10 Things To Know Before Bike Touring

[@tomsitzman3952]

Good points. Just a few suggestions form a guy has spent the last 55 years traveling by kayak, canoe, on foot and on my bike all over North America and spent 20 some years leading wilderness trips. The first question is always the Why question. Why are you exhausted at the end of the day, why are you having flat tires, why are you cold at night, why are you having problems finding quality food. I once had a professor in college who used to say: Some people have 20 years of experience, and some people have one year of experience 20 time. Learn from your mistakes and figure out a way to avoid them. There is a simple way to avoid most of the Why questions. You can avoid a lot of the problem such as fatigue on a long day, finding a camp site, finding nutritious food by having a sag wagon carry your gear and setting up the camp sight and having meals ready for you. OR, If you want to go self-contained, you can forget about miles per day and live the life as a nomad. Learn to think like nomad, learn to eat like a nomad. Learn to live in the world like a nomad. Why are you on a bike peddling down the road? Is it to see how far you can go in a day? Or is it to see the landscape and the people along the way? If so Live like a nomad and slow down and absorb the environment. Stop and spend an hour observing a nesting pair of eagles and their fledglings, stop at ditch side mulberry bush and eat to your hearts content. Have a leisurely lunch in the small-town square and talk to the locals. If you are cold at night rethink your sleep system. Do a web search and learn about MSS, Modular Sleep System. Break that 900 mile trip down into three trips of 300 miles. You will see more and enjoy it more. I have done the same trip from Sioux City Nebraska to St Lewis Missouri river route, by bike, canoe and kayak, but not the whole 1000 mile distance at one time and at different times of the year, and not in sequential order. Enjoy the journey, it should not feel like a death march.

[@crush3095]

Wisdom, thank you for sharing!

[@4Mik]

would be awesome to see you share more of these massive journeys you do/did! Love your videos and lifestyle man! I've been following your content for quite a while now. Stay safe out there and have fun :D

[@omgitsmarkey]

You're stuff is awesome BF. Thank you for putting out this stuff, and more importantly for the inspiration

[@josephhaddakin7095]

9. I only rough camp(free) so by about 3:00 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. I'm looking for a good place to camp. I also make sure that around that time I'm not in town.

[@Mayonnaise-f4p]

“Gonna look for a spot to get breakfast “ * is in the middle of no where * Love this guy😂🙏

[@soodluck]

really appreciate your channel . i really can relate you . i had a channel and i deleted them. different story. i plan to start unloading this year long into next .

[@jasontomica8938]

U FORGOT ONE THING, OTHER AUTOMOBILES VERY VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT ON THOSE TWO LANE HIGHWAYS, MANY DRUNK DRIVERS CROSSING OVER OTHER SIDE OF LANE AND PEOPLE TEXTING, ONE HIT FROM BEHIND OR IN FRONT AND UR SEEING THE STARS!!! 💯

[@anneliesevoelker2502]

I know!

[@User-q3r5m]

you are a rn and i don't mean a registered nurse. ride on, vanilla sky.

[@Bawkr]

Interesting. Might have to get a better chain & a new sprocket before I consider going. Maybe a go pro as well, its a lot of work without being to film a lot of it.

[@jamesclark6142]

Indoctrinated...? Really...?