Bicycle tourist, traveler, adventurer - there are many titles for people who get on a bike and pedal for hundreds and thousands of miles. Be it weeks, months , or years, those people who take up riding a bicycle for adventure are fascinating individuals. Why I Bike Podcast tracks down these people, during their adventure or in between, and asks them, "Why do you bike?"
From the beginning he realized that this adventure, starting in Thailand and ending in Spain was going to define his life. Yet he never realized just ...
The genesis of his passion for cycling was a high school graduation gift from his parents - a biking tour throughout France. Little did he realize ho...
Talking about making a difference and actually making a difference is something else entirely, as she found out. Or more exactly, called out, by her p...
Driven by his fiercest competitor - himself, he strives to reach that image in his mind's eye of who he might become. Who he must become. It’s not an ...
Immersed in the bicycle lifestyle his entire life in the Netherlands, he knows little else. Having a bicycle nearby, his own or a shared bike, is the ...
A wilderness guide in the Northernmost reaches of the Arctic is her day job, in between her usually epic bike travels involving thousands of miles of ...
With a quarter century of bike touring experience, Tony Ives has managed to do it all - a professional career (retired), a family, and extended multi ...
What does a 63-year old man have after bike touring for 31-years, 102 countries, 6 continents, 250,000 kilometers, and 60 triathlons - stories. Garth ...
On and off bike tourist (mostly on) who started out riding in supported tours and now creates his own adventure tours, Dennis Ordiway is a poster chil...
As with most global bike travelers, they wing it, they go with the flow, and they are grounded lower than most of us - a sense of presence is strong w...