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Border Crossing On A Bicycle from 2022-08-20T19:00:52
Crossing an international border is not always as straightforward as you might think! While many people are familiar with the idea of crossing an international border in a car, train or airplane...
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18 Year Old Cycles Across the USA After Graduating From High School from 2022-08-18T17:58:26
Quinn is an amazing 18 year old who cycled across the USA after graduating from high school. During his cross-country cycling adventure, Quinn came and stayed at my home in Park City, Utah… an...
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Can Cycling Cure Your Depression? from 2022-08-17T20:00:41
Hundreds of people try bicycle touring or bikepacking each year as a cure or treatment for their depression. But is a bike tour (or cycling in general) a good cure for depression? Watch the vi...
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Funny&Scary Police Encounters From My Travels Around The World from 2022-08-11T19:31:04
When you travel the world for years on end, you’re bound to eventually have some interactions with the police – both good and bad. In this week’s new Bicycle Touring Pro video, you will hear thr...
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Crazy Peruvian Bus Stories from 2022-03-29T16:02:09
Traveling in Peru can be crazy… especially if you take some of the country’s super low-cost buses, which commonly break down, are boarded by roadside salesman, are rarely equipped with bathroo...
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Scary Nighttime Animal Encounters from 2022-03-25T21:45:30
Have you ever been camping in the woods and heard a noise outside and thought to yourself, “Is there a big, scary animal outside my tent?” Well, in this storytime video from Darren Alff, the B...
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Train&Bike Horror Stories! from 2021-12-22T03:21:30
Traveling on a train with your bicycle isn’t always easy. In fact, sometimes, traveling with a bike on a train is a downright disaster! In this new video/audio podcast, Darren Alff – the Bicyc...
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Scary Encounters With The Police in Southern Africa from 2021-11-14T20:35:25
Travel the world for long enough and you’re sure to have some scary encounters with the police. That was certainly the case for Darren Alff, the Bicycle Touring Pro, during his three-month-lon...
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The 5 Best Meals in the World–A Travel Story from 2021-09-21T15:30:47
The Bicycle Touring Pro, Darren Alff, has spent more than 20 years traveling around the world on his bicycle. In that time, he’s eaten at Michelin Star restaurants and some of the fanciest diner...
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3 Common Travel Scams from 2021-09-17T14:40:18
Don’t fall for these common travel scams! If you travel the world long enough, you’re sure to encounter at least one of these three common travel scams. In this special Bicycle Touring Pro video...
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Funny“Love Stories”From My Travels Around The World from 2021-09-14T22:39:13
You’d think that as a famous world traveler, I’d have tons of juicy love stories from my travels all around the world. In fact, I’m often asked if, because I travel so much, I happen to have a d...
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Colin Herron’s Incredible Cross-Country Bike Tour (USA) from 2021-09-13T21:18:34
Colin Herron is riding his bicycle across the United States! In this half-hour interview with Colin, we hear why this young man decided to make the cross-country trip of a lifetime, what he h...
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TEEN TREKS: Bike Touring Education Series from 2021-02-13T21:38
In case you missed it, here is the recording of the special bicycle touring web event that took place on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2020 — a special ZOOM webinar that was hosted by TEEN TREKS as...
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Bicycle Touring Teaches You To Be Thankful from 2020-11-26T11:13:14
It’s easy to get caught up in life and obsess over the things you don’t have, the experiences you’ve been unable to make or the relationships you’ve been unable to forge. While thinking about wh...
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I’m Still Alive… from 2020-11-10T19:00:11
It has been almost four months since I last sent out an email, published a new blog post or released a new video on the Bicycle Touring Pro YouTube channel… and in that time, I’ve received do...
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Tell Me About Your Bike from 2020-05-28T19:54:08
Bicycle Touring Pro, Darren Alff, goes on the “Tell Me About Your Bike” podcast to discuss his first experiences with bicycle touring and the 1980’s Sierra Schwinn mountain bike he used to compl...
