bike

I've got a bicycle and a dog-cart for my stuff/guitar, and down south it was no problem to ride wherever got me where I was headed, but I've only just recently been informed that there is absolutely no riding on the shoulder of the interstate/highways in California. This puts a last minute kink...

So, my neighbor gave me this bike that belonged to her deceased husband and my plan is to fix it up and outfit it for bike touring. I am planning on using "Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance" as my guide. But I haven't done any research on the bike yet, I just know it looks pretty badass...

I had some time to edit these in a bnb yesterday so I'm posting them here as well. This is day 11 and 12 of the tour. I'm already on day 22 so I'm a bit behind on editing. Working on making videos a bit more short and digestible. Let me know what you all think. And If you have places I should...

I did an equipment post and a bike post. Now I'm here in the Netherlands doing the actual adventure travel part. This video might be a little vacation and a bit less travel but given that I'm posting this from a sand dune camp in south Holland it's only going to get more exciting from here.

After I did the video on my folding touring bike I wanted to do another about the gear and equipment that ill be bringing on the bike with me. My set up is small and lightweight. I built it to blend in with the locals on bikes. As well as allow me to stealth camp in more rural settings and...

Almost a year ago now I managed to find an old Bike-Friday touring bike on ebay. I actually won the auction while I was on a backpacking trip so that was a bit touch and go. Bike-Friday is a US brand who makes custom fairly hi end bicycles which fold. There line up is, comically, expensive. So...

hey bike nerds, i'm planning on starting on my first bigger bike tour since a few years and want to go for a bike trailer (that fits a bit more than what i usually bring for backpacking/hitchhiking; so i guess it would be like 100l or something). i don't have a bike trailer yet and really like...

Making progress on my next book, "Pipe Carrier" where I ride from St. Mary's, Georgia through Montreal to Minneapolis. It was part of a mostly penniless journey through eight countries and 48 US states. Three of the books are already published in a series called "Travels as Peaceful Valley...

I got a mountain bike I'm needing to upgrade it from the upstate NYs winter season anyone's ideas and upgrades for it would help and how much gear can I carry with my bike weight

Hey nomads! I bought a used Trek 7000 that's pushing 20 years old for $250. I got a new seat, new tires (Schwalbe Marathons), and a Garmin 350 Edge, plus some lights and minimalist tool kit. All-in-all, I've got a great set-up for less than $700! I'm currently in Berea, KY after leaving...

I'm planning a bikepacking tour from East Texas to Arkansas and back. I'm just curious if anyone would want to join

This is a little story I got about my first bike trip I did back in July. It took me 4 days and 1 night and I went from Düsseldorf to Munich, around 720km (447 miles for you Americans :). I'm not that great at planing trips so I just packed my bike and went for it. I followed the Rhine river...

Found a bicycle cargo trailer that looks rugged. It would greatly increase the amount of gear I could take with me. Have you used a trailer before? How did it work out?

Even though theoretically i am still on my first bike tour, the fact i had about 5 days break and flew across the border makes this feel like a new chapter. In my previous thread (First tour, heading out of Kamloops) you will find my story of starting out with this form of travel and cycling...

Tomorrow I'll be heading out on my bike leaving from about the Cleveland area hoping to make it to Portland by October 9th for the anarchist bookfair there. I'm fairly confident, though still not 100 percent set, I'm gonna try and catch a ferry up in Michigan across lake mich, instead of going...

I lurked on here a few years back. Been using r/vagabond for a while on and off with different accounts. Don't like who's moderating that sub so needed somewhere else. I'm currently in Birmingham, UK. I travel and work (hobo) but I've been trying to become a normal society citizen over the past...

I'm thinking about getting a foldable bike. So far I've mainly been seeing two different varieties, ones with small bodies and wheels that have seats and handlebars that extend high and what I would call more of a "normal" body (though the ones I've found are almost exclusively mountain bikes)...

