Adventure Cycle Touring Handbook : Worldwide Cycling Route and Planning Guide
Author(s): Stephen Lord
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 and more
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