Guy traveling the world on a bike

[blueberry]

This guy has already biked across Europe, Africa, and S. America, camping most of the way. He's about to head up Central America -- wow.<br /><br />http://www.cyclingthe6.blogspot.com/

 

[wandering mike]

<a href="http://www.heinzstucke.com/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Heinz Stucke</span> </a>has been wandering the world on a bicycle for nearly fifty years, starting in 1962, and quite literally all over the world. &nbsp;Save for&nbsp;Antarctica&nbsp;I guess. &nbsp;Not a life I would want, but I guess it works for him. &nbsp;Here is the<span style="color: #ff0000;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Stücke" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #ff0000;">wikipedia page on him</span></a>.</span>

 

[blueberry]

<a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: initial;" href="http://www.heinzstucke.com/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Heinz Stucke</span>&nbsp;</a>has been wandering the world on a bicycle for nearly fifty years, starting in 1962, and quite literally all over the world.&nbsp;

<br /><br />Wow. *mind boggled

 

[bobbert]

Steve's blog is perhaps one of the most exhaustive sources of information pertaining to feral living.&nbsp;<br />He puts forth enough inertia into his writings. Telling the reader what works, and some encounters he experiences with London Folk-&nbsp;<br />He gives exhaustive &amp; insightful reviews of camping gear as to what works &amp; what does not work.&nbsp;<br />He's has had the experience to survive for years/months on very little income.<br /><br />Thanks blueberry for supplying the link!!! &nbsp;<img rel="lightbox" src="/images/boards/smilies/thumb.gif" class="bbc_img" />

 

[offroad]

Xj700 - good label there. Feral living. Need to make some t- shirts. &nbsp; EMBRACE FERAL LIVING or some such statement.&nbsp;

 

[offroad]

Are there others traveling the world by bicycle?&nbsp; Thought there was a few blogs of persons doing this.&nbsp; Found a blog a year ago about STEALTH BICYCLE CAMPING were a guy woulkd travel to a foreign country and just go find a spot to camp, never pay a hotel charge.<br /><br />Please add any links here, so that we can collect them.

 

[Varmint]

Here's a few liks regarding bicycle touring, etc:

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com

http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/best/

http://www.bicyclinglife.com/index.html

http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/sitemap.htm


Of these, the first is the most immediately active, and will give you a lot of info about other folks and their current (or past) tours around various parts of the world. Enjoy!

73 de Varmint

 

[wandering mike]

I can spend hours and hours on the&nbsp;<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><a href="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/</a>&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;">site. &nbsp;Articles and journals of every kind imaginable. &nbsp;From the simple few day trips on a bike path to the epic things like from the tip of Alaska at Prudhoe Bay to the tip of Argentina. &nbsp;Young guys, old guys, couples, families, just about every kind of situation you can imagine.</span></span></span>

 

[Kevin H]

Hear! Hear! for crazyguyonabike. &nbsp;I spend almost as much time there as I do here. &nbsp;We are beginner bicycle tourists. &nbsp;Started across Wyoming last summer on May 21. &nbsp;100 miles later on May 22, got blizzarded out in Thermopolis, WY. &nbsp;Three days in a hotel and that was the end of that trip. &nbsp;<img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" class="emoticon bbc_img"><br><br>Recently we have been talking about a 'no end in sight' tour. &nbsp;Sell everything and hit the road. &nbsp;Who knows if it will happen but we will definitely do more. &nbsp;A coast-2-coast is likely in our future. &nbsp;If so, I'll be blogging on Crazy Guy.<br><br>We spent last summer working in Yellowstone. &nbsp;I visited with every bicycle tourist I could catch up with.<br><br>Right now we are in Seminole Canyon State Park in West Texas. &nbsp;Highway 90 is a major player on the 'Souther Tier' route. &nbsp;Lots of tourists pass here. &nbsp;Not so many right now but come March, they will be pedaling through.

