Links
Here is a collection of websites from others who have made similar trips, and links about bicycle touring in general.
Friends From The Road
- www.stormkorp.se – Janne Corax, Sweden. Perhaps Sweden’s most famous touring cyclist and mountaineer. We met in Rodeo and went to climb Cerro Olivares at Paso de Agua Negra.
- munduanbarrena.blogspot.com – Lorenzo, Basque Country. This guy has been cycling for 13 years with only two 6 month breaks! Unfortunately I could only join him from Chos Malal to an intersection 8 km later.
- www.ridingthespine.com – Goat, USA. We met at Bike Hostel in San Martin de los Andes, Argentina. He and his friends went from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego in 3.5 years, on the smallest roads/paths they could find. They even kayaked from Panama to Colombia. Goat has a custom longtail bicycle with motorbike-wide tires to be able to deal with sand, snow and mud, and he always rides barefoot. Very interesting guy!
- www.panamericanpeaks.com – Thomas, Austria. Riding the Panamerican Highway and climbing the highest mountain in each country along the way (in 1 year, and on a recumbent + trailer). Also raising funds for Doctors Without Borders!
- jenzobean.blogspot.com – Jenny & Jason, England. Started on Carretera Austral together. Later on, me and Jenny cycled from Salta to Bolivia and climbed the highest mountain Sajama!
- www.panamerikana.org – Juan, Spain. Puerto Natales to El Chaltén.
- www.worldbybike.de – Anna & Peter, Germany. Rio Grande to Puerto Natales.
- www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/globomio – Christian, Switzerland. First cyclist I met, and moreover coming from Alaska.
Other Interesting Meetings
- www.zuidkaper.nl – Maria and Jos, a friendly dutch couple earlier travelling by bike, now with a modified 4WD Toyota Land Cruiser (70 Series). Really cool vehicle that had crossed Sahara several times!
- www.climbacadia.com – Eli, a climber from Maine (US), who runs a climbing school and has climbed several summits in South America and elsewhere, including Fitz Roy. Inspiring guy!
Other Bicycle Trips
- www.worldtravellers.dk – Nicolai, Denmark. A very inspiring guy who went on a 4-year trip around the world.
- www.tilmann.com – Tilmann Waldthaler, Germany. A veteran in the bicycle community, who has cycled over 500,000 km for 30 years. His upcoming trip will take him from Norway to New Zeeland. Moreover, he rides a Koga-Miyata, just like me!
- www.transamazon.de/links – Tons of links to touring trips in South America.
- www.transamazon.de/links/ivan – Detailed stories from Argentina, Chile & Bolivia.
- www.crazyguyonabike.com – A collection of bicycle tourists and their journals.
Tips
- www.couchsurfing.org – Great concept (for accomodation)!
- www.biketrip.org – The long distance cyclists wiki
- www.downtheroad.org/Equipment.htm – The couple Tim and Cindie Travis give their tips on equipment. They have been out for 8 years and so far published two books.
- www.frilufts.se/uppsala/tips/mtb/touringcykling.html (swedish)























