In more ways than one it has been an up and down few days for the e-Bike Cycle Tourists on the EuroVelo 6 cycle track. After finally having a new Sram rear wheel hub fitted following a wait of five days, we hit the road refreshed and eager to discover more of what the Alsace … Continue reading A Story of Flying Dog Poo, Flat Tyers and Getting Hopelessly Lost →

Long distance cycle touring, as the e-Bike Cycle Tourists have discovered time and time again over the past six weeks, is a constant roller coaster with adrenaline pumping highs interspersed with frustrating lows. We have now lost count of the number of times that we have marveled at yet another beautiful landscape or have been … Continue reading The Highs and Lows of Cycle Touring →

Life, as the e-Bike Cycle Tourists have discovered over the past four weeks, can be very interesting when you are cycle touring. Such has been the generosity and kindness of complete strangers we have met along the way we have been invited to dinner, offered hot drinks, chocolates, warm showers, internet to track down a … Continue reading The Amazing People You Meet While Cycle Touring →

With the south west of the UK and now Brittany in France ticked off the e-Bike Cycle Tourists to-do list, we have finally arrived in Nantes in the Loire Valley primed for the ride across France to Switzerland and on to Austria via EuroVelo 6. And what a journey it has been through Brittany after … Continue reading The Valley of Kings and Playing Detective on EuroVelo 1 →

In more ways than one it has been a big week for the e-Bike Cycle Tourist not only did we clock up our first 1000 kilometres of our overall target –now 1381 kms – to cycle in excess of 16,047 kms to set a new world e-bike long distance record, but we also made the … Continue reading 1000 Kilometres Completed – 15,000 to Go and On To the Loire Valley →

Well, what a couple of weeks it has been since the e-Bike Cycle Tourists headed off from Aldershot in Surrey on April 23 in an attempt to set a new world e-bike long distance record. In the ensuing 14 days we have clocked up 844.10kms, have been absolutely stunned by the beauty of the English … Continue reading Two Weeks on the Road for the e-Bike Cycle Tourists →

Sitting in our cozy little tent wrapped up in my feather sleeping bag with my hands curled around a hot mug of freshly brewed coffee I feel very excited about my first day off from cycle touring. It is nice listening to the sprinkles of rain on this cold wet spring morning. Gary on the … Continue reading The Experiences of a First Time Long Distance Cycle Tourist →

Given that it has been five years since I completed my last long distance fully self-contained cycle tour, I had almost forgotten just how addictive the cycle touring drug can be. As anyone who has spent any length of time cycle touring will very quickly tell you, the hardest part of completing a long distance … Continue reading The Cycle Touring Drug and the Good, Bad and Ugly of Life on the Road →

Finally. After eight months of planning, an exhaustive fitness regime and a general preparation worthy of a flight to Mars, the e-Bike Cycle Tourists are off and cycling on our way to setting a new world e-bike long distance record. With a few days of e-biking around the Surrey countryside to get used to our … Continue reading Day One – a Tale of Thundering Traffic, Watership Downs and Andrew Lloyd Webber →

There are stages in life when we instinctively know that the time is right to set the record straight. Call it a confessional, call it getting something off your chest, call it what you will, but the fact of the matter is that it does the soul good to clear the air and to get … Continue reading The Loss of e-Bike Virginity and Touring the Surrey Countryside →

Long distance cycle tourists, as we all know, are a dime a dozen these days. Every day you open your computer or browse the latest online e-book cycling releases you read about another 20-something adventurer who has conquered the world on his or her touring bike or is setting out or mid-way through a multi-country … Continue reading E-Bikes – the New Frontier for Long Distance Cycle Touring →

Good friends and family, as we all know, can be worth their weight in gold in times of need. Break a leg or suffer from some terrible illness and they are there to nurse you, need a few dollars to get you through a financial rough patch and they are there with a loan, suffer … Continue reading Record Breaking Cycle Touring to the Edge of the World →

AS someone who has been a keen outdoors-man/camper for close to 50 years ever since I joined the Boy Scouts as a very naive 10 year old, I have prided myself on my camping ability. Wild camping in difficult terrain – no problem, camping above the snowline – no problem, survival camping with minimal provisions … Continue reading The Joys of Camping and a Lesson in Tent Erection Humility →

As the time approaches for the e-Bike Cycle Tourists to head off from London in late April 2015 in an attempt to set a new world e-bike long distance record, we are facing a challenge of a very different kind … to get fit! Don’t think for one moment that just because we are riding … Continue reading Getting Fit for an e-Bike World Record Breaking Ride →

I AM not sure if anyone has ever conducted a sizable poll on the subject of international visas, but it would be fascinating to know where they rank in terms of annoyance for regular world travellers. No, I’m not talking about Visa credit cards (although if lost or maxed out they can be the cause … Continue reading The Search for a Cure for a Chronic Schengen Visa Headache →