Welcome to BicycleTraveler.com, a casual resource for personal bicycle trek travelogues, commerical tour operators, helpful maps, and other bits of information. If you are interested in planning a bike trek, why not read the writings of someone who has done it before? Other people prefer to use established touring companies, many of these are included in the list of links as well. Suggestions are always welcome.
- Impressions from Bicycle Travels - Updated the link to this attractive web site that features photos and written impressions for bicycle travelers in India, Indonesia, Nepal, and America.
11/08/2008 -
- Terracotta Journeys offers cycling tours off the beaten track in Spain, Portugal and France, for the active traveler seeking delicious food and wines, impressive scenery and historic accommodation. We also offer custom made tours, for keen and experienced cyclists.
7/23/2007 - Calling All Bicycle Adventurers!
- A Dutch based co-producer of documentary called "Going South"
is producing an environmental adventure documentary. For this documentary
they are looking for bikers who will bike from Alaska to the Panama
Canal. And one team to bike from Columbia to the most southern point
of Argentina!
For more details read the brochure.
7/20/2007 - New Link
- Diverse Directions - This self-guided tour operator is now offering tours of Vermont in addition to Europe.
4/20/2008 - New Links
- Belarus Solidarity Cycling Tour 2008 - Cycle through eco corridors in Belarus this August. Become a volunteer on our tour. Bikes provided for those who need equipment.
- Over the mountains: Tibet, Nepal, China on to Taiwan - Personal travelogue of an epic journey across East Asia
1/7/2008 - New Link
- Trancendental Continental - Bike and Beers Across America. This site also includes planning, gear, travel log, as well as a page where the author summarizes local brews tasted along the way!
6/8/2007 - New Link
- Access Italy - Access Italy provides private and exclusive tours throughout Italy.
5/14/2007 - Webmaster got a full-time job, and got lazy with the web site.
3/15/2007 - New Link
- Far and Away Cycling - Challenging and affordable tours in Spain, Corsica, Laos and Vietnam.
2/9/2007 - New Links:
- Sports-Links.org / Cycling - Cycling Web Directory.
- Seattle Bike Tours - "we not only have about 200 area bike routes put together in color with both cue sheets and maps for around the Northwest, but we also have links to every available bike map and on-road bike route book making us one of the largest cycling resource websites in the nation."
1/11/2007 - Apologies for the Holiday downtime, but here are three new links! (also available through the menu above)
- Scamp 'n Rascal Tours - http://www.scampnrascal.com - "We run tours in Eastern Pennsylvania; Amish country, the Pocono Mountains and west into the Alleghenies."
- Jack Camino - http://www.camino10.com/Biking.htm - "Travelogues, photos, maps and tips about long distance bike traveling in Greece, Turkey, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia, France, Spain; Mexico, Canada; South America and others."
- Jack Camino - http://www.camino10.com/Griechenland.htm - "Crossing the Swiss Alps to Venice, along the adriatic coast to Greece; island hopping on Corfu, Crete, Santorini, Naxos, Samos; and finally following Turkey’s Mediterranean coast to Antlaya."
- Undiscovered Country Tours - http://www.udctours.com - "We are a road bike touring business that operates exclusively in California."
12/02/2006 - Check out a fascinating video postcard from a couple who is riding round the world, and has been for the past five years with no plans to stop!
11/29/2006 - Added new Maine Map Resource
11/15/2006 - New World Tour Link!
11/14/2006 - Added links
- www.sloveniacycling.com
- www.bicycleadventureclub.org
- Completed DOT map link collection and improved some older links.
- Beginning to improve descriptions in travelogue database.
11/7/2006 - Improvements to the Site:
- New overhead banner graphic
- Added bike touring map links to database and formatted their display
- Revised fonts of Travelogue links to clarify what is a link and what is a description.
- Changed appearance of navigation menu to match banner better.
- Revised Travelogue entries so that World tours no longer appear on the pages sorted to individual continents.
- Edited Food list and Gear list pages.