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HowExpert Guide to Bike Touring 101
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HowExpert Guide to Bike Touring 101

101 Tips to Start, Learn, and Succeed in Bike Touring from A to Z
Created byHowExpert
Last updated 1/2021
English

What you'll learn

  • Bike Touring
  • Bike Touring Tips
  • Bike Touring Lessons
  • How to Bike Tour

Course content

1 section • 11 lectures • 1h 54m total length

  • Introduction6:17

    Explore how riding a bicycle becomes freedom, exploration, and a life journey, from starting and learning to succeeding in bike touring from A to Z.

  • Part 1: You First Need to Learn Everything About Bikes14:24

    Learn the essentials of bike touring by understanding your bike’s parts, brakes, gears, frames, wheels, saddle, and handlebars, then test ride and plan your budget.

  • Part 2: The Essence of Bike Touring16:08

    Explore the essence of bike touring, from definition and motivation to planning, gear like panniers, camping and lodging, food strategies, safety, and inspiring long-journey stories.

  • Part 3: Ready, Set, Bike!15:57

    Learn practical bike touring protocols, from riding with traffic flow to planning a plan B. GPS, maps, locals, and photography support the 80 percent mental and 20 percent physical mindset.

  • Part 4: Such is Life on the Road14:56

    Learn practical on-the-road skills for bike touring, from learning local basics and adapting to diets to safe camping, staying safe, and staying flexible with plans.

  • Part 5: Everything You Need to Know About Tandem Bicycle Touring11:20

    Discover how tandem bicycles pair two riders in synchronized pedaling, with a captain and navigator and a timing chain. Learn key considerations for tandem touring, including communication, balance, and safety.

  • Part 6: Sustainability and Bike Touring Go Hand in Hand15:52

    Explore how bike touring integrates sustainability with travel, highlighting leave-no-trace practices, respect for nature, and self-reflection. Gain tips on water, local cuisine, volunteering, sponsorship, and staying visible.

  • Part 7: Where Problems Arise, Opportunities Follow13:44

    navigate bike touring challenges by listening to your bike, performing regular maintenance, and turning problems into opportunities. balance luggage, avoid riding at night, and know when to rest or walk.

  • Conclusion2:19

    Take away practical bike touring guidance with 101 tips to plan, visualize, and prepare for trips, enriched by personal stories, insights, and community support for all.

  • Extra Tips2:59

    Explore practical ways to earn on the road with a portable laptop, from selling photographs to bartering for essentials. Overcome excuses and embrace the adventure of bike touring.

  • About the Expert0:49

    Meet Eugenia Tovar, an expert cyclist whose bike touring ranges from Venezuela through Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, embracing nature, photography, and self-sustainability on a border farm that welcomes bike tourists.

Requirements

  • No experience necessary - All levels welcome - Beginners, Intermediate, & Advanced

Description

Have you ever dreamt about going on your bicycle to a different town? Or perhaps you thought about hopping on your bike and going to a faraway country? Or maybe you were considering going to another continent? Did you know that you can materialize these dreams and turn them into your reality and your life?

Then this book is perfect for you! Not only will it tell you everything you need to know about bike touring around the world, but it will also give you a glimpse of what life is like when you are finally on the road.

If you want to know more about bike tours, but you are not ready to go on your own bike touring experience yet, then this book will answer a couple of questions you may have, and, hopefully, it will also show you the way to have a successful bike tour.

This guide focuses on everything you need to know about bike touring, but it also gives you information about the things you must do before, during, and after a bike tour. So, if you want to experience a bike tour from the comfort of your living room, then get comfortable and start reading this book. It will be an adventure from start to finish!


About the Expert

Eugenia Tovar has always been interested in finding alternative ways of exploring the world. She decided to embark on an unforgettable Bike Tour that saw her leaving her home country, Venezuela, and she ended up exploring Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru on her bicycle.

Eugenia is also very interested in nature, photography, and of course, bicycles! Nowadays she is homesteading with her family on a farm, located in El Soberbio, a small town in the Argentinian-Brazilian border, where she hopes to welcome bike tourists from all over the world.

Eugenia is a firm believer in personal freedom and self-sustainability, and along with her partner and toddler, they are now planning their next bike tour.

Who this course is for:

  • Bike Tourists
  • Bike Touring Enthusiasts

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