Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook: A Worldwide Cycling Route & Planning Guide [Paperback]

Stephen Lord (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2006

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

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Excellent handbooks."
- The Bookseller (UK)

About the Author

Stephen Lord spent the first ten years of his working life as a banker in the City of London and has lived and worked in San Francisco, New York and Tokyo. He has traveled widely over the last fifteen years - on his bicycle, by canoe and on foot. He has walked several of the French pilgrimage routes and the Via de la Plata in Spain and recently updated Trailblazer's Trekking in the Pyrenees. His long-distance cycling expeditions have included London to Athens, Alaska to Mexico and numerous shorter trips in Japan, India and other parts of Asia.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Trailblazer Publications; 1st edition (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1873756895
• ISBN-13: 978-1873756898
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #968,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #92 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Individual Sports > Cycling > Bike Repair

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource, September 6, 2007

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meyers66 (Ping Chen Taiwan) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook: A Worldwide Cycling Route & Planning Guide (Paperback)

This is a great book. The 3 sections allow riders to learn about adventure travel according to the mood they are in. I used the bike recommendations to buy the Volpe. Great purchase. Warning: this book will encourage you to travel. Wish list: a web site like crazyguyonabike.com so readers can keep abreast of updates. Cheers Lord. Nice job.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book you'll find on the subject...., August 29, 2006

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Stephen Sweet (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook: A Worldwide Cycling Route & Planning Guide (Paperback)

Finally, an adventure book by someone who's been there, done that, and knows how to write! Great stories and great advise for hard core touring. If you've ever thought about putting together that dream trek, I'd highly recommend this book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative and interesting, February 24, 2008

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Mac "Reader" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook: A Worldwide Cycling Route & Planning Guide (Paperback)

I thought this book was very through, from gear selection, to stories to get you excited go on a trip. I would recommend it to any long-distance dreaming cycler.