Touring Talk episode 8: biking boomers by worldbiking
Name:
Chris and Heather Hartridge
Country:
Canada
Touring Experience:
Long trips in Canada and the USA with plans for an extended multi-year tour in the future.
Comfort touring or Camping?
CAMPING! And that is comfort for these two. A thermarest and fresh air beats the Travel Lodge any day.
Their opinion on bike touring:
They love the freedom of touring and the incredible level of fitness that goes along with a pedal-powered holiday.
Advice for first-timers to bicycle touring:
Ease in to it. Listen to your body and don’t get obsessed about distances or reaching a particular destination.
Touring Talk: Biking Boomers
Love it, you’re never too old to tour:)
Nice work guys.
That’s right…we’ve met guys in their 70’s who can crank out 100 kilometers in a day and race up hills a lot faster than we can.