Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Bicycling Touring Pro Answers Your Questions

Do Men Have To Wear Tight Bicycle Pants To Tour?




This youth, Darren Alff,  has years of experience on touring bikes.  He answers many questions which will help the bike tourer get a start in this passionate sport!



Warm Showers, A Place To Camp, Sleep, Cook, Meet Others 

In The Lifestyle-No, It Is Not KOA


Are you planning on a long term tour but don't know where to clean up along the way?  Try Warm Showers, a non-profit organization which helps bicycle tourers world wide find a place to sleep, to shower and to relax from the road.  You might be a person in need of these volunteer services, or you might be a person biking through and in desperate need for a place to let your hair down for a few hours.  Warm Showers matches traveling cyclist and a few others a place to crash while on the road.  Each host has his own set of rules and may limit the kinds of things the host can do for the rider.

Some hosts offer sleeping space in their homes.  Others offer a yard where you can pitch your tent in confidence.  Sometimes the host will provide a meal, or let his guests have access to a kitchen so they can prepare their meals on their own.  Those who become hosts have often been themselves riders so they know what bicycle tourers want when they retreat from the trail or wilderness.



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