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Asia and Himalaya |
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who |
when |
comment |
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| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Richard and Nicolas Crane | 1986 | an
amazing tour over the roof of the world to the "center of the earth"
on road bikes. |
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| Chang Tang by fair means | Stefan Simmerer, Frank Kauper | 1987 | not
exactly a bike tour, but instead, the first unupported S-to-N traverse
of the Tibetan high plateau. |
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| The endless sky trip - cycling the Himalaya | Ray Kreisel | 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 | a
nice site about several trips to the Himalaya region; e-book "A
different kind of freedom". |
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| Biking South-East Asia with Mr. Pumpy | Felix Hude | various years | good source of information for cycling SE Asia: Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, etc. |  |
| Eine Radwanderung | Veronika Janke, Matthias Riedel | since 2008 | From Europe to central Asia. Kasachstan, Monogolia, China, Russia, Siberia | |
| Tour Trans Asia | Marco
Altmann, Jack Thoms |
2007 | bike
tour from Brunei to Lake Baikal, from equator to Siberia.
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| to-urs | Urs Guggisberg | 2001-2003 2010 |
Bike
tour from Europe to Japan. Along the Silk Road |
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| Himalaya cycling | Uli Sertl | 1997,
1999, 2000 |
very nice and informative website about cycling in Tibet and the Himalaya. | |
| Corax - around the world by bicycle | Janne Corax | various
years, Changtang 2003 |
nice
website about various tours in Asia, Middle East, Europe and the Americas;
First to try to cross the ChangTang by bicycle! |
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| Martin Adserballe's Adventure Page | Martin Adserballe | various years since 1998 | another true Tibet enthusiast. Description of several trips including a world record in high-altitude biking on Muzthag Ata. | |
| Europe to Asia - a mountainbike expedition from Sweden to SE-Asia | Tom Hermansson | 1998-2001 | a very nice and informative website about a long trip from Sweden to Thailand. Nice photos, too. | |
North and South America |
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who |
when |
comment |
language |
| Ruhiger treten | Karin und Claus Lutz | 2010 |
A
bicycle journey through North America: Canada and the best of USA. |
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| Gegenwind | Raphael und Bettina |
2009-2010 |
From Equador to Ushuaia. | |
| Riding the Spine | Goat, Jacob, Sean | 2006-2010 |
A
bike tour from Alaska to Patagonia on Xtracycles. |
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| Lost Coast Bike Expedition | Dylan
Kentch, Eric Parsons |
2008 | Crazy off road trip in Alaska. | |
| Traumtreter | Martin und Hannes Horn | 2005-2006 | Two brothers cycling from Alaska to South America. | |
| Across Canada by Bike | Jan Christensen | 2004 | three-months trip across Canada from Vancouver to Halifax. |  |
| Trans Canada Trail | Tom Couture | 2003 | journal, photos and information of a trip across Canada. |  |
| Iris en Tore op reis | Iris Vandenham, Tore Nauta | various
years, 2002 |
nice
reports and pictures of bicycle travels to various regions in the world.
Currently cycling in South America. Cool section with "Off the map information" |
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| Durch Amerika | Benedikt
Nessmann, Kerstin Fischer, Elisabeth Raffl, Bernd Heim |
2001-2001 | Bike trip through Canada and down to South America. | |
| Globetreter "Join me" tour | Sebastian Burger | 2001 | Germany to Bejing in record time; Come-join-me-tour in South America |  |
| Transamazonica | Micha | 1999 | Self-contained bike tour on a dirt road along the Amazon. | |
| Mit dem Bike von Alaska nach Feuerland | Urs Bossard | 1999 | report with photos. | |
| A north American Bicycle Journey | Wade Anderson | 1999 | a jouney from Alaska to Florida across Canada and the USA. | |
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South America bicycle tours at:  |
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Africa |
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who |
when |
comment |
language |
| Marokko per Rad | Jan Cramer | every year | The
best resource on the web about cycling Marocco!
