Hot Buy: Cycling in Quebec, 5th Edition

A new edition of Cycling in Quebec: Official Guide, 5th Edition in English is coming out very soon and can be ordered now. This is the best guide available for La Route Verde and cycling around Montreal and Quebec City. The English version is hard to get and usually sold out before summer. So if [...]

Finding a Parking Place for your Car while Bicycle Touring in Vermont

Finding a parking place for your car while you are off on your bicycle tour is a major part of planning a bicycle tour. Each of my tours has had its own answer.

Crossing the Canadian Border on a Bicycle

The Route I have been laying out crosses the border from the US into Canada and returns. So what do I need to do to be prepared for that crossing?

Planning your own Bicycle Tour - Part 6 - First Route Map

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Note: Revised 2/23/08 - Start Point moved to North Hero State Park from Rouses Point, NY
We have a route concept and rough idea where we would like to spend the nights, Chambly and Saint Jean sur Richelieu. Using the Lake Champlain Bikeways Maps and Cycling in Quebec, I have laid out a preliminary [...]

Planning your own Bicycle Tour - Part 5 - The Process

So we have our trip concept set, a week long ride from Vermont to Montreal and back. An evening in Chambly is desired and days should be around 40 miles to make the ride enjoyable for my wife.
Information has arrived, maps of the bicycle routes in Vermont and Quebec, a Vermont Camping Guide, “Cycling [...]

Planning your own Bicycle Tour - Part 4 - Information Found

So I have a trip concept ride the Richelieu River from Vermont to Montreal with an aside to Chambly possible. I did my web search for trip information and here is what I found:

Planning your own Bicycle Tour - Part 3 - Route Information Sources

Before I dig into how to gather information for your trip, a few tips on evaluating information on bicycling that you will find and receive from people you talk with.

Planning your own Bicycle Tour - Part 2 - Trip Concept

I am going to use my own planning for this summer as an example. Since I haven’t work out all the details yet, I am not quite sure where this will take me but I expect it to be fun and a clarifying process.

PLanning your own Bicycle Tour - Part 1 - First Thoughts and Tips

I am starting my planning for a bicycle tour with my wife in June or July and thought writing about the process might be interesting. I am going to aim this discussion at less experienced Bicycle Tourist, the experienced tourist have their own system already.

LightLoad Towels

A handy item for your next bike tour: Lightload Towels
These aren’t the towels you will want to take to the shower but they weigh almost nothing, take no space, and are very handy. I like them a lot more than I ever though I would, they work fine as a face towel, cleaning up [...]