bike touring

The Thousand Year Journey: Oregon to Patagonia Jedidiah quit a job that he loved to ride his bicycle from Oregon to the southern tip of South America. Filmmaker Kenny Laubbacher joined him for his month-and-a-half long journey to find out why. I finally found a video to send to my family to...

I'm considering bike-touring from Twin cities, MN to the west coast (most likely Seattle, WA.) I've never bike toured before, but I'm sick of GreyHound's bullshit. ::banghead:: Right now, I don't have any gear. I don't even have a bike, but I have a lot of time to gather what I need, if I decide...

I'm Catlin and I've been hitchhiking around for the past 2 years, over 19 states and 8,000 miles. STP has taught me tons of things about hitchhiking which I'm super grateful for. And therefore, with the urging of a fellow STPer (thanks Bruce!), I decided to make an account and share my story...

So I've been hitchhiking around for a couple of months now, and somehow I've figured it isn't the right fit for me. I've met many great, compassionate people and had fun camping (I was always the ninja on halloween), but something about the type of people on the road strikes me as harmful. I...

Hey guys! I posted about how I'm going to be biking around michigan about 2 months ago. I've had a lot happen since then that has required me to keep pushing back my trip, but I'm finally taking off from Grand Rapids this Sunday (the 2nd). the current plan is just a trip up along the coast to...

I'm very much new to the bike touring world, just reading lots to get an idea of the things to look forward to. i've hiched a hell of a lot, and one thing that can be a bit of a bitch, when in a populated an area, is what to do with the gear. With a backpack I usually ask a shop/bar/hostel to...

So I wanna get a crew together to bike the legendary AP. I don't want to go it alone and I've been meaning to hike it, anyway. I'd like to shoot for fall of next year, north to south through biking. If anybody is interested, let me know. I'm still working on getting physically fit and if you're...

I'm doing another bike tour from Colorado to New York in the next few weeks. I already have all my gear since I did this six months ago to get here, but I need to get there in 30 days and was wondering if anyone had any luck touring and either hitch hiking or hopping freight trains. I'm making...

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Here are some of the best photos I took from Colorado. Goes from Pueblo to Breckenridge with a part of Western Kansas at the end. There are others, but the max upload is ten files, so if you are interested in seeing more let me know and I'll make another post.

Hey everyone, I've done a few bike tours in the past but it's been a few years now and I want to get back into it. I was lucky enough to have an awesome bike each time, but now I'm on a far more limited budget. What I'm wondering is if anyone here has any suggestions for road bikes that are...

I just finished a two month bike tour across Central America and it was freaking incredible. If there is a haven for scumbag travelers this place is it. Super easy to live on the road, very kind and generous people. We free camped every night in peoples farms, lands, houses, & beaches without...

A friend and i (both males mid 20's) are doing a 2,000 mile bike ride and are going to be in Phoenix for a couple of days in early april (possibly arriving the 6th or 7th). i was wondering if anyone could help us with housing. We would be down to help with house work, or anything else that...

HI A friend and I are biking from San Francisco to San Diego at the end of May. We will be riding mostly on highway 1 and will most likely be making stops in Santa Cruz, Monterey, Big Sur, San Luis Obispo, Lompac, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles. We are trying to stop at various...