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	Bicycle touring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bicycle touring is a recreational activity, which involves touring and exploration or sightseeing with the use of a bicycle.
		Bicycle touring is a little bit like backpacking with the use of a bicycle.
		A bicycle tour can be anything from a day ride, to a ride which takes many days, weeks, months or years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bicycle_touring (513 words)

	Touring bicycle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Touring bicycles are usually equipped with luggage racks front and rear, designed to hold panniers or other forms of luggage.
		Touring bicycle frames typically have a long wheelbase and stable steering geometry, with numerous attachment points for luggage racks, fenders (mudguards), lights, water bottles, tools and spare parts.
		Touring bicycles are usually equipped with cantilever brakes or linear-pull brakes, instead of the caliper brakes used on racing bicycles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Touring_bicycle (780 words)

	Bicycle Touring Links Page -- Travelogues of Long Cycling Trips
		Touring links sites or sites with at least one detailed travelogue, photolog, or travel advisory of a long (seven days or more), self-supported (no sag) bicycle touring trip; most include camping.
		Bicycle Touring: The Online Resource to Recreational Cycling Bike travelogues by different travelers from Bali, Costa Rica, the Pyrenees, Provence, Alaska, England, Scotland, Ireland, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Zealand, the South Pacific, Tonga, Washington State to Israel, Montana to Alaska, the Santa Fe Trail, the Natchez Trace, and some reports of Adventure Cycling routes.
		Bicycle Tours This is a collection of links to bicycle tour travelogues (mostly trips made in Europe) gathered by Karl Brodowsky, who has included his own trips in the collection.
	www.kenkifer.com /bikepages/links/tourlink.htm (1874 words)

	SC Trails Bike Guide Intro
		South Carolina is a great state for bicycle touring with its winding back roads, world famous gardens, magnificent homes and historic battlefields, mountain peaks and clear lakes providing a constantly changing backdrop of beauty, quaintness, and charm.
		The Greenville Bicycle committee and the Greenville County Planning Commission have identified 12 bicycle day-trip routes that utilize wide streets with low traffic volumes, are accessible to bicyclists of all skill levels, consider connectivity between schools, parks, and neighborhoods, and create a balanced system that traverses most of Greenville County.
		Bicycles operated at night must be equipped with a lamp on front that produces a white beam of light visible at least 500 feet away.
	www.sctrails.net /Trails/ALLTRAILS/Bikeguide/biking.html (1165 words)

	Bicycle Touring and Camping Gear -- Camping Accessories and Equipment for Bicycle Trips
		Part of the reason for going on a bicycle tour should be to get away from the complexities of the world.
		For my long-distance touring trips, I use tires from 1¼ to 1 3/8 inch (32 to 35 mm); the heavier tires are slower but have a softer ride and better control, especially on gravel.
		riple chainwheels are a necessary for loaded touring unless you are a young, strong, and male or are touring in a very flat region.
	www.kenkifer.com /bikepages/touring/campgear.htm (3615 words)

	Bicycle Touring in France, 1908.
		Bicycles and tricycles are kept for hire at several establishments on the right side of the Avenue de la Grande Armée.
		Bicycles and Tricycles can now be registered in towns in France served by the Nord, P. M., Orléans, and Midi Railways, via Calais.
		Full particulars of Cook's Independent Cycling Tours in France will be found in the firm's Special Programmes, which can be obtained at any of their Offices in Great Britain or on the Continent.
	www.sheldonbrown.com /france-1908.html (1010 words)

	Bicycle Touring
		Bicycle touring is making a comeback, and although many of today’s touring cyclist travel with organized groups, the real adventure starts when you find your own way, at home or abroad.
		She has toured by bicycle extensively, both alone and with her husband and in small groups.
		Her bicycle touring experiences include tours of Nova Scotia, Iceland, Italy, Turkey, Greece, and many regions in the United States.
	www.cyclepublishing.com /cyclingbooks/bt.html (283 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions
		Bicycle touring is all about choices, whether to tour supported or unsupported, with a group or solo, staying in motels or camping, etc.
		When, for a loaded tour, you consider the bicycle and all the equipment loaded on it, a natural question for new tourers is how to protect this equipment/investment.
		There are so many variables in a tour – your current conditioning, the daily mileage, the length of your tour, the tour terrain, the weight of your loaded bicycle, the typical weather – that it’s impossible to give real specifics on what a training program should be.
	www.cyclingaway.com /Touring/TouringFAQ.htm (10508 words)

	Africa Travel Guide and Bicycle Touring Guide
		While Africa is not without its problems and travel anywhere has risks to be aware of, if you are selective about where and when you travel or tour there are great rewards to traveling, and especially bicycle touring in Africa.
		Bicycling In Africa: A highly praised, comprehensive how-to book for bicycle touring in Africa or any place else.
		Bicycling In Africa Country Supplements: Detail country-by country supplements to "Bicycling In Africa" covering cycling seasons, routes, getting maps and spare parts, accommodations in rural areas and special comments for cycling in the respective countries.
	www.ibike.org /africaguide (353 words)

	Ireland bike tours self guided bicycle cycle cycling touring vacations From Iron Donkey
		The tours offer all the independence and adventure, while avoiding most of the hassles, of do-it-yourself bicycle tours.
		There are self-led bike tour itineraries in Ireland, bike tours in England and bike tours in Italy.
		Custom Group Cycle Tours can be designed for clubs and organizations, for groups of professionals, for family groups or for groups of friends.
	www.emeraldtrail.com (458 words)

	Velotour
		Essential requirements are physical fitness and stamina, a bicycle designed for touring, and enough know-how to change a tube and keep your bicycle running.
		These brief tours are fine for single women or neophytes or for anyone whose employment has cheated them of free time.
		They never experience bicycle touring as a means of exploration, travel and adventure.
	www.tourvelo.org (1628 words)

	Touring by Bicycle
		Bicycle touring (my definition) is the traveling of long distances by bicycle and spending at least one night at a location other than the starting point.
		Tours can be overnights to local parks such as Pilot Mountain State Park, Hanging Rock State Park, New River Trail State Park, Rocky Knob Campground, etc. Or they can be extended two-week long tours in wilderness areas or year-long 'round the world expeditions.
		In this touring mode, the cyclist carries their own camping and cooking gear and a supply of food.
	www.ridgerollers.org /Touring.htm (436 words)

	Bicycle Touring in Cuba
		We have a ten year old son who has been touring with us since he was two, and now stokes on the back of an Ibis tandem.
		Bicycle theft in Havana is said to be rampant, but I am not sure if it is. Let me elaborate: until the introduction of the dollar and tourism in the last couple of years, Cuba was fairly crime free.
		Loaded tandems are not usually the fastest bicycles, but the wind "pushed" us down the road so quickly that it felt as if we were flying.
	thorin.adnc.com /~blogan/cuba.html (1819 words)

	Josh Putnam's Cycling Pages
		Touring accessories aren't as important as a good bike, but good equipment can help make your tour a pleasant one despite bad weather, poor roads, or other problems.
		Good cameras for bicycle touring, a brief discussion of cameras suitable for long bicycle trips.
		My favorite touring tales, a list of bicycle touring books that have inspired, amused, and informed me about bicycle touring.
	www.phred.org /~josh/bike/bike.html (1009 words)

	Internet resources for bicycle touring
		The phred e-mail list says about itself: "Common topics of discussion are how to select a touring bicycle, appropriate components and gearing for touring, carrying gear, camping gear, touring routes and locations, reports of previous tours, and everything else related to bicycle touring.
		Bicycle Touring 101 is James Noble's compilation of resources to help people get started in touring -- and a whole lot more.
		The Geezers is a mature group of Oklahoma Bicycle Society riders who stage their own tours twice a year.
	www.johngorentz.com /bicycle/resources/resources.htm (737 words)

	! bicycling touring - bikin1 vacations for teens - kids cycling expeditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Touring is the ultimate way to explore a region.
		Touring is also a great way to gain the pride of accomplishment when you reach each destination under your own power.
		For a touring trip you will need a bicycle that has 15-27 gears, weighs less than 30 pounds and is fitted with a rear rack and two water bottles.
	www.bikingx.com /touring.htm (965 words)

	Bicycle Touring Books and Photos
		While bicycle touring on Sardegna, Sharon and Neil Anderson came across a contestant for the world's shortest train -- one car and an engine.
		Our first, longer than two weeks cycle tour, was to ride across the United States from the west coast to the historic town of Williamsburg, Virginia on the east coast.
		We spent eighteen months bicycle touring western Europe, five months cycling around the North and South Islands in New Zealand, and then three months in Australia from Sydney through the outback to Ayers Rock and Alice Springs.
	www.cyclelogicpress.com (5018 words)

	Vintage Bicycle Parts at BicycleClassics.com
		Bicycle Classics prides itself on being the low-price/high-service seller of Brooks saddles.
		If you are at all interested in vintage lightweight bicycles (you don't even have to be as nerdy as we are!), check out www.classicrendezvous.com.
		Very responsive but comfortable frames (steel is real!), no eyelets on the dropouts, not for wide tires, fenders, or "touring." (They make a great clubride bike, though.
	www.bicycleclassics.com (974 words)

	Commuting/Touring Bike
		The touring bike is lighter than a cross or mountain bike, but wider tires and strong wheels make it heavier than a racing bike.
		The Raleigh R-300 is an aluminum touring bike with mid-range to lower end (Alivio hubs) components.
		Gearing in the 1988 model was odd (52/42/30, 11-30 in the rear); AW suggests swapping the 30 with a 26 at the dealers.
	www.faughnan.com /touringbike.html (5111 words)

	Home Page
		Combine bicycle touring through a Florida of yesterday with bicycle safety training.
		Touring Calendar a guide to organized on- and off-road rides (maintained by Roger Pierce, Gainesville Cycling Club).
		The Florida Bicycle Association (FBA) was incorporated in 1997 for educational and charitable purposes.
	www.floridabicycle.org (311 words)

	Bicycle Touring Stories: Travel the Open Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In Fall 2003, I completed a 3,200 mile fully-loaded independent bicycle tour from Salt Lake City, Utah to Syracuse, New York.
		Through these pages we hoped to form a picture of what it is like to cross the country on a bicycle.
		Our cross-country tour may be over but the adventure isn't.
	www.biketoshine.com /bicycletour.html (289 words)

	Bicycle Touring Companies
		Here's a very brief list of commercial bicycle tour operators offering a variety of domestic and international bike tours, both organized and self-guided trips.
		Bicycle and multisport tours [bicycling, hiking, sea kayaking] in Alaska
		Laurel Highlands Cycling Tours specializes in providing scenic bicycle tours in a beautiful and historic in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
	www.cascade.org /Community/Tours.cfm (296 words)

	Bicycle Tours & Maps, Bicycle Gear & Equipment - Adventure Cycling Association
		The reason we developed the National Bicycle Route Network is simple: cyclists need quiet, scenic roads and trails to enjoy.
		We research and develop the routes, and then we produce the finest bicycling maps in North America -- and we've been doing it for going on 30 years.
		No one knows more about bicycle touring than our organization and its 42,000 members.
	www.adventurecycling.org (218 words)

	bicycle touring, New Zealand bicycle tours
		Click on the tour name to view details of bicycle touring packages.
		You can also contact a tour operator to ask questions, order free travel brochures, and book a tour all from this web site.
		This is wonderful route that takes you from the glitzy throbbing city of Guangzhou through the countryside with karst hills and colorful minority groups to Guilin, a landscape-lovers paradise.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/Bicycle_Touring2.html (520 words)

	Berkshire Cycle Touring
		Designed for experienced cyclists seeking affordable adventures at their own pace, our guided tours are wonderful bargains, with marked roads, maps, cue sheets, and experienced guides.
		Group-requested day tours start at $150/day for couples in the North Shore area, and $200/day in the Berkshires.
		Tours are up to 50 miles or 8 hours.
	www.bikenewengland.com (588 words)

	Welcome To Polk County NC
		A great 3 or so day tour but could be ridden in one day by a experienced rider with SAG Support along the way..
		The Mountains to the Sea Bicycle Tour - NC Route #2
		Bicycle Route #2 Starts in Murphy, NC and progress towards the Cherokee Indian Reservation before going on to the Blue Ridge Parkway.
	www.polkcounty.org /Bicycles/bicycle.htm (497 words)

	Bike China Adventures - China Bicycle Photos Gallery
		For those who like to look at different touring bike setups, I have created some web pages featuring the some of the bikes of people on the Phred Bike Touring Email List.
		On several of my tours in Asia and Australia I’ve been forced to carry up to 17 litres of water, not to mention 3-4 day’s food, fuel for my stove, camping gear, tools, spares and all the rest, and I’ve yet to come across an aluminum rack that didn’t break under the strain.
		As for the bicycle, it was hand brazed and finished, slowly and painfuly, from Reynolds 531 tubing and mostly Everest lugs (some of which were extensively re-shaped)." Click here for more photos and addtional details.
	www.bikechina.com /touringbikes.html (683 words)

	Amazon.com: The Bicycle Touring Manual: Using the Bicycle for Touring and Camping: Books: Rob Van Der Plas,Rob Van Der ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Standard bicycle information is presented in an unimaginative style.
		The author covers bicycle frame, fit, and components, luggage carrying equipment, clothing, food, camping gear, riding style suggestions, minor repairs, planning the tour, and riding with children.
		There is really nothing new here and nothing to recommend this over Tim and Glenda Wilhelm's Bicycle Touring Book: the complete guide to bicycle recreation (LJ 9/15/80), still in print.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0933201877?v=glance (562 words)

	Bicycle Touring Companies
		Bicycle Beano Cycle tours in England and Whales, with organic vegetarian cuisine.
		Self-guided bike touring throughout the South Island of NZ Irish Cycle Tours
		Randotrek, Italy, Self guided cycling tours and bike rentals in the Tuscia region.
	www.mikebentley.com /bike/tourcomp.htm (189 words)

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