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Daren Alff Blog about bicycle touring. Features an interesting list of touring bicycles.

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My first trip by bike took place when I was just 17 years old. It was 2001, I had just graduated from high school and I wanted to do something big before I went off to college and began my professional career. The idea for a bike tour came mainly from my Uncle Tom, who had recently completed a bike tour in Ireland and suggested I do something similar by riding my bike from Oregon to Mexico along the California Coastline. [more]

Gobi Desert, Mongolia, June 2009. ?The Wind. It howls, yells, screams in my face. It grabs me by the shoulders and tries to wrench me back to China. It?s forceful, ferocious, determined. But so am I. I?m further from home than I?ve ever been. I?m out of water and food. I?m scared. It wouldn?t be so bad if not for the wind. It seems intent on stopping me. [more]

Packing for a bicycle tour is one thing. Preparing your body and mind for life on the road is another. This past Thursday, the Adventure Cycling Association published an article I wrote about how to prepare for a long-distance bicycle tour. In the article I talk about 5 easy things you can do to prepare your body and your mind for life on the road. [more]

On Monday, March 1, I conducted an hour long interview with Jerry Goodwin (aka “The Bicycle Nut”) for his online radio show at BlogTalkRadio.com. During the interview Jerry and I discussed: How and why did I got started with bicycle travel. How traveling by bike at a young age is different than coming into bike travel when you are older. [more]

Would you, could you, might you believe that touring and long-distance recreational trails are going to lead Florida?s future? This week Florida tourism officials had their first look at a trails website that will launch in October, while two days later the state Office of Greenways and Trails declared a new focus on long-distance destination trails. [more]

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