Adventure Cycling Handbook
by Stephen Lord
Many people with no background in cycling or cycle touring are heading off on long trips to distant parts of the world, or doing round-the-world trips by bicycle. The Adventure Cycling Handbook is a contemporary look at bike touring, focussing on the kinds of bikes travellers use nowadays for touring, and the adventurous destinations they head for. The first third of the book discusses choosing and setting up a bike for extended heavy duty touring. The second gives an overview of possible destinations such as Africa, South America and Asia. The last third of the book is a collection of stories about bike trips gathered from world bikers.
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Every cyclist dreams of making the Big Trip, the Grand Cycle Tour abroad. The
Adventure Cycling Handbook is the comprehensive manual that will make that dream
a reality whether it's riding the Karakoram Highway, cycling in Tibet or
pedaling from Patagonia to Alaska. So whether cyclists are planning their own
Big Trip or just enjoy reading about other people's adventures, the handbook is
guaranteed to illuminate, entertain and above all, inspire.
> Which bike to take -- top ten internationally-available bikes
> Preparing a bike for long-range touring -- load carrying, tools, spares, and
repairs
> Clothing, camping gear, health, and survival
> Air-freighting a bike
> Transcontinental route outlines -- across Europe, Africa, Asia, North and
South America
> Tales from the saddle -- firsthand accounts of spoke-bending biking
adventures worldwide; battling against the elements on epic journeys: Kyrgyzstan,
India, The Road to Everest, Travels on a Recumbent, Costa Rica, Siberia,
Crossing Europe in 1929, Californian Wine Tour
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