Cycling Together: Warmshowers and EuroVelo Story Winner

It’s the Unknown That Makes My Wheels Turn

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Contributor: Silvia Julián González I am SIlvia J. Gonzalez. i am 54 years old and I am a long-distance cyclist, I travel alone and in self-sufficiency, and the bicycle has been in my life for a long time. I started to travel on roads in Spain, but I started traveling through Eurovelo in 2022 touring

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Cycling Together: Warmshowers and EuroVelo Story Winner

A Cyclist’s Odyssey: From Montpellier to Amsterdam Through the Bonds of Cycling Hospitality

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Contributor: Clement Thomas For some time now, encouraged by my readings, a cycling journey tempted me. So, in September 2022, I decided to take the plunge, embarking with my cousin. It was an initiatory voyage, spanning from the landscapes of Petite Camargue in Southern France, where I grew up, to the canals and narrow gabled

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Solo Bikepacking & Camping Around the Top of New Zealand South Island

Contributor: Felipe Spina Embarking on a 42-day solo bikepacking and camping adventure around the top of New Zealand’s South Island turned out to be an incredible journey filled with unexpected challenges and breathtaking landscapes. My decision to hit the road was a spontaneous one, triggered by the impending end of my work contract and the

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Host's Corner

First Time Host

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Contributor: Lil Cub In 2019, after hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT), I returned home and decided to open up my place for the Florida Trail (FT) and Eastern Continental Trail (ECT) hikers to rest and charge up. Since my place was only a quarter mile from downtown and at the crossroads of Hwy 90 and

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A 70th Birthday Treat

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Contributor: Christine Chappell I’ve always wanted to do a long cycle ride. Not just a day, but weeks or even months. Eventually I decided the time was now. I negotiated time off from grandparent duties, voluntary work, families, friends, the garden, the husband. And in my 70th year I took off for a month. I

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Important Announcements

The 2024 Bike Giveaway is Here!

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We’re kicking off our 2024 Annual Bike Giveaway! This is our chance to give back to our Warmshowers users while giving you the opportunity to support our mission of building community and reciprocity amongst bicycle tourists worldwide. By donating between April 22nd and June 9th, 2024, you can secure the chance to win a brand-new

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Biking the Baltic: A Tale of Lost Luggage and Found Adventures

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Contributor: Stefan Koehler When life throws unexpected curves at you, the best way to tackle them is with resilience and a sense of adventure. Here, I, Stefan, alongside my fellow traveler, Connie, an unlikely duo of seasoned and newbie bike tourers, embarked on an extraordinary journey along Denmark’s picturesque Baltic Sea Coast. Little did we

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Bikepacking And Bicycling Touring: Explaining Methods of Bike Travel

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You may have heard the term bikepacking used with increasing frequency over the years. Bikepacking, a combination of backpacking and bike touring, is often used interchangeably with bicycle touring. While those who use bikepacking and bike touring interchangeably aren’t wrong, they aren’t always right either.  The term bikepacking emerged in the early 2000s to describe

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How to Prepare for a 1000+ Mile Ride – Mentally and Physically

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A long, 1000+ mile cycling adventure is one of the best ways to soak yourself in the beauty of this world. But here’s the fact: biking over a thousand miles is not always easy. And many people are right when they say you can never fully prepare yourself for a ride like that. But that

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Cycling with the World War I Poet Wilfred Owen

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Contributor: Caroline Burrows Wilfred Owen’s World War I poetry is a passion of mine, so after discovering there were some Wilfred locations in the northwest of England, I set off on a mini cycling adventure, a Wilfred Owen odyssey. In early May, I cycled from near Blackpool, fifty miles south, to Liverpool. I headed past

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