By any standard it has been a big week for the e-Bike Cycle Tourists after passing the 10,000 kilometres mark on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way while cycling towards a new world long distance e-bike record. With the current record of 16,047kms well within our sights, our eventual aim now is to clock up 20,000kms or … Continue reading Passing the 10,000 km Mark on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
Five months and 9700 kms after setting out from London on April 23 in an attempt to set a new world e-bike long distance record, the e-Bike Cycle Tourists have finally arrived in Ireland for a four week tour of the Green Isle. After a much needed service for our Haibike Trekking e-bikes from Dublin-based … Continue reading E-Bike Cycling Touring in Ireland
After five months and more than 9300 kilometres of cycling the e-Bike Cycle Tourists set off on Monday on the next stage of their e-bike record breaking adventure – a cycle tour of Ireland. With help from Electric Escapes Ireland – http://electricescapesireland.ie/ – a network of E-bike tour operators on the west coast of Ireland, Olivier … Continue reading The Generosity of Complete Strangers and Circumnavigating Ireland
Prior to setting out to set a new world e-bike long distance record there were a number of ‘musts’ on the e-Bike Cycle Tourists’ to-do list. More than four months and 8600 kilometres later many have already been ticked off … visit the Loire Valley in France – done, cycle around Lake Constance – done, … Continue reading Discovering the South of Scotland
Well, what a huge week of e-biking it has been for the e-Bike Cycle Tourists. Not only did we pass the 8023.5 kilometre mark – the half-way point in our attempt to set a new world e-bike long distance record – but we finally made it to Scotland after two weeks of cycling up England’s … Continue reading E-biking from the Yorkshire Wolds to Scotland
Long distance cycle touring, as the e-Bike Cycle Tourists have discovered time and time again over the past four months, is a daily exercise in the unknown … basically you just never know what is around the next corner or what is going to happen next. Or, as Forrest Gump so famously quoted in the … Continue reading Cycle Touring on National Route 1 in the UK
How time flies! Fourteen weeks and 7045 kilometres after starting out from London on April 23, the e-Bike Cycle Tourists are back in London preparing for the next leg of our e-bike world long distance record ride. With a new laptop computer finally purchased in London after our previous one died days after reaching Holland … Continue reading e-Biking Through Holland and Preparing to Circumnavigate the UK
Twelve weeks and 6400 kilometres after setting out to set a new world e-bike long distance record the time has come to look back at some of the more memorable moments we have and have not enjoyed as we have weaved our way through England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and Holland. As we have … Continue reading The Highs and Lows of e-Bike Cycle Touring
Given the history and diverse terrain of cycle touring destinations in much of mainland Europe, is it possible to make fair comparisons between countries? That is the question the e–Bike Cycle Tourists have been contemplating in recent times after 11 weeks of e-biking through some amazingly beautiful areas in the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, … Continue reading The Comparison of e-Bike Cycle Touring Destinations in Europe
As the e-Bike Cycle Tourists have discovered over the past 10 weeks, it is one thing to say you are going to set a new world e-bike long distance record but it is a completely different thing to physically clock up the kilometres day after day, week after week. Since setting out from London on … Continue reading Learning to Deal with Cycling Fatigue on the Way to a New World E-Bike Record
Since heading off on our cycling adventure to set a new world record for the longest ever e-bike journey, we have been contacted by many people interested in completing their own, if not somewhat shorter, e-bike tour. And without doubt the most common question asked is how we manage to charge our Haibike e-bike batteries … Continue reading e-Bike Cycle Tourists’ Battery Usage and Charging
After nearly nine weeks and 4700 kilometres since setting out from London on April 23 in an attempt to set a new world e-bike long distance record, the e-Bike Cycle Tourists are currently cycling along the Mosel River in Germany, a destination that should be on the bucket list of all cycle tourists – and … Continue reading Two Very Contrasting German Rivers – the Rhine and Mosel
After 32 days and 2229 kilometres of cycling in France, the e-Bike Cycle Tourists have finally moved onto Switzerland and Germany in search of more kilometres on the odometer and even more adventures. But no matter what happens over the coming days and months, it will take a lot of beating to better our time … Continue reading Onto Germany and Switzerland After Cycling in France on EuroVelo 6
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
Surely there can be no better place in the world to cycle tour than in France. A country with an amazing cycling culture, cycle tourists, no matter what type of cycling they enjoy, have the choice of an incredible array of destinations to choose from. From the peaks of the Pyrenees, to scenic routes along … Continue reading Cycle Touring Along the Great Southern Burgundy Loop in France
