ADVICES
Useful links when preparing to go on a bicycle tour
Health tips
- Staying Healthy On A Bike Tour
- Tour Tips & tricks: Health
- 10 ways to stay healthy on a bike tour
- Boots Vaccination Advice
- NHS Scotland Travel Health Advice
General Travel Information Sites
Visa information
- A Comprehensive Guide to Visa Requirements the World Over Border-crossings
- Land border crossings checklist
- Border crossings tips from many sources
Routes
- [European Bike Routes](http://travellingtwo.com/13345 & http://travellingtwo.com/resources/3-great-bike-paths)
- A network of high-quality cycling routes that connect the whole continent
- An ad-hoc route through the Americas
- A comprehensive resource of routes
- The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route
Cycle Touring Websites:
- travellingtwo.com A well designed informative site
- bicycletouringpro.com Long running and diverse site
- biketouringtips.com Multi-contributor site
- crazyguyonabike.com Hundreds of stories of trips to get inspired
- goingslowly.com Great design and plenty of photos
- cycletourer.co.uk Accessible equipment advice
- sheldonbrown.com Specialist information
- cyclingabout.com An excellent resource of further links
Books
- Pedalling to Hawaii: A Human Powered Adventure Across the Western Hemisphere - Stevie Smith
- SAS Survival Guide - John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman
- Moods of Future Joys - Alastair Humphreys
- Sponsorship Seeker’s Toolkit - Anne-Marie Grey and Kim Skildum-Reid
- The Beckoning Silence - Joe Simpson
- Off the Rails: Moscow to Beijing on Recumbent Bikes - Tim Cope and Chris Hatherly
- Long Way Round - Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
- The Hungry Cyclist Pedalling Americas In Search Of Perfect Meal - Tom Kevill-Davies