Unfortunately only in German |
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| Vom Wind getragen | Sebastian Woitsch | 2006-2007 | Germany to Capetown | |
| to-adi | Adrian Guggisberg | 2007 | Through Africa: Eastafrica and Westafrica | |
| Westafrika - Tour | Michi Schönholzer | 2003 | From Morocco to Ghana | |
| Radflimmern | Souleimman Semo | 2001-2002 | nicely
written journal from a bike tour Germany to South Africa |
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| Die neue Welt | Alexander Pfeifle | 2001-2002 | Europe to Africa | |
| Afrika-Radtour | Jens and Andreas | 1990-1991 | Detailed
report of a bike tour from Frankfurt to Capetown. It is interesting
to read, as many things have chaned since... |
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| Afrika | Michael Schmitz | 1997 | stories
from a 11 000 km trip from Kenya to South Africa - also availabel as
a great book! |
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| Jena - Jemen | Barbara Vetter, Vincent Heiland |
1998/1999 | a
one year's trip from Germany to Jemen. Nice tour report. |
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Europe |
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who |
when |
comment |
language |
| Alpenzorro | Stefan Stunz | various years | great
website of a mountain biker traveling long distance on tracks in light-weight
style. |
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| Gabor Györgi's Cycling Page | Gabor Györgi | various years | a Hungarian cyclist touring Hungary, Poland, Czech Republik, Slovakia, the Alps and around the Balkan. |  |
| Faszination Alpen | Elmar Neßler | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 | excellent
resource for mountainbike touring in the Alpes, as well as information
for "bike and hike". Tour
descriptions for download. |
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| Alpenradtouren | Georg Föcker | various years | good resource for road bike tours in the Alpes. | |
| Passes of the Alps by road bike | Holger Rudolph | various years | information about road cycling Alpine passes. | |
| BikeAbout | Anthony, Conny, Andrea, Ethan, Padaic | 1997-1998 | cycling around the Mediterranean Sea. | |
| Around
the Baltic Sea North Cape to Gibraltar |
Erik Staarup | 1998, 2000 |
tour around the Baltic Sea, and from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean Sea in reocord time. | |
| Mit dem Fahrrad zum Nordkap | Norbert and Olga Nczekalla | 1999 | through Sweden to the North Cape. | |
Long-term "round the world" trips |
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who |
when |
comment |
language |
| Reduce Speed | Dorothee
Krezmar Kurt Beutler |
1998-2008 | in
10 years around the world. |
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| Weltreise mit Zeichenblock | Jens Hübner | 2007-2009 | a
bike traveler who painted instead of taking photos. |
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| Globecyclers | Benjamin
Jacob Mandy Helmis |
2006-2009 | world
tour on a Tandem 'Pino'. Very nice website with up to date reports and
lots of photos. |
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| Terracirca | Oliver Schmidt | world
tour 2005-2006 various years since 1996 |
Transasia,
Russian Far East, Lake Baikal in winter, around the world along the
polar circle. |
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| Back in the world | Rick Galezovsky, Maggy Bennedsen | 2001 - 2006 | amazing
photos, and a great journal of a bicycle tour through the Americas and
now also Asia. Really nice! |
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| Crossing Continents | Marco Geurts | 2005-2006 | from Europe to South America: part 1: Across Asia; part 2: South America. |  |
| Abgefahren | Mario
Gerth, Thorsten Büttner |
2004; various years since then |
Europa, Asien, Afrika, Neuseeland, Südamerika. | |
| Reiseleben | Thomas Gand | 2002-2008 | Norway, Portugal, Sardinia and Korsica. Started for world tour 2005-2008. | |
| Die grosse Reise | Daniel
Snaider Susi Bemsel |
2002-2006 | online journal of a bike tour form Europe to South America; continuing to Australia and Asia. | |
| 128ontour | Jutta&Gerhard Krauss | 2002-2003 | at the start of the tour, their age summed to 128 years. Interesting website indicating that bike touring is not only for youngsters. | |
| Lemlem | Peter Smolka |
2000-2004 | Europe, Africa, South and North America, Australia, Asia... Check out the nicely written reports; available also as a book now. | |
| Jeff on bike | Jürgen Franieck | 1998 - 2002 | Online journal of a trip from Germany to England and the Americas. | |
| The YAK man | Claude Marthaler | 1994-2001; variours years since then |
Report from an amazing world tour on bike. He wrote a book about his 7 year's trip. |  |
| Mit dem Fahrrad um die halbe Welt | Claudia and Beat Zbinden | 1993-1996 | report with photos from a bike trip (30 months) around the world; now run a hostel in Patagonia. | |
| Weltsichten: Fahrrad-Weltreise | Axel Brümmer, Peter Glöckner | 1990-1995 | Fotos and reports from two guys having started off still with their East German passports... | |
Individual tours with destinations all over the world |
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who |
when |
comment |
language |
| Team Duszak | Pawel Dusza, Marek Dusza | since 2005 | two
Polish guys with very interesting tours in Alps, Caucausus. Combination
of cycling and climbing.
