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Bikepacking And Bicycling Touring: Explaining Methods of Bike Travel

January 9, 2024 / Warmshowers Foundation

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

December 12, 2023 / Warmshowers Foundation

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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10 Amazing Bike Tour Routes in the World

September 18, 2023 / Warmshowers Foundation

Have you exhausted all your ideas for your next rewarding bike tour? Are you just looking for more options to add to your bucket list? Don’t worry—with the number of unbelievable possibilities out there, you’ll never run out of ideas. Look no further than these ten amazing bike tour routes that are more than worth

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Meeting Cyclists Where They Are: Your Home

March 13, 2023 / Warmshowers Foundation

As hosts, it is our job to bridge the gap between our own expectations of hosting and where our visiting cyclists are coming from. A cyclist just setting out on tour is in a different mindset than someone a week away from finishing. Maybe your visitor is carrying too much weight and hoping to ditch

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Cycle Touring Books

January 19, 2023 / Warmshowers Foundation

Great reads authored by the Warmshowers Community! Heidi Across America – One Woman’s Journey on a Bicycle Through the Heartland by Heidi Beierle When the 2008 Recession hit, 33-year-old Heidi Beierle was single, underemployed, and ready for a change. She returned to school, but her first term was not the liberating experience she hoped

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Route Planning: How to Choose a Route That’s Best for You

January 6, 2023 / Warmshowers Foundation

So you’re going on a bike tour! Whether you’re setting out on a 1-2 night bike overnight or planning a months-long epic tour, the first step is to figure out your route. Here are a few considerations to help you out. Budget/Time constraints Depending on where you are starting your ride and how much

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Support the Community ~ Get Warmshowers Swag ~ Win Great Prizes

October 19, 2021 / Warmshowers Foundation

There are lots of ways to support Warmshowers this fall. Make a donation between October 15th and November 20th and you can earn cool new Warmshowers swag and a chance to win some great prizes! Warmshowers relies, in part, on our community’s generous donations, and we are asking for your support. Your donations keep our

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Leaving Open, Honest and KIND Feedback

August 4, 2021 / Warmshowers Foundation

You’ve just had a fantastic experience on the road being hosted by a wonderful Warmshowers user. Or you just hosted the most interesting user on an epic cross-country tour. Now, it’s time to leave feedback on their profile. Leaving positive feedback for an excellent host or guest is easy. But what happens when your experience

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Statement from the Warmshowers Leadership Team

July 8, 2020 / Warmshowers Foundation

As many of you are aware, there has been increased attention to and discussion of racial injustice in the past few weeks–particularly centred in the United States. While we represent a global network of bicycle travellers, this has prompted our team to think about systemic racism within and outside the bike community, and what our

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