About a year ago now I first delved into traveling and vagabonding by setting out from a homeless camp I had been bumming it at into the great unknown. I had spent the past few months there cooking with the local food not bombs and getting accustomed to life outdoors (I had been homeless before...

Howdy, y’all. Long time no post since I hit something like 10k miles in saddle during the last tour. I took time off in Tucson, the Slabs, and then started a job. I’m down to four shifts at work and a little over a week housed up. I’ve been building a new bike, hustling to sell off my old...

Covid got my old cycling & mechanic skill set back into action. I'm in a good place to prepare for a bike tour, so this isn't so much about the HOW or the WHERE, but the WHY. I'm in Miami and I have a place to stay until late January or early February. I've been giving serious consideration to...

Interested in bike touring but I'd be homeless still you know?

I have the engine I do not have the bike right for a bike right now. Question anyone traveled with a motor bike and how difficult was it for you? Did you have to drain every jump?

(hii i don't use forums much, so please forgive me if it isn't done right. admins feel free to delete) So a friend just gifted me a Miyata 610. I'm helping another friend get down to NOLA from Portland at the end of next month and I want to ride my bike back home I think. Currently I don't...

Most of us who have cycled have at one point had our bikes stolen.I rode bmx street all the way until my mid/late 20's then my body started feeling as jank as my bike.I recently found a pretty damn good bike on my block.I instantly knew it was stolen.I knew the bike parts and company names.It...

So I was wondering what y'all use in terms of keeping your bike locked up. I started out with a simple master lock brand combination cable lock to keep my vintage crappy trek antelope 820 safe. It worked fine while I had it but I recently got a new bike (a trek ST 820) and figured I'd go with...

Just found this... Adult Cycling Empowerment A.C.E. is our signature Adult Earn-A-Bike Program. The only program of its kind in the state of Oklahoma, A.C.E. has helped over 800 adults gain reliable transportation, human powered. We provide 1000+ additional low-or-no-cost repair services...

Heading from North Florida south possibly all the way to Keys, probably ride down the east coast but haven't decided actual routes or destinations yet, but plan to leave around feb 16th. If anybody else wants to join, company may be enjoyed and if anyone is posted up somewhere cool in the state...

anyone know if there's a good place/method of locking a bike up in the slabs? usually i lock the seatpost down, put the front tire next to the rear and lock thru the tires and frame. are there any signs/trees/whatever i can put a U-lock to out there? also i was curious if anyone's had an issue...

This summer, I flew to Vancouver, BC with the intention of cycling to Tijuana (which was accomplished). However, I was not interested in a direct route from A to B. I wanted to pass through every major city (300,000+ people and not a suburb), as well as other spots that piqued my interest...

this is an article that was published about a project I've been working on lately. Man Embarks Bicycle Journey from Sebastian to Las Vegas for Charity July 30, 2019 Andy Hodges Community 0 Vance Lee is currently riding his bicycle from Sebastian to Las Vegas. Vance Lee, a country music...

Is there such a thing? There should be! No offense towards the Dirty Scout Jamboree, but I was just reading the changes to the 2019 DSJ, and it appears to be automobile-centric this year since it will involve meeting at Slab City, then driving further into the desert, and requiring lots of water...

A coast-to-coast bike trail is coming to the U.S. - https://www.curbed.com/2019/2/6/18213958/bike-trails-great-american-rail-trail. I would deff bike this trail with a 2nd thought.

Ok bike nerds, I'm looking at buying a new bike, ideally for bike touring. I want something that is going to last me damn near forever and confortable enough that I can spend days/weeks riding at a decent speed. not interested in mountain bikes, i want a road/hybrid bike. my budget is around...

So i have no experiance bike touring but im look into it.. Im looking into building a decent roadbike and saving up for some decent gear.. Ive hitch hiked alittle bit and rubber tramped but i really want to bike tour.. Im currently in denver colorado but have been thinking about biking back to...