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| Betzgi's Veloreisen | Beat Heim | various years | information
about several tours: Himalaya, South America (Patagonia), Mexico, Andean
High Plateau. |
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| Globetreter | Sebastian Burger | various years | Germany - Beijing; South America bike tour; Germany - South East Asia. Special tandem tours. | |
| Benni auf Reisen | Bernward Elsel | various projects since 2000 | Turkey, Iceland; 8 months in Asia, Germany to Capetown on a recumbent tandem. | |
| Bike NZ | Stephan Drawert | 199, 2001, 2004 | several
bike trips in New Zealand. |
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| Con un par de ruedas | Sergio
Fernandez, Gemma Perez |
various years | ongoing
series of tours to seven deserts of the world; other destinations included
Iceland, Ireland, Tunisia. |
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| Cycling around the world | Paul
van Roekel, |
various years | well researched and very informative website on bicycle tours in India, South-East Asia, Australia, Namibia, South Africa, Ecuador, USA, Alaska, etc. | |
| A bicycle traveller's page | Tom Schleicher | last trip report 2003 | an excellent and informative website about bicycle touring in various regions (Europe, USA/Kanada, Australia, Africa). | |
| Exyle: Expedition Style | Frank Hülsemann & Team | various years | Expedition-stlye bike trips in a team to Alaska/Kanada, along the Silkroad, and from Siberia to Mongolia; journal and pictures. | |
| Tilman Waldthaler - the official homepage | Tilmann Waldthaler | various years | extreme bike tours around the world, in the Himalaya, and Australia, Äquatour, the Americas. | |
| Heinz Stücke's Around the World by Bicycle | Heinz Stücke | started in 1960, still traveling | a true long-time traveller: on the road since 1960. And he is still discovering new places to go... | |
| Roli on Tour | Roland Langrock | various years | Europe,
North Africa, Asia. |
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| Dodos Fahrrad Abenteuer | Dieter Junghans | various years | Reports of bike tours to destinations around the world, mainly South America, Asia. | |
| Bikedoll | Andreas and Marion Bugdoll | various years | Europe, Australia, America, Namibia. | |
| Wolfgangs Radlerseite | Wolfgang Luft | various years | nice photos and excellent information of tours in Namibia, New Zealand, Alaska, Iceland. | |
| Radventure | Tristan Wegner | various years | nicely written bike tour reports of different regions of Europe and Kyrgistan. | |
| Fahrradreisen | Thorsten Brönner | various years | various bike tours within Europe, and other continents. Very nice photography. | |
Further Links |
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Crazy guy on
a bike: great platform of travel journals from tours all over the world
Collection
of bicycle touring reports: very impressive collection! (by Karl Brodowsky)
Roughstuff's
world bicycle touring network: contains links to some amazing tours!
Trento Bike Pages:
collection of tour reports, mainly Europe (by Andreas Caranti)