Plan a Cross Country Bicycle Tour

Ever dream of riding your bicycle a long distance? Perhaps even bicycling cross country, you know, bicycling across America or even across many continents? Sometimes our work schedule, family commitments, fear of what others may think or simply fear of striking out prevents us from living our dreams. Why do we have to settle? Why not take a chance and live life? This is exactly what happened to me a few years ago when the urge to embark on a bicycle tour of America consumed me. Believe me, it's a big step to commit to hop on a bike and ride to places you've never been before or even know if you can make it.

BicycleTrek.com is a site chronicling my cross-country bicycle tour across America. I'll share the experience I gained in how to plan a bike tour. The hows and personal reasons of doing a bike tour, how to choose the right touring bike, mapping a long distance bike tour and have included a travelogue featuring my daily bike ride journal / mileage log along with photos detailing the miles pedaled, routes and states I bicycled through.

This bicycle tour was an adventure of a lifetime and even now, years later, I feel the profound effect it has had on me. Some of the wonderful people I met during that journey have remained close friends. If you are sitting on the fence about doing a long distance bike tour-just do it

Start planning now. Your life will be changed for the better.

A journey of a thousand miles starts under one's feet.
- Lao Tsu: Tao Te Ching

As Featured in the book: The Art of Non-Conformity

What a nice surprise to see that my bicycling story and BicycleTrek.com were mentioned extensively in Chris Guillebeau's new book The Art of Non-Conformity. It's a wonderful book about living life on your terms and is very inspiring.

Navigating this site

Following my journey is simple as everything from the planning stage to actual biking is listed in chronological order. Just begin with the first article below by clicking the title or "read more" link and when done simply click the "back button" and continue on to the next page and so on. At the bottom of each day/page I encourage each of you to leave me a comment or even ask a question. Interaction is key and I will do my best to answer. Thank you for reading!