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A Practical Guide to Bicycle Touring in Korea

A Practical Guide to Bicycle Touring in Korea

Asia’s best-kept bicycle touring secret As a bicycle touring destination, Korea is still largely off the radar of many Western tourists.  This is changing as cyclists discover the comprehensive network of riverside cycle trails and endless options for backroad biking. 

World Biking November 4, 2019January 3, 2020 Destination Planning, Korea Bicycle Touring, Resources, Ride Guide 9 Comments Read more

Download our FREE Cycling Asia E-book

Download our FREE Cycling Asia E-book

  Asia is an increasingly popular destination for cycle touring. Bike the popular routes through Thailand or Laos, and you’ll cross paths with other two-wheeled travelers on a daily basis.  The destinations covered in this book see just a trickle

World Biking January 20, 2017January 4, 2020 Asia, free e-books, photos, Resources 1 Comment Read more

GDMBR New Mexico: Battling Mother Nature

GDMBR New Mexico: Battling Mother Nature

The Final Hurdles After conquering Great Divide Route’s highest point,  Indiana Pass at 11,910 feet, you’d think riders could let out a sigh of relief.  The tough stuff as over.  They’d glide across New Mexico and sail across the Mexcian

World Biking October 23, 2016January 14, 2020 Great Divide Mountain Biking Route, Tour Updates, USA 2016 Bicycle Touring 2 Comments Read more

Biking the Great Divide: Colorado

Biking the Great Divide: Colorado

After the vast empty spaces and rolling hills of Wyoming’s Great Basin, we were ready to test our mettle on some big mountains.  Colorado called.  The Cowboy State is home to the Great Divide’s most momentous climb: Indiana Pass (11,913

World Biking September 24, 2016January 14, 2020 Great Divide Mountain Biking Route, Tour Updates, USA 2016 Bicycle Touring No Comments Read more

Biking Oregon’s Old West Scenic Bikeway and Beyond

Biking Oregon’s Old West Scenic Bikeway and Beyond

Private Road.  No Trespassing. We’d learned to love navigating with online maps, but his time they’d steered us wrong. Did we continue?  No way. We were riding Eastern Oregon, a place some claim is the Redneck Capital of America.  Most

World Biking June 28, 2016January 29, 2020 Tour Updates, USA 2016 Bicycle Touring No Comments Read more

A Change of Plans: Bicycle Touring on Idaho’s Weiser River Trail

A Change of Plans: Bicycle Touring on Idaho’s Weiser River Trail

“Those roads are probably still buried under three feet of snow.  You’ll have a tough time making it through.”The forest ranger in McCall confirmed what we’d begun to fear: it was still too early in the season to attempt the

World Biking June 7, 2016December 31, 2016 Idaho Bicycle Touring, Tour Updates, USA 2016 Bicycle Touring No Comments Read more

Bicycle Touring in the Indian Himalaya: Spiti and Lahoul Valleys

Bicycle Touring in the Indian Himalaya: Spiti and Lahoul Valleys

The high Himalaya looms large in cyclists’ lore.  Over the years we’ve been privy to plenty of tales of ferocious headwinds, debilitating altitude sickness, and freak summer snowstorms. Finally it was our turn to ride some of the world’s highest

World Biking May 22, 2016January 8, 2020 India Bicycle Touring, photos, Tour Updates 3 Comments Read more

Why Oman deserves a Spot on your Bicycle Touring Bucket List

Why Oman deserves a Spot on your Bicycle Touring Bucket List

Bicycle touring in Oman?  Yes, OMAN!  That low-key country just down the road from Dubai, snuggled up next to Saudi Arabia (where it’s actually illegal for women to ride bicycles) and Yemen (in the midst of a nasty civil war).

World Biking May 15, 2016January 8, 2020 Tour Updates 7 Comments Read more

7 Myths about Cycling Iran

7 Myths about Cycling Iran

Iran is one of the most misunderstood countries on the planet.  Almost everyone who has the opportunity to visit Iran,  falls in love with its warm and generous people.  The country certainly has its challenges, but there are many misconceptions

World Biking May 7, 2016January 8, 2020 Destination Planning, Middle East, Musings + Myths, Tour Updates 19 Comments Read more

Sikkim Surprises.

Sikkim Surprises.

A blogging break Our last update was from Bangladesh.  That was almost 12 months back. Since then, we let the blog slide.  Of course we could trot out numerous excuses for the lapse in online communication.  Limited internet access.  A

World Biking February 17, 2016January 8, 2020 India Bicycle Touring, Tour Updates 6 Comments Read more
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