I've been researching bike touring in Mexico and I'm looking for any info from people that have toured down there. I came across this which is pretty helpful. I know a few members have spent quite a bit of time south of the border. I'd actually consider staying down there for quite awhile if the...

So maybe Im just old and out of shape, or lazy... But this dude on facebook told me, his daily average on a 6 week 2200 mile bike tour, was 87 miles... A DAY!!! But he didnt just do it with a loaded bike, front and back panniers... He was pulling a two wheel trailer, and a 30 LB dog... He...

I've gone about 500 miles total on the California coast so far on an old rigid steel mountain bike I converted for touring. Here's some pictures. I need to start remembering to take more. I converted my bike for touring at a local bike nonprofit for less than $100 with used parts. I got used...

Does anyone have any big plans for 2019 bike touring? How hard is it to find a touring partner or small group to ride with? Ill tell you what happenned last year. First of all, I took off and decided to live off my motorcycle. I ended up in California and I had my old Honda Motorcycle, a small...

It's been a good little while since I've been on here. Mostly because I have an iPhone 4 and this website doesn't work well with this my phone I use or wifi. Anyways, I've got 5,000+ miles in. I don't use money usually. The clothes I got I either got out of thrift store dumpsters or thrift...

I left eugene Oregon on August 5th. I went to Seattle, then started heading east. Missoula, Idaho falls, salt lake city, moab, grand junction, boulder, then rode through Kansas and Missouri, now I am in Kentucky. I'm going to post pictures soon, once i figure out how. I was locked out of this...

So I've never actually traveled but I'm currently couch surfing in the city and am absolutely sick of it, I was thinking about getting a gas bike and touring through California. I know some gas bikes arent street legal but some are? I also read that if it doesn't go more than 20mph you don't...

Hello my fellow whatever-we-all-are ! I started my bike tour Augost 21st in NYC, Went north to Canada (upstate NY to Vermont, then crossed at Albourgh, VT) and to Montreal. From Montreal I went up north to Val d'or and now south-west to Vancouver. I carry my tent and usually wild camp or couch...

Providence, Ri. Behind the Jonhson and Wales University, Next to a generator. Riverwalk, three Light Poles with a gazebo nearby to chill and watch your property. 711 @ 720 Broad st, left side in front, don't spend too long there. Campsite, Woods by Old Bridge Trail. Marblehead, Ma. Donkin...

Man Bikes Around the World With $2 in Pocket BY SARAH LANGDON IF YOU THINK riding the stationary bike at the gym is exhausting, imagine riding your bike 28,000 miles through 37 countries in eight years. Tired yet? Keiichi “Kei” Iwasaki , 36, of Japan began such an adventure when he grew...

Anyone else have this problem? I've met some cool people but it seems most people bail out of any kind of plans. There should be a way to find someone. Touring alone can be fun and exciting, but having someone to ride with is so much more enjoyable.

I really like this guy's videos. Super chill guy and doesn't look like your typical bike tourer- wears everyday clothes and boots, rides a nice Schwinn with front and back racks and stealth camps all over. Link: https://youtu.be/sqL589A8RWs

Hey everyone! I am going on a bike tour pretty soon from Montreal Canada to Gaspesie. I am leaving with my dog amd we will take it slow - camping and all that good stuff. If anyone is in the area and interested in joining, let me know! Cheers! Martin

This guy has the best Bike Touring Videos I've yet watched. He mentions roads he's on, etc. Plus, he seems like a cool guy. Beware: The videos are addictive.

I just finished my first bicycle tour on a folder, and there's no going back. My traveling life first began when I took off summer to ride 3,800 miles from the Atlantic to the Pacific. I got to see the country. Urban. Rural. I saw the endless farms with GMO corn. I passed farmworkers in full...

So having become fairly proficient in hopping, hitching, and getting around in general. while at the same time becoming bored, disalusioned, and lonely, I shift myself back into meth overdrive one weekend with a 1/4 oz, new rigs, and a whore that has lost 300 lbs in 6 months on the Jenny crank...