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My Terrifying Encounter With The“Wild Man” from 2020-04-01T12:34:37
My eyes were open, but all I could see was darkness. Pure black. A vague cloud of charcoal swirled in front of my eyes and I struggled to gain focus. I knew where I was, but I was unable to do...
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How To Live A Life of Adventure from 2020-03-03T21:00:12
This summer I traveled to New Ringgold, Pennsylvania to meet and interview author Cindy Ross, who has been walking and cycling the long-distance trails of North America for more than 35 years. C...
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My Frightening Encounter With A Mountain Lion from 2020-02-26T06:16:13
In the summer of 2003, Darren Alff (then age 19) spent two months cycling up the Eastern Coast of the United States on his bicycle – starting in Raleigh, North Carolina and ending in Portland...
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7 Ways To Save Huge Amounts of Money With AirBNB.com from 2020-02-18T21:00:46
AirBNB.com is an amazing online platform that allows you to easily find and rent apartments, houses and a wide variety of properties all around the world. I love staying in AirBNBs… and over the...
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Using WarmShowers.org To Score Free Lodging When You Travel By Bike from 2020-02-07T23:31:51
WarmShowers.org is a FREE community-run website that enables individuals traveling by bike to find hosts around the world who are willing to put them up for a night or two during the middle of...
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My Bikepacking Gear List from 2020-01-05T06:01:54
Here is my complete bikepacking gear list – a detailed listing of each and every item I carry with me on my off-road bikepacking adventures. My Complete Bikepacking Gear List: Feel free to use t...
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Bike Virginia: An Epic 3 or 6-Day Bike Tour In The Shenandoah Valley from 2019-02-06T04:05:39
Join the Bicycle Touring Pro in June, 2019 for the week-long BIKE VIRGINIA cycling tour across the scenic Shenandoah Valley. Click here for details on how you can join this 3 or 6-day cycling ev...
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Bicycle Touring Pro’s 11-Year Birthday Celebration!–YouTube LIVE from 2018-10-17T21:19:40
Help me celebrate 10 million YouTube views, my 35th birthday and Bicycle Touring Pro’s 11-year anniversary with this special LIVE YouTube webinar and Q&A session. SPECIAL OFFER – THIS MONTH ON...
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Cycling in Eastern Europe: Popular Bike Routes&Safest Countries from 2018-07-17T12:57:02
Hi. My name is Darren Alff… and for the last 18 years I have been traveling around the world on my bicycle. I’ve pedaled by bike hundreds of thousands of miles/kilometers and I’ve ridden across ...
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3 Important Lessons From My Bike Tour in Northern California from 2018-04-20T14:10
If you’ve been following me on Instagram or Facebook recently, you know that I just recently completed a short 5-day bike tour in the mountains of Northern California. This was a short, but beau...
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The SteerStopper–An Innovative Bicycle Stabilizer to Help You Safely Park Your Bike from 2018-04-13T15:03:28
The SteerStopper is a high-end bicycle accessory that, I suspect, will split the cycling industry in two. Half of the people who hear about the SteerStopper are going to think, “Oh my goodness! ...
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The Chumba Ursa 29+ Backcountry Bikepacking Bicycle from 2018-03-03T12:45:54
Get ready for an incredible cycling adventure with the new Chumba Ursa 29+ bikepacking bicycle! The Chumba Ursa 29+ is an American-made mountain bike designed specifically with bikepacking in mi...
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READER SURVEY–What Do You Want from Bicycle Touring Pro in the New Year? from 2017-12-12T03:02:55
Will you do me a quick favor and fill out this short survey? It’s been more than 10 years now since I started Bicycle Touring Pro and began my mission of helping people from all around the world...
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Your Biggest Questions About Bike Travel: Answered from 2017-11-20T14:34:45
I know you have a lot of questions about bicycle touring, bikepacking and world travel. That’s why I recently sat down and took the time to answer some of the questions my readers at www.bicycle...