 

[wandering mike]

I have two tours under my belt. &nbsp;One from <span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://mike2dc.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #3366ff;">Akron to Washington DC&nbsp;</span></a></span>&nbsp;and <span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=1&amp;doc_id=6306&amp;v=4x" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #3366ff;">another one</span></a></span> that was going to be a full Southern Tier plus a start in the central valley of CA to the Central Coast first. &nbsp;I had bike problems in Torrence in the LA area and decided that getting back in the RV made more sense at the time. I still have ideas of doing the Southern Tier. &nbsp;I am presently in Phoenix, also on the route (and which also goes through Quartzsite for you folks hanging out there now). &nbsp;Here is the whole route for any that are interested.<br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/pics/docs/00/00/63/08/small/Southern_tier_2.jpeg?v=0" class="bbc_img">

 

[wandering mike]

I have two tours under my belt. &nbsp;One from <a href="http://mike2dc.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Akron to Washington DC&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=1&amp;doc_id=6306&amp;v=4x" rel="nofollow">another one</a> that was going to be a full Southern Tier plus a start in the central valley of CA to the Central Coast first. &nbsp;I had bike problems in Torrence in the LA area and decided that getting back in the RV made more sense at the time. I still have ideas of doing the Southern Tier. &nbsp;I am presently in Phoenix, also on the route (and which also goes through Quartzsite for you folks hanging out there now). &nbsp;Here is the whole route for any that are interested. &nbsp;(ON EDIT: oops. a closer look at this map doesn't show the actual route. &nbsp;It really goes from Brawley in CA to Blythe, CA to Quartzsite then to Wickenburg and then to Phoenix.<br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/pics/docs/00/00/63/08/small/Southern_tier_2.jpeg?v=0" class="bbc_img">

 

[rokguy]

<EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">If you like longhaul freecamp bicycle touring you gotta get down to Australia and New Zealand.</SPAN></STRONG></EM><BR><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">I've done a few shorter tours myself and love it, every summer here I meet lots and lots of english, European, American and Canadian cycle tourist who don't want to leave !!</SPAN></STRONG></EM><BR><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">Geoff</SPAN></STRONG></EM>

 

[AltTransBikes]

Now this is my element, all about bikes. Earlier in my life I crossed the US several times. My son did a Portland to Portland (OR to ME) last summer on a bike we built from scratch. Gotten older now so a little power assist is in order, real Alt. Trans. (my blog: http://alttransbikes.blogspot.com/ )<br><br>My eventual ideal is rather than have a van and a base camp somewhere, have a van <em>AS</em> base camp parked centrally at a marina or RV yard and radiate touring/camping trips out from there on my MAB (motor assisted bicycle). <br>175 mpg beats 10 mpg.

 

[rokguy]

<EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">AltTransBikes,</SPAN></STRONG></EM><BR><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">We must be&nbsp; surfing the same wave as this is what I do as I'm working /&nbsp;travelling, I like to cycle explore&nbsp;around 80km radius around where I'm based.</SPAN></STRONG></EM><BR><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">I particularly like MTB touring with an offroad BOB trailer, in fact I've become fussy about what jobs&nbsp;to take on&nbsp;based on the quality of cycling in the area.</SPAN></STRONG></EM><BR><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">Geoff</SPAN></STRONG></EM>

 

[AltTransBikes]

@rokguy<br><br>

 

[rokguy]

<EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">Hey AlTransBikes,</SPAN></STRONG></EM><BR><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">Snap</SPAN></STRONG></EM><BR><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">here's a link to my website that might interest you. </SPAN></STRONG></EM><BR><A href="http://stonemasoncarver.com/bicycles" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://stonemasoncarver.com/bicycles</A><BR><BR><IMG class=bbc_img src="http://stonemasoncarver.com/sitebuilder/images/dale_and_bob_2-293x212.jpg" rel="lightbox"><BR><BR><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">Geoff</SPAN></STRONG></EM>

 

[AltTransBikes]

<img src="/images/boards/smilies/thumb.gif" class="emoticon bbc_img"> @rokguy

 

[rokguy]

<EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">Thanks Mate. Keep them pedals turning.</SPAN></STRONG></EM><IMG class="emoticon bbc_img" src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[randal02lee]

I remember about 4 years ago I was in Los Angeles and they had on the local news about a man who is going to ride his bike from Los Angeles to New York. A few weeks later I was in Illinois seeing family and the news reported a man that was killed riding his bike east of St Louis, and it turned out to be the same guy. This was riding in the dead of summer and it was so hot he rode his bike at night to stay cool and was struck by a drunk driver. So I wonder if its worth it?

 

[rokguy]

<EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">Hell Yeh, riding your bike is not dangerous its the idiot behind the wheel that is.</SPAN></STRONG></EM><BR><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">Your got more chances being hit in a car, truck, bus, RV than getting killed on a bike.</SPAN></STRONG></EM>