http://www.trentobike.org/index.html Bicycle tour reports and travel information from around the world. Copyright 2008 by Thomas Driemeyer tbp2@trentobike.org Wed Aug 13 18:30:41 2008 Wed Aug 13 18:30:41 2008 http://users.libero.it/spadolini/Madagascar.html I spent 30 days on this extraordinary island and came back literally reinvigorated by this unique experience and the inspiring encounters made during the trip. As soon as you leave the biggest towns and you reach the ``brousse'' (French for bush), it feels as if you had traveled through time. Madagascar is a poor country, but the richness of its nature (where it is still preserved) and the hospitality and kindness of its people more than make up for the hardships of road-travel... Wed Aug 13 00:50:40 2008 http://www.bikerider.talktalk.net Reading Calmac's `Explore' brochure on the ferry from Claonaig to Lochranza rekindled my desire to visit the Outer Hebrides. My Mum and Dad had taken the boat to Barra during their courting days and forever regaled us with tales of rough seas where everyone on board including the crew were sea sick apart from them. Then when queuing for the boat at Brodick, I watched as lots of fully laden pannier clad bicycles disembarked. I'm not getting any younger and the rucksack no lighter so a bike seemed the best way to carry the weight whilst sparing my vertebra. I resolved to take the boat from Oban, cycle from Barra to Lewis and return on the Stornoway to Ullapool ferry. The final details, including the logistics of getting self and bike to Oban and back from Ullapool seemed the least of my problems. Oh, and I needed a bike! Wed Aug 6 23:10:51 2008 http://www.usatobicycle.blogspot.com Two sisters make the move back to the west coast from Manhattan on Bikes! Lots of great pictures and stories to boot, and some suggestions on packing, route choices, etc. (more to come soon). Sun Aug 3 09:36:24 2008 http://www.xcountrybike.com/baja.html Tour of Baja California - Sleepy little towns, good food, good friends and daily adventures as the OTB (Over the Bars) mountain bike club takes to the roads of Mexico. Make sure to check out the videos with the volume turned up! We slept next to the ocean with the waves crashing by and some truck traffic jake braking by our campsite. Not as cold as last night, but a good night overall. We had a strange Elvis sighting by our campsite; he was sleeping next to our camp with his trusted Mexican hound dog (he barked in Spanish). Sun Aug 3 02:43:03 2008 http://www.francetospain.blogspot.com A seven day cycle trip from Nice in France to Santa Susana on the Costa Brava in Spain, a fabulous cycling adventure of 457 miles mostly keeping right on the coast and including some off road tracks such as the 'digue a la mer' going through the Camargue National Park to the seaside town Saint Marie de la Mer. Fri Aug 1 10:11:22 2008 http://bikehippies.com/2008/05/sunday-27th-april-getting-there.html Ten day tour of the western islands and coast of Scotland - Skye, Outer Hebrides, Mull and Ardnamurchan. Beautiful beaches, mighty headwinds and plenty of sheep. Sun Jul 27 20:21:01 2008 http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/2006thailand Nachdem wir einige Tage in Bangkok verbracht haben, sind wir mit dem Zug nach Norden gefahren, wo wir von Nong Khai bis Sukhothai 580 km radelten. Anschließend haben wir Chiang Mai und Ayuthaya besucht. Sat Jul 26 00:18:13 2008 http://www.janoskertesz.de/Corbieres/corbieres-start.html Wir haben uns in diesem wunderbaren Landstrich fünfzehn Tage lang von dem hier herrschenden Wind voran treiben lassen. Schöne Landschaft, guter Wein und die romanische Kunst geben einen guten Rahmen für eine vergnügliche Fahrt. Sat Jul 26 00:11:09 2008 http://www.groopy.com Hey guys, Imagine a site that not only offers you the chance to join other local cyclists on bike trips but also the opportunity to bike the trails with other cyclers while you're out of town or even out of the country - all for free! Expose yourself to new trails and enjoy a new cycling experience with friends around the world. So next time you pack your bags for a trip away from home, or even near by, don't forget to grab your bike and check out this world wide cycling community site. Come and join for free. Fri Jul 25 21:44:44 2008 http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/2008france This was our first tour of the season and we have new bikes. In the Internet we saw a site describing a new bike route connecting Prag and Paris and decided to follow the French section. After cycling from here to the Rhine, we rode through Alsace-Lorraine, the Champagne Region and enter Paris along the Canal de l'Ourcq. We followed river valleys and canals, but still were in for a lot of climbs before we reached our goal. Fri Jul 25 10:59:06 2008 http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o%3D3Tzut&doc_id%3D3061&v%3DQn Diese ist ein Bericht über eine dreimonatige Reise in den Ländern Thailand, Kambodscha und China, die wir zwischen Dezember 2007 und März 2008 gemacht haben. Thu Jul 24 16:12:08 2008 http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/2008sommer Eine Radreise, die uns von München nach Augsburg, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Nancy, Bar le-Duc, und schließlich nach Paris führte. (1050 km). Thu Jul 24 12:27:42 2008 http://www.giopirotta.it/bicicletta/austria2006.php Il primo viaggio interamente in bicicletta, la classica ciclabile del Danubio, 360 km da Passau fino a Vienna costeggiando il fiume, dormendo in bed&breakfast e campeggi. Il diario di bordo e tante foto che raccontano questa fantastica avventura... Mon Jul 14 20:39:17 2008