Networked Tour Reports

Crazy Guy on a Bike

A place for bicycle tourists and their journals. Neil's own travels, as well as others.

[Added: July 15, 2001. ]

Down Under

Australia and New Zealand

From Philip Greenspun, of Travels with Samantha fame, an account of his bike trip.

New Zealand Trip Report

Kaitlin Duck Sherwood describes her bike trip to New Zealand.

Scott Ellington's 2001 Australian Tour

Scott Ellington's 1994 Trip to New Zealand and Australia

Remember how I claimed that this was a list of links to other pages? So I lied. This tour report is hosted on this page, but belongs in a list of Web-served tour reports, so here it is anyway. So sue me.

Project New Zealand

Two guys approaching their thirties are planning to cycle the length of both the islands of New Zealand, recording their progress on this site. There will be photographs and quicktime videos uploaded, and they'll respond to email. The site is screamingly professional, with the sort of graphical tricks that make you wonder how it's done. The trip starts on February 22, 1997, and if you can get a T1 line by then, that's the time to stop back.
[Added December 18, 1996.]

Africa

Welcome to Ethiopia

The page to check out before starting your rainy-season bicycle tour of Ethiopia.

Somalia Solidarity

Giuseppe Di Clemente is riding solo across Africa, for peace. We wish him well. You can support him, if you wish.

[Added: December 10, 2002. ]

North America

Dr. Botha's Extreme Cycling Challenge

"This site is dedicated to the efforts of Dr. Andries Botha who is attempting to cycle across Canada from sea to sea in a single trip to promote fitness and health and a lifestyle devoid of substance abuse as well as telling people of the advantages of living in the Peace Region of Alberta." He starts on July 12, 1998. Last year his knee blew up on him.
[Added July 6, 1998.]

Chad Bikes America

Chad works for Google (the search engine). Follow his progress in 2001!
[Added August, 2001]

North America Bicycle Touring with Chris and April

"Chris and April's 11,000 mi. bicycle tour of North America. Includes tour descriptions, photos, equipment reviews, philosophy, and a picture of a fart bomb." Includes a report on an 'Extreme Solo' trip through Death Valley. This pair quit their jobs so they could ride their bikes, which they financed by selling their house. Good stuff!
[Added June 30, 1998.]

Chuck's Bicycling Page

20 years of bike touring across the U.S.! With helpful tips for the novice.

[Added: February 11, 2002. ]

Tom Swenson's Bicycle Touring web site

Reports of trips to various places around North America. Slick but memory intensive.

[Added: December 25, 2001. ]

Bike to Shine

An insightful look at bicycle travel from the perspective of a first-time tourist. Includes a detailed journal and photos.

Submitted by: Jill jillhomer66@hotmail.com

[Added: January 21, 2003. ]

Joe's biking page

Joe King reports on several Ride the Rockies tours. At the time of this writing he is in the middle of his "Madison to Seattle Digression".
[Updated July, 2001.]

Biking Across the USA

John Dorsey made this eight-week trip in April and May of 1997, and is putting together this excellent trip report as he finds the time. It's well-written, inspiring, and peppered with good photographs, including a section of photos of (mostly) disgusting signs he found on the ride. Also, hints for doing your own trip, such as a recommended equipment list. Good stuff.
[Added July 27, 1998.]

Dave & Babak's Cross-Country Bicycle Trip

In 1994, these two guys met on a Usenet group, decided to cycle across the United States together, and-- against all odds-- hit it off great. This page is chock full of nice photos and plenty of text. Just be sure to browse this one with a fast connection at hand.
[Updated July, 2001.]
[Updated March 14, 1998.]

Judy Colwell's Home Page

There are a number of tour reports here, and more appear to be coming soon. For example, her recent tour of Alaska, and a 1993 tour in Montana. Also a file of advice on what to take on a bike tour.
[Updated July, 2001.]

Tailwinds

Ongoing cronicle of Ed Noonan's ride from Alaska to Florida, which is part of a pledge drive to build a new library in Williamston, Michigan. At this writing (August, 1996), he's in Minnesota, at mile 3500. Lots and lots of photos decorate the well-written text.
[Updated May, 2002.]

