Maps and Apps for Bike Touring | Lessons From 20,000 Miles

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0:00 Introduction to Maps and Apps for Bike Touring
1:05 Adventure Cycling Association Interactive National Bike Touring Map
2:01 Crazyguyonabike.com community-based bike touring blog
2:45 Adventure Cycling Association Bike Maps (physical copy)
3:45 My two cents about the Adventure Cycling Association digital app
3:56 Where do you sleep when bike touring? What is Warmshowers.org?
4:32 Invitation to Bike Travel Weekend by Adventure Cycling Association
4:58 Go get out the door and ride your bike!
Maps and Apps mentioned:
1) Adventure Cycling Tour Maps: bit.ly/biketour-acamaps
2) Say Hi to Sonny on CrazyGuyOnABike.com: bit.ly/meetsonny
3) Adventure Cycling App: bit.ly/biketourapp
4) Arkel Large Handlebar Bag ($199 - yes, worth it): bit.ly/arkel-large
5) Warmshowers.org (sign up to become a host!): warmshowers.org
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Erik Douds is an adventure filmmaker who has biked 10,000+ miles with teammate Annalisa van den Bergh while overcoming the obstacles of type 1 diabetes. Their work has been featured on the cover of Adventure Cyclist Magazine (100,000+ distribution), used for print ads inside Outside Magazine (2.8M readers), and he is a global ambassador for Beyond Type 1 (1M+ followers).
Personal Website: erikdouds.com
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[@ErikDouds]

Where are you from? And where would you plan a bike trip?

[@avisekpl]

Erik Douds You know I’m from India..I wish I could plan bike trip in US..😅😅

[@littlebenningnit5274]

Delhi. Want to bike trip to Himachal and NE India specially to see Shirui Lily @ Shirui Hills Ukhrul district, Manipur.

[@barkerbikepirate4916]

Thanks for this! I've been living on my bike every winter for a few years now and am fed up with Google maps putting me on life-threatening highways or bridges that are out for obviously years and you have to balance on beams with your stuff 😂😂😂. Besides, I much prefer paper maps and this is such exciting news to me! Tailwinds to you!

[@soul6210]

Congratulations on 5k Erik 🎉...wish you explore and grow more👍

[@ErikDouds]

Thanks so much!

[@BucketListTravellers]

Thanks for that great information! My husband and I are avid cyclists but we've never cycled for more than one day on a trip. A cycling tour is definitely something we'd like to do in future. 1.5 years to launch a video - impressive! 😜

[@ErikDouds]

1.5 years is scraping the surface of my content! 2021 is going to be good for all my subscribers to see what I've been up to :) I 10000000% recommend going on a 3 DAY trip. If you can do 3 days, you can do 30...sort of hahahaha. Even today, I pulled open Adventure Cycling's interactive map to see what routes are over here on the east coast

[@ofentsemodisanehybridathle4896]

Nice one buddu

[@ErikDouds]

Thanks!

[@Esquarious]

Was that the cabin? Mad changes if so.

[@xjdndndmsvsvr]

I love the Strava Global Heatmap to help figure out new routes, since it shows where others have biked frequently. And it's sometimes a check on "is this road actually passable?"

[@ErikDouds]

No way. This is a super awesome tip. How do you keep your phone or strava device charged on a trip? Any issues with signal loss? It seems like cell coverage officially covers only 10% of the world.

[@xjdndndmsvsvr]

@@ErikDouds The heatmap page is more for pre-trip planning, though you can get it on mobile, it would just be a real pain to use that way. My multiday trips have all been either just one overnight camping, or using Warm Showers or hotels, so I was able to recharge. Otherwise I leave the phone mostly off and just check in once in a while. I carry a Garmin Inreach Explorer+ GPS which I keep on when riding, and that does satellite texting worldwide.

[@drsoumyabehera6242]

Nice bro, hope you remember me 🤔🤔

[@ErikDouds]

Yes indeed. how are you? thanks for being a fan here

[@kenclark2791]

Looking for a way to plan a walking trip/ route setting the miles I walk per day. Apps or any advice welcome. I’m walking across Kansas and trying to find an easier option than a ruler 📏 on the Atlas