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
With the e-Bike Cycle Tourists now in the Burgundy region of France at Chalon Sur Saone on the Saone River after two amazing weeks of cycling along the Loire River, we have been reflecting on everything we have seen and done over the past two or so weeks. While clearly the magnificent Chateaus of the … Continue reading The Popularity of Cycle Tourism in the Loire Valley
After one month and 2135 kilometres of cycling, the e-Bike Cycle Tourists have arrived in Sully-sur-Loire in the Loire Valley in central France for a day of rest and to take stock of everything that has happened over the preceding few weeks. And what a ride it has been so far – particularly since we … Continue reading Cycle Touring Fashion and Breathtaking Scenery in the Loire Valley
As anyone who has been lucky enough to enjoy an organised cycling holiday or who has completed a long distance cycle tour will tell you, there is no better way to see the world than from the seat of a bicycle. When you are on a cycle tour every day is a good day, … Continue reading Enjoying Those ‘How Good is This’ Moments on the Loire
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
Isn’t it always the way. You either (a) build yourself up for a major occasion only for it to be a major letdown or (b) you blindly dive into a situation totally unprepared only for everything to go like clockwork. Such was the situation with the e-Bike Cycle Tourists much anticipated crossing of the English … Continue reading Curing Cycle Touring Seasickness with a Smooth Ride to France
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
What a baptism of fire (maybe that should read cold) it has been for two Aussies from sub-tropical Queensland who for the past year have lived in Bangkok, the hottest capital city in the world. While the first eight days of cycling on our e-bike adventure to set a new world long distance record have … Continue reading The Solution to Cold Wet Weather Cycling – Waterproof Socks
There is a well worn saying that goes something like ‘once learnt you never forget to ride a bike’. As a keen cyclist for 50-plus years I guess, without ever actually having thought about it, I have always subscribed to that theory. After all, riding a bike is so easy, isn’t it? You get on, turn the … Continue reading Learning to Ride a Bike Again and the Art of e-Bike Battery Preservation
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
