Bike touring

Learn how to get started bike touring, including what bike to ride, where to go, what to wear and what gear to bring.

After 15,000 kilometers we have our own five golden rules for bicycle touring. They are also good tips for a world trip by bike.

Custom made bikepacking bags fro Victoire Cycles

Planning your first multi-day ride? These bicycle touring tips cover all the aspects you need to think about before and lots of advice for whilst you're on the road. Everything you need to plan the perfect bike touring trip and have an awesome time!

A few things that would have been pretty helpful to know before leaving on our first cycle tour... oh, what hindsight!

How far can you ride each day on a bicycle tour?

Ok, you guys, here it is, my complete packing list of what I took with me on the Tour Aotearoa. As a bike packing newbie, or rookie, whatever you want to call it, I really looked for these sorts of posts to see what people took with them, what worked and what didn’t work, as I had no idea where to b

10 thoughts on my first 1,000km bike touring solo.

I get asked a lot how to start bike (bicycle) touring and in general how to even begin the arduous process of travelling with a bike/bicycle. Here’s a beginners guide on how to travel by bike.

When I first became interested in bicycle touring, the one thing holding me back from taking my first tour was the high initial cost of a touring bike. I was hesitant to spend over a thousand dollars on a bike not even knowing if I’d enjoy it. After some research, I found that vintage mountain bikes make for excellent budget touring bikes. This guide explains how to convert an old mountain bike into a touring bike #bicycletouring #bikepacking #bicycle #vintagebike #touringbicycle #bike…