Tour Reports from Cascade Cycle Club

For example, a long account of a Seattle to Chicago ride. Also, some fiction. Some of the stuff is hosted locally, and other of it is remote. They seem to have picked the cream of the crop.
[Updated February 12, 1998.]

Robert Ashworth's Traveling by Bicycle

Bellingham, Washington seems to be some sort of mecca for bike-touring authors: Robert Ashworth, who penned this page chock full of stories about his various cross-country tours, is there, and Jim Hendrickson, some of whose tour reports are on this page (here) is there, too. And, a nice collection of links (for when you through here). This page is full of your excellent photos, plus reprints of such nice media coverage of his writing as Woman Throws Out Her Car Keys After Reading My Letter. Enjoy!

Sean Mooney's Bicycle Touring Page

He's done a couple of northerly crossings of the continent, one of which is reported on here-- with plenty of good photos-- and a report on the other of which is forthcoming.
[Upated July, 2001.]
[Added March 29, 1997.]

Red aCross America

Two determined souls begin a journey on bicycle to bring awareness to the efforts of the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund that is benefiting thousands of victims. ÊÊÊFrom New York to San Diego, Steve (20), a former New York City Bicycle Messenger, and Nathan (27), a Continental Airlines Flight Attendant on leave, will traverse the United States spending miles and miles on the roads of America. ÊÊÊCovering approximately 4500 miles, you can be sure Steve and Nathan need all the support they can get. Please take a moment to visit the web site that provides details of the effort, the riders, route, and of course, donation and pledge requests!

[Added: November 11, 2001. ]

South America

Patagonia 98

Crusing the Southern tip of South America. "he trip took about two months and was a more than a personal success. It was the opening of a door to a different world: a landscape of ice-covered mountains and arrid plains, forests full of flowers and trees I had never seen before, and a community of hard-working, honest and friendly people."

[Added: February 11, 2002. ]

Europe

A Hot Lap in the Atlas Mountains

"Hüseyin Urkmez and Yusuf Özbek started pedalling in Gibraltar, climbed the Rif Mountains, passed through the Jebel Sharo desert and in the High Atlas Mountains cycled up to the 4,165 m peak of Mt Toubkal." That's in Morocco, and this is one article from the December 1995 issue of the Turkish travel magazine Atlas Travel Magazine, which is liberally peppered with delicious photographs. There seems to be a print incarnation of Atlas, available for 5,640,000 Turkish lira (about $100) a year.
[Updated July, 2001.]

A Journey to Nordreisa - Raisi in Norway

The author, Jarmo Hupli, made this trip in August 1997 and can't say enough good about his experience. This page offers well-written commentary and excellent photos from his trip. The area is in Lapland-- northern Norway near the border with Finland, where the natives are Finnish-speaking ethnic Kvens. The site offers some interesting background information on their culture and struggles to maintain that culture in the face of official antipathy from the Norwegian government.
[Added June 1, 1998.]

A Tour of Andalucia, Spain

Photographic images and explanatory text from a seven-week, self-contained bicycle tour of Andalucia, Spain.

Submitted by: David C. Ziccardi info@davesbiketours.com

[Added: January 29, 2002. ]

Team ILizarov

"My solo cycle from the UK to Siberia to begin in January 2003. Raising money for orthopaedic research and the two hospitals that saved my life and prevented amputation of my leg". At the time of this writing he is in the planning stages, so this is the promise of a report. Go for it, Stuart!

[Added: March 9, 2002. ]

Bike Brothers - Nic & Andy's Cycling Homepage

Two brothers from South Wales, and some of their favorite rides, such as 'Bwlch Ar y Fan - The highest road in Wales?'. And, a special page of Bianchi pictures.

Submitted by: Nic nic.henderson@ntlworld.com

[Added: March 9, 2003. ]

France

Team Snail

A wonderful site dedicated to our recent self-contained bicycle camping tour of Provence and the French Riviera.

[Added: July 18, 2001. ]

Paris-Brest-Paris 1975

An account by one of the only 17 women (of a field of 666) to do this most famous of long-distance (1200km) rides in 1975, amply illustrated and well-written.

