Adventure Cycle Touring HandbookLord 280pp/color photos/maps ISBN 1873756895 Every cyclist dreams of making the Big Trip, the Grand Cycle Tour abroad. This handbook is the comprehensive manual that will make that dream a reality. Covers such areas as: preparing a bike for long-range load carrying; tools, spares, and repairs; clothing, camping gear; health, and survival; air-freighting a bike; transcontinental route outlines-across Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, and South America. Has tales from the saddle-firsthand accounts of spoke-bending biking adventures worldwide, including battling against the elements on epic journeys in Kyrgyzstan, India, the road to Everest, Costa Rica, Siberia, crossing Europe in 1929, and a California Wine Tour Item Status: In stock as of this morning | |||