Cycle touring in India has it’s extremes, from the most enjoyable to the damn right frustrating. India offers everything, coastal palm fringed pathways, high altitude mountain passes, tropical forests & off course, mass cultivated open flat plains.   The biggest problem you’ll encounter is knowing what particular area will bring the best quality of good [...]

  Three weeks of love and adventure on a bike! Seville. As the capital of the region this historic city makes a great starting point. With a well stocked tourist information centre, {Avda. de Constitucion 21b tel (95)4221404}, it is possible to buy a mountain biking guide book for off road routes in Andulusia and [...]

North Thailand: Hill tribe village rides   North Thