http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/ Featuring insider destination guides and how-to articles from the matador travel community. Our focus is sustainable travel, cultural immersion, plus work, study, and volunteer opportunities worldwide. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:43:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Click Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:59:54 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/#comment-422 hurray for bicycles! i always love to see an article about the freedom of traveling with them. cheers. hurray for bicycles! i always love to see an article about the freedom of traveling with them. cheers.

]]> http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Hal Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:35:05 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/#comment-378 Thanks for all the great comments, everyone! Tim, while I did make it to Angkor later on in this trip, the photo for this article was actually taken outside the Imperial City in Hue, Vietnam. For anyone interested, I kept a trip journal at http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/careyandhal. Thanks for all the great comments, everyone! Tim, while I did make it to Angkor later on in this trip, the photo for this article was actually taken outside the Imperial City in Hue, Vietnam. For anyone interested, I kept a trip journal at http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/careyandhal.

]]> http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-377 aya Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:33:31 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/#comment-377 love that photo. this article makes me want to get back on the bike for another tour! in my experience, i've also found it to be true that pre-tour training isn't all that important; it's more a matter of setting realistic expectations and pacing yourself at the beginning of the journey. thanks for the great advice! love that photo. this article makes me want to get back on the bike for another tour! in my experience, i’ve also found it to be true that pre-tour training isn’t all that important; it’s more a matter of setting realistic expectations and pacing yourself at the beginning of the journey. thanks for the great advice!

]]> http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Tim Patterson Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:10:27 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/#comment-376 Nice piece! Love the photo at Angkor. Nice piece! Love the photo at Angkor.

]]> http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Lola Akinmade Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:31:26 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/#comment-372 Thanks for this Hal! A colleague of mine did a bike trip of Tuscany which till this day makes me totally envious! Thanks for this Hal! A colleague of mine did a bike trip of Tuscany which till this day makes me totally envious!

]]> http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Eva Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:22:20 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/#comment-366 Thanks Hal! I've wanted to try a trip by bike (actually, I've always wanted to do the transCanada trip, but that might need to wait until I get some shorter trips under my belt) and your article is a great start! Glad to hear a serious pre-trip fitness regimen isn't necessarily a prereq... :P Thanks Hal! I’ve wanted to try a trip by bike (actually, I’ve always wanted to do the transCanada trip, but that might need to wait until I get some shorter trips under my belt) and your article is a great start! Glad to hear a serious pre-trip fitness regimen isn’t necessarily a prereq…

]]> http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Julie Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:23:34 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/8-steps-for-successful-self-supported-bicycle-tours/#comment-363 Hal- Great piece! I'm no cyclist-- I don't even own a bike--but I really enjoyed Lynette Chang's book, The Handsomest Man in Cuba, which I'd describe as a travelogue of her bike tour around Cuba. This book, in addition to being a pretty good outsiders' view of Cuba's politics and culture, also has what I imagine would be a pretty handy resource section for people who are cyclists. She had a Bike Friday-- a foldable bike. Hal-
Great piece! I’m no cyclist– I don’t even own a bike–but I really enjoyed Lynette Chang’s book, The Handsomest Man in Cuba, which I’d describe as a travelogue of her bike tour around Cuba. This book, in addition to being a pretty good outsiders’ view of Cuba’s politics and culture, also has what I imagine would be a pretty handy resource section for people who are cyclists. She had a Bike Friday– a foldable bike.

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