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The story of how I saved money, quit my job, sold my possessions,
and set off to endlessly travel by bike around the world.
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My 3 Books
I write, self publish and sell
books about bicycle touring
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May 2010 to present
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/ Canada / USA
May 2008 to April 2010
New Zealand
Sept 2007 to May 2008
Australia
Sept 2006 to Sept 2007
SE Asia / China
Nov 2004 to Sept 2006
South
America
June 2003 to June 2004
AZ, Mexico, and
Central America
March 2002 to April 2003
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Equipment Pages Index
Introduction
How Much to Bring and Weight
Some
Advice About Advice
A Note to Perspective Sponsors and Gear Suppliers
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more about Sponsorship)
START
HERE for Touring Bikes and Commuting Bicycles
Custom Touring Bicycles and Bike Upgrade Buyers Guide
Bicycle Touring Frames
The
Steel Repair Myth.
Steel
and Aluminum Derailleur Hanger Repair.
Bicycle Touring Wheels
Phil Wood: The Best Bicycle Hubs
Panniers / Bike Bags
Cargo Trailers Vs Panniers
Tires for Bike Tours..
Bicycle Touring Saddles.
Women's Specific Bike Touring Saddles
Brooks Leather Touring Bicycle Saddle Care and Conditioning
Bike Computer
Touring Handlebars, Bar Ends, Adjustable Stems, and Padded Grips.
Kickstands
Sealed Cartridge Headsets
How to prevent flat tires
Bike Route Trails and Maps
Camping
Buying Camping Equipment
Tent and Ground
Cloth
Sleeping
Bag
Sleeping
Pad
Camp Stove
Pots and Pans
Water
Filter
First
Aide Kits
Solar Power for Camp
Clothing
Bike Touring Shorts
Electrical
Short-wave
Radio
Computer
Internet
mp3
Bicycle touring lights
Books
Packing list
Pictures of Equipment Failures
Shopping
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DownTheRoad.org's
RoadNews Newsletter
The Book is Done and We are Back on the Road in Alaska
(July 11th, 2008)
Hello friends of Tim and
Cindie Travis: DownTheRoad.org
Our second book is finally
finished! I look back and can’t believe we did all the work to write, edit, and
publish this book on the road as we traveled internationally, frequently while
free camping on the side of the road in our tent on battery power.
The first draft was written
in South America
as the events unfolded. The second draft was worked on in
Malaysia
except a couple chapters that were reworked later in
Tasmania,
the Gold Coast, and as we rode across the lonely outback “top end” in
Australia.
The first edit of the entire book was done in New Plymouth, New Zealand. We
hired a professional editor and worked with her as we rode through the South
Island of New Zealand. In
Valdez,
Alaska,
USA
we hired the book cover artist, completed the layout, and wrapped everything up.
We are writing you from the road in
Tok,
Alaska
and will be responding to your emails from the
Yukon,
Canada.
Our RoadNews newsletter
subscribers helped us by providing feedback on the first chapter while a few
interested people went on to read the entire book and provide valuable edits and
content suggestions. Thank you all very much for your words of encouragement,
help, and insisting that Cindie and I stick with the project to the end.
The printed edition of our
second book, “Down the Road in
South America: A Bicycle Tour
through Poverty, Paradise,
and the Places in Between” is available for purchase thorough our web site by
the usual payment methods including Visa and Paypal. Unfortunately, due to
lengthy set up procedures, it won’t be available in Amazon or other bookstores
for several more months.
As a special thanks to our
regular email readers, we are offering a prepublication special. Purchase our
second book: “Down the Road in
South America” and we will
send you a link to download a free copy of our MP3 audio book of the first book:
“The Road That Has No End”. This offer is good until
July 31, 2008.
In addition, if you purchase
both printed books together, “The Road That Has No End” and “Down the Road in
South America”
we will give you a 25% discount off the retail price plus the free audio book.
Just make sure you use the special button located on our web page address listed
below.
http://www.downtheroad.org/Publishing
To update you on where we
are now, we have left
Valdez,
Alaska,
USA
and have started riding again making our way south through
Canada
and down the west coast of the
USA.
I have caught up the
New Zealand
web site with Cindie’s last journal entries and photos. I am now working on a
new section of our web site for the current leg of our journey. Please stay
tuned for our regular photos and daily journals. I hope that this does not
include stories about a grizzly bear attack or moose chasing us across the
state.
Until then, THANK YOU all
very much for taking interest in us and we look forward to the next leg of our
journey.
Tim and Cindie Travis
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http://www.downtheroad.org/LETTERS.htm
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INDEX #6:
Alaska, Canada, and USA
5-3-08 to 4-30-10
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Bicycle Touring in the
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