Bicycle Touring

Bicycle touring is a recreational activity, which involves touring and exploration or sightseeing with the use of a bicycle. Its a little bit like backpacking with the use of a bicycle. Although some sporting events like the Tour de France are called "tours," true bicycle touring is non-competitive, and done for leisure rather than sport.

A bicycle tour can be anything from a day ride, to a ride which takes many days, weeks or months. An average person of reasonable fitness and at moderate speed, is able to comfortably ride (depending on terrain and weather) 30-80 miles (50-130 km) in a day. Some people have ridden across continents, and some people have ridden all around the world.

Bicycle touring is popular with a certain core set of riders, who think it's the best thing in the world. Touring clubs are fairly rare, but local cycling clubs will often sponsor at least one short touring event annually. For those interested in longer touring trips, a number of private companies organize tours around the world, ranging from a week in length up to several months.

There are many different styles of bicycle touring:

Some tourists prefer to take all their equipment with them on their bikes including food, cooking equipment, and a tent to go camping during nights. This type of touring is known as "self sufficient touring." or "bikepacking"

Some people prefer to take less equipment with them, and stay in hotels and hostels, and eat in restuarants, etc. This is known as "light touring" or "credit card touring".

And there are commercial companies who take the cyclists luggage in a van to the cyclists' destination.

Many bicycle tourists have published in books, magazines or web pages, accounts of their bicycle tours that are both entertaining and informative. For an example, see Charles Pierce's accounts of his bicycle tours in South Western Australia, here at www.treadly.com .

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