of Future Joys No information available.
	Mustang Sally's Guide to World Bicycle Touring No information available.
	Odysseus' Last Stand: The Chronicles of a Bicycle Nomad Comprised largely of the detailed journals kept throughout his travels, this narrative of a bicyclist's seven-year, 40,000 kilometer odyssey around the world documents the richness of the planet's sights, sounds, and teeming life as experienced from the saddle of a bicycle. During his journey, the author experiences firsthand the effect of international politics on media-invisible cultures while mingling with an endless array of unusual and wonderful characters. As he immerses himself in the culture of every country he visits, learning the languages and customs as he travels, he witnesses the clash of values between developed and developing worlds and the inherent tensions between tradition and progress. Throughout, he comes to a deep understanding of the role that the bicycle plays not only in his life but also in the lives of the world's citizens.
	One Mile at a Time: Cycling through Loss to Renewal Dwight Smith lost two sons and his wife in separate incidents. The cumulative impact of these losses spurred Dwight to retire and embark on a healing solo bicycle journey---13,784 miles around the perimeter of the U.S.