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Why Autumn is the Best Time of Year to Buy a New Touring Bicycle from 2017-11-17T20:00:26
Don’t wait until the spring or summer to buy your new touring bicycle! Save yourself hundreds of dollars by buying your new touring bike in the autumn – when bike sales are slow and bike shops/m...
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#Vanlife Lessons: What I Learned During My First 2 Months Of Living, Working&Traveling In A Van from 2017-11-14T22:28:34
People know me as the “Bicycle Touring Pro” because, for the last 17 years, I’ve been traveling around the world on my bicycle and teaching people like you to conduct their own incredible bicycl...
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How Much Should Your Touring Bicycle Weigh? from 2017-10-22T05:09:52
How much should your touring bicycle weigh? Well, it’s hard to say exactly. The vast majority of touring bicycles weigh 26 – 33 lbs (12 – 15 kg) when they are equipped with only fenders, front a...
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Bicycle Touring in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park from 2017-10-19T02:55:26
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the largest state park in all of California – and an excellent location for a bicycle touring adventure! Cyclists from all around the world come to Anza-Borrego...
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Line Gammelli–The Lessons She Learned From Her First Two Bike Tours from 2017-08-29T18:25:14
Line Gammelli is a 20-year-old woman from Örebro, Sweden. After watching a video about a bike tour in Japan, she discovered the Bicycle Touring Pro YouTube channel and sent me a message: Hello, ...
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Northern Sweden By Bike: Our 2017 Group Bicycle Tour From Umeå to Luleå from 2017-08-29T01:04:06
There’s a small city called Umeå in northeastern Sweden that few tourists have ever heard of or would ever care to visit. But this beautiful university town on the edge of the Ume river became t...
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50 Things You Need To Know About The Pinion Gearbox&Gates Carbon Drive System from 2017-08-01T20:20:33
The Pinion gearbox and the Gates Carbon Drive System is a new internal, chainless, derailleur-free technology that allows you to cycle quietly, with extreme power, while performing almost no reg...
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Saddle Sores, Cycling Shorts&Painful Butts from 2017-07-14T11:37:15
What is the best clothing for bicycle touring? Should you keep track of the calories you consume on a bike tour? And how do you avoid getting saddle sores on a long-distance cycling adventure? D...
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Bicycle Touring in Sweden, Finland and Norway–15 Important Things You Need To Know from 2017-07-03T16:12:17
Sweden, Finland and Norway are the three most northern countries in all of Europe… and these Nordic nations also happen to be three of the best places of go bicycle touring in the world. I know ...
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Confused Biker Syndrome&The Cycling Adventures of Coconut Head from 2015-06-08T12:54:05
After returning from a canoe trip in Western Canada, my Aunt Christi and Uncle Tom presented me with a gift they had found at a local gift-shop: A book titled, “The Cycling Adventures of Coconut...
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Is It Safe For Women To Go Bicycle Touring Alone? from 2015-03-16T17:06:50
Today you’re going to hear from a young woman named Shirine Taylor who has been bicycle touring around the world… on her own… and with her boyfriend… for the last couple years. During my intervi...
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BIKE CAMP COOK: The Food&Travel Cookbook For Bicycle Tourists from 2015-02-03T12:27:52
Buying, cooking and eating delicious foods while traveling the world on a bicycle doesn’t have to be a painful or difficult task. In fact, cooking delicious meals with local foods found along yo...
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Bicycle Touring In Morocco With Pat&Cat Patterson from 2015-01-19T11:41:18
Pat&Cat Patterson are a retired couple from Southern California who spent four years traveling around the world together on their bicycles. They started from their home in Oxnard, California… cy...
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Winter Cycling In Siberia With Alastair Humphreys from 2015-01-05T08:10:41
In the first episode of the Bicycle Touring Pro audio podcast I speak with British adventurer, author and motivational speaker, Alastair Humphreys. In the bicycle touring world, Alastair is best...
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