Paris-Brest-Paris 1995-- A Personal Memoir

In 1995, 4000 riders started this 1200km ride from Paris to Brest and back. Here is the account of one of the finishers.

Ireland

Jan's 3 weeks ,

from April, 2001. Includes helpful tips for other would-be travelers.

[Added: June 30, 2002. ]

The Whole World

Lone Biker

Biketrip around the Baltic sea in 26 dayes/4830 km. Also, Canada, New Zealand, ...

[Added: February 17, 2002. ]

Adventure Travels

The web journal of Jay Rolls. He has toured everywhere from Alaska to Viet Nam. Recommended.
[Updated, July, 2001.]

Cycling Around The World

Emi and Steve have been bicycling around the world since 1989! Tour reports from their journey.

[Added: December 10, 2001. ]

Pennyfarthing World Tour

Joff dreams of touring the world on an historic 'pennyfarthing' bicycle.

England

[Added: February, 2002. ]

Rob and Mary's World Cycle Tour

I don't know about you, but I'm usually not sure what I'm going to be doing in ten minutes, much less in four year, but these folks do. Starting in February, 1998, and finishing in October 2001, this married couple plan to cycle around the world, posting reports to this page. Will there even be a World Wide Web in four years, like there wasn't much more than four years ago? Will CompuServe still be in business? Will Rob and Mary have chosen other partners, or switched to SUVs? Stop back here regularly and find out.
[Added January 10, 1998.]
Well, here it is 2001. The website has moved, but the couple is still together, and still riding.
[Updated, July, 2001.]

My bike trips on 5 continents

Photographs and travelogues from SE Asia, Australia, NZ, Africa, Canada, Uganda, England and others
Heavy on the Java - I had a hard time loading a single page at home.

[Added: July 15, 2001. ]

Full Circle Cycling Expedition

Starting in May, 1996-- after they get married-- this pair started cycling around the world, and they hope to find sponsors to help fund it. This page describes their plan (and tells you where to send your money). Nice photos...
[Updated January 1, 1998.]

Chain Reaction

Lots of tour reports from Mexico and other fun places. They say:

"Chain Reaction is an organization founded to support the unique collaborative efforts of visual artist Holly Hughes and her partner, George MacLeod, to initiate community revitalization through the creation of public art. The mission of Chain Reaction is to simulate individual creativity and heighten environmental awareness. Its goal is to share experiences which help to build a foundation of better understanding and communication within communities and between different peoples of the world.

"An artist for over 20 years, Holly Hughes, and her partner of ten years, George MacLeod, have spent the past three years travelling over 30,000 miles and leading community projects in Mexico, New Mexico, and Central America. They call themselves Chain Reaction because they have seen how taking time to share a creative idea with just one person can stimulate an exciting change for an entire community."

Bicycle Tours

Nice general information on bicycle touring, plus a bunch of tour reports liberally illustrated with photos describing various tours in Europe and the west coast of the United States, all from Thomas Driemeyer, whose page is worth a visit just to check out the design.

Cycling Around the World

These two Dutch cyclists have built this page of reports on their copious and far-flung cycling tours of six continents, most of which is available in English. Such exotic locales as Arizona, with a nice sampling of images. Also, a section of book reviews.
[Added April 18, 1998.]

Caryl And Brian's World Wide Bicycle Adventure

Caryl and Brian are two former aerospace engineers that quit their jobs to bike around the country, then the world, for a brief ten-to-fifteen year period-- hardly time enough to relax. Before they did that, they set up a network of electronic penpals. This site is maintained by two of them pals-- "Wendy and Jeff"--and contains background information plus an archive of the newsletters they issued. The most recent-- number 49-- was dated February 2, 1998.
There are also some other trip reports at this site, from a variety of other reporters-- such as Wendy and Jeff's Ireland Trip, which was completed in September 1996.
[Updated July, 2001.]
[Updated February 12, 1998.]

Pushkar rides for Peace

Pushkar is from Tibet, and on a quest to tour the world for peace. The Bombay Bicycle Club reports on his stop in Madison.
[Added August, 2001.]

Other Places

Travels with Samantha, Chapter XV

This is the bikiest of the chapters from Philip Greenspun's famed Travels with Samantha travelogue.

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