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The story of how we saved money, quit our jobs, sold our possessions, and set off to bicycle tour and travel around the world

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New Zealand
9 -16 - 07 to present
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Australia
9-15-06 to 9 -16 - 07
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SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to 9-15-06
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South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04
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North & Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03
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Equipment Pages Index

Introduction
How Much to Bring and Weight
Some Advise About Advise
A Note to Perspective Sponsors and Gear Suppliers

START HERE for Touring Bikes and Commuting Bicycles
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.
Cindie's 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.
Sealed Cartridge Headsets

Camping
Buying Camping Equipment
Tent and Ground Cloth
Sleeping Bag
Sleeping Pad
Camp Stove
Pots and Pans
Water Filter

Clothing
Bike Touring Shorts

Health and First Aide

Electrical
Short-wave Radio
Computer
Internet
mp3

Books
Packing list
Pictures of Equipment Failures
 Shopping

 

Bicycling Books Maps and Movies DVD's for Sale

The store to buy cheap books, maps, guides, purchase information, and low price travel equipment.  Map of atlas guide directions book.

World Bicycle Travel Books and Videos that Inspired us to Go

The Lead Goat Veered Off: A Bicycling Adventure on Sardinia, Second Edition with Photos.
Partners in Grime.
The Road That Has No End:  How we traded our ordinary lives for a global bicycle touring adventure
The Art of Bicycling : A Treasury of Verse

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The Essential Touring Cyclist: A Complete Guide for the Bicycle Traveler, Second Edition
List Price: $14.95
Price: $10.47
You Save: $4.48 (30%)

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Miles from Nowhere : A Round the World Bicycle Adventure
List Price: $14.95
Price: $10.47
You Save: $4.48 (30%)
(2 - 3 days)

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Where the Pavement Ends: One Woman's Bicycle Trip Through Mongolia, China & Vietnam
List Price: $24.95
Price: $17.47
You Save: $7.48 (30%)

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A Bicycle Journey to the Bottom of the Americas
Price: $19.95

Bicycling Mexico
List Price: $16.95
Price: $11.87
You Save: $5.08 (30%)

The Complete Book of Long-Distance Cycling : Build the Strength, Skills, and Confidence to Ride as Far as You Want

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Spokesongs : Bicycle Adventures on Three Continents
List Price: $21.00
Price: $14.70
You Save: $6.30 (30%)

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Around the World by Bicycle
VHS Video
Price: $19.99

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Around the World on a Bicycle
List Price: $24.95
Price: $17.47
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Cycling into Your Soul
Price: $18.95

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Bicycle Across America
List Price: $14.95

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  A Bike Ride: 12,000 Miles Around the World


Hay Mom, can I Ride My Bike Across America

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  Metal Cowboy: Tales from the Road Less Pedaled
List Price: $13.00
Price: $10.40
You Save: $2.60 (20%)

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  Riding Outside the Lines: More Misadventures With the Metal Cowboy
Price: $10.40

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  Two Wheels in the Dust: From Kathmandu to Kandy

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The Adventure of Two Lifetimes
Price: $15.95
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Across African Sand
Price: $19.95

2 - 3 days

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Latin America by Bike
List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $10.47
You Save: $4.48 (30%)

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Cold Beer and Crocodiles: A Bicycle Journey into Australia
Price: $11.20
Road of Dreams
 
Slow Coast Home		  
One Wheel-Many Spokes: USA by Unicycle 		 
Cycling Across North America: A Leisurely Route from Coast to Coast		  
One for the Road: An Outback Adventure

Famous Bike Movies Videos DVDs and Films

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Breaking Away DVD
List Price: $19.98
Price: $16.99
You Save: $2.99 (15%)

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Around the World by Bicycle
VHS Video
Price: $19.99


Quicksilver DVD


2003 Tour de France 4-hour DVD


2 Seconds DVD


American Flyers DVD


The Bicycle Thief DVD


2002 Tour de France - Four and Count...

Bike Bicycle Cycle Cycling Racing

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It's Not About the Bike : My Journey Back to Life.
List Price: $24.95
Price: $17.47
You Save: $7.48 (30%)


Lance Armstrong: Every Second Counts

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The Lance Armstrong Performance Program The Training, Strengthening, and Eating Plan Behind the World's Greatest Cycling Victory
List Price: $15.95
Price: $11.17
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  The Ultimate Ride: Get Fit, Get Fast, and Start Winning With the World's Top Cycling Coach ,...
List Price: 24.95
Price: $17.47
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DVD Video
2002 Tour de France - Four and Counting!


2003 Tour de France 4-hour DVD


2002 Tour de France - Four and Count...


Bobke II: Bob Roll
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Lance Armstrong the Race of His Life: The Race of His Life (All Aboard Reading. Level 3)
Price: $13.89

 
The Tour De France Companion: Bob Roll

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Tour De France/Tour De Force : A Visual History of the World's Greatest Bicycle Race.
List Price: $29.95
Price: $20.97
You Save: $8.98 (30%)		  
The Complete Book of Long-Distance Cycling: Build the Strength, Skills, and Confidence to Ride As Far As You Want 		 
The Race: A Novel of Grit, Tactics, and the Tour De France

Cycling Bicycle Bike History and Bike Culture


Bicycling Science

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How to Restore Your Collector Bicycle
List Price: $19.95
Price: $13.97
You Save: $5.98 (30%)		 cover
Classic American Bicycles
Price: $14.95


Bike Cult

Bicycle Bike Mechanics


Barnett's Manual

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Bicycling Magazine's Complete Guide to Bicycle Maintenance and Repair for Road and Mountain Bikes
List Price: $19.95
Price: $13.97
You Save: $5.98 (30%)

 The Art of Wheel building : A Bench Reference for Neophytes, Pros & Wheelaholics
List Price: $21.95
Price: $15.37
You Save: $6.58 (30%)

3 - 5 days
Atomic Zombie's Bicycle Builder's Bo...

Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Ma		      


Lonely Planet Cycling

 

 

our book  The Road That Has No End

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Audio Book
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eBook
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Heavy Duty Travel Tested
Sealed Cartridge Hubs.

Take a look at the strongest hubs built specifically for touring

How to Buy a Used or New Custom Touring Bicycle and existing Bike Upgrade Guide.

What years on the road have taught us.

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