Cycling Around The World – the Blog
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- Published: Jan 23rd, 2012
- Category: Destinations
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In August and September 2011 we travelled by bicycle in Mongolia. The trip took four weeks to complete. The total distance cycled was around 900 kms. We started and ended our trip in Ulan Bataar. We first hired a “taxi” to take us out of town. We started cycling near Amarbayasgalant then travelled west to Erdenet and Bulgan. Then south to Tsesterleg and east again to Karkorin and finally Arkayveer. There we chartered a minibus to take us back to the capital. Read the tour report, background info and see the photos
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- Published: Dec 4th, 2010
- Category: News
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Adventure Cycling invites you to enter your most stunning photos — highlighting the beauty, adventure, and inspiration of bicycle travel — in our 2nd Annual Bicycle Travel Photo Contest.
They’re looking for beautiful photography representing the diversity and spirit of bike touring. Your original digital images, capturing of all aspects of bike travel, are eligible for the competition.
They are especially interested in images that showcase the wide range of bike-touring experiences: road and dirt riding, rural and urban settings, scenery, people, and the emotions. For some examples, check out the Adventure Cyclist feature (pdf format) on last year’s winners.
The winner’s image will be printed in the March 2011 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine — reaching over 50,000 people worldwide. The image will also be featured on Adventure Cycling’s website, adventurecycling.org, which is visited by more than a million people annually. The first place winner will also receive a two-year membership with Adventure Cycling and a $100 gift certificate for the Cyclosource store.
To enter up to five (5) images, upload your photo(s) to Adventure Cycling’s Contests Flickr™ group and tag them with Adventure10.
More on http://www.adventurecycling.org/photocontest/
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- Published: Nov 23rd, 2010
- Category: Destinations, News, On the road
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I just finished a new tour report on our Cycling Around The World pages. It tells you all the details of latest trip that started in September this year. We started in Fresno and ended in Tom’s Place in the Owens Valley ( Eastern Sierra). We covered more than 700 kilometers in two weeks. We crossed fabulous Yosemite National Park and battled up the equally famous Tioga Pass. The weather was great, the weather was very hot and on the last days we even had snow!
Below are some pictures to wet your appetite. Want more? See our California pages
Giant trees in Sequoia NP
Tunnel Viewpoint Yosemite NP
Fixing a flat tyre along I395 (Eastern Sierra)
Bad weather on Tioga Pass Road
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- Published: Oct 30th, 2010
- Category: Fun
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- Published: Sep 12th, 2010
- Category: News, Reviews
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Hama has introduced a new mini-pod that can be clamped on the handlebars of a bicycle (or motorbike) so that you can record your ride on video or take pictures .
The Hama Bike pod comes complete with a small ball-head and ¼-inch thread, for a suggested reatil price of €14.99. Dutch cyclists and photographers can order it trough site like www.cameraland.nl or www.cameranu.nl, otherwise have a look at the Hama website for retail addresses.
Road movies made easy
Ever thought about filming a movie on your next leisurely bike trip? Nothing could be easier! The “Bike Pod” clamp tripod from Hama makes it possible. The bracket is designed for all profiles up to three centimetres in diameter and can be instantly fixed and loosened, similar to a cable tie.
The light, 40 gram tripod has a ball head and a ¼ inch thread, suitable for small digital cameras and small camcorders. Anything heavier than e.g. a Canon Powershot G11 ( amore bulky compact camera ) will probably tip over. Don’t try your DSLR!
On the road review.
The Bike Pod indeed as very easy to attach to your bike. Although the inside is covered with a anti-slip surface attaching it to the plain metal of your handlebars will not always work. It tends to tip over and using an extra piece of rubber (e.g. a piece of old tube) will be needed to ensure a steady position will riding. The cable tie system really makes it easy to setup and remove withing seconds!
Images
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- Published: Aug 2nd, 2010
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A couple of days ago I stumbled upon Piccsy.com a image sharing site with a wide rage of often strange images. Although it seems to have a large share of images with undressed girls on it there are also some (other) nice subjects. Including the pics tagged with the keyword bicycle.
Browse through these images and see some unexpected variations on the theme Bicycle and Bicycles.
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- Published: Jul 13th, 2010
- Category: Destinations, News
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As I have visited South Africa two times my anttention was particularly drawn to these pages about South African every day bicycle culture. SA is great country to travel around by bicycle but not a lot of people seem to do so. Yes we’ve have seen mountain bikers and road racers (mostly white South Africans) but only very few other South Africans travelling by or using a bike. You may want to check out our travel reports
Stan Engelbrecht and a friend and fellow bicycle enthusiast, Nic Grobler, and started a project investigating South African bicycle culture, and the lack of cyclist commuters out there on our roads.
They want to raise the funds to turn this project into a self-published full-color hard-cover photographic book They’ll be shooting the entire project from their own bicycles while traveling around the country – this will enable them to meet everyday South Africans out there while they use their bicycles.
Bicycle Portraits from Bicycle Portraits on Vimeo.
Through publishing this book, they want to be able to assist the underprivileged cycling community through their project – be it teaching bicycle maintenance skills, providing necessities like helmets, tires, tubes, locks…
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- Published: Jun 1st, 2010
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I live in the Netherlands where in the past years the elctric bicycle has become more and more popular. On a recent bike and camp trip around the Norhern provinces of my country we were overtaken several times by speeding seniors on their powerbikes! Although we were working hard on our heavily loaded bikes and riding 20 km per hour average.
Of course you will still have to pedal because, at least here in the Netherlands, electric support stops when you reach a speed of 25 km per hour. Beyond that speed you enter there range of small “motorbikes” with other legal requirements.
Browsing the web I stumbled upon the power bike made by Optibike. See the stunning video on this page where a rider conquers Pikes Peak in the USA climbing 7000 feet / 2130 m in 19 miles / 31 km just in one hour and 30 minutes!
Also have a look at this video (language is Dutch) were a electric bike simply beats a whole pack of hard core racers on one of Belgiums infamous cobble stoned climbs.
And then finally there is Guim Valls Teruel, He’s aiming to be the first person to ride around the world on an electric bicycle. OK, he’s probably carrying a ton of batteries and a heavy solar panel but now I’m very sure that the electric bike will change the future of around the world cycling!
You may think that it still will be difficult to recharge your batteries in faraway places? Yeah, I guess you’re right now. But when I started cycling around the globe I had almost no electric equipment with me. And nowadays I carry two digital cameras, a mobile phone, and a lot of other stuff that runs for weeks or even longer without recharging! So that will also change for the elctric bikes!
electric bike around the world
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- Published: May 16th, 2010
- Category: Destinations, On the road
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Vladislav Ketov is a Russian who has really developed and implemented a project of the first trip made really around the world (land) along the coastline of the continents.
This was a cycling trip lasting 20 years! Unaccompanied he traveled to Europe, Africa, south and south-east of Asia and both Americas (except Arctic coast) and left behind 144 000 km.
The trip started in 14th, May, 1991 from Leningrad. The main transportation mode was a bicycle as the most affordable kind of eco-friendly transport.
His trip becomes even more unique as Vladislav has no money. During his traveling he earns by drawing portraits.He tells that in all countries he was welcomed and people were kind and hospitable.
His website is worth a look at
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- Published: Apr 19th, 2010
- Category: Destinations, News, On the road, Reviews, Tips
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Canals, houseboats and bicycles are all part of the furniture in Amsterdam. Anyone who has visited the city will tell you that, round here, the humble cyclist rules the road.
Cycling lanes are as important as major motorways and official figures from the I am Amsterdam organization estimate about 600,000 bicycles circulate amongst the 750,000 inhabitants. Amsterdam is ideal for bike holidays because it is so flat!
Many Amsterdam hostels and accommodation providers are geared up to be cycle friendly. All the main attractions are close-by and with an estimated 600,000 bikes in circulation, residents know that cycling is the most authentic and convenient way to experience the city thanks to the huge cycle lanes and road signs.
So, to join in with the other pedal pushers, and stay at stay at one of the Amsterdam hostels They’ll kit you out with accommodation and transportation all in one go.
And best of all, you have up to the 30th April to be in with a chance of winning your bike rental for free!
And while you are there, why not expand you bicycle adventure beyond the capital. Like Amsterdam, the rest of the country is best seen from a bicycle saddle.