Round the World Bicycle Tour since 2006
1. Be Bear Smart. If you’re cycling through Western Canada and up to the Yukon, your chance of coming in contact with bears is about 99.99%. Cyclists rarely encounter problems with bears, but you will want to prepare yourself before
If there’s one thing that’s a certainty about bicycle touring, it’s that Things Will Go Wrong! Equipment will fail, uncooperative weather will foil carefully laid plans, the cycling companion with whom you thought you’d be a perfect match will turn
Some roads are legendary amongst long-distance cyclists: Asia’s Pamir Highway, the Carreterra Austral in South America, Sani Pass in Southern Africa and–straddling the border between Alaska and the Canadian Yukon–The Top of the World Highway. Sure, we were excited to
Mile zero The Alaska Highway greets us with a determined headwind. Rather than let it shake our determination, we hunker down and vow to push the pedals those 1,390 miles to Fairbanks. The entire length of the highway connecting Alaska
Back in Bolivia we hit a big bump in the road. It sent us into a spin. Two months off the bikes re-grouping and now we’re back on the road full of energy and enthusiasm for the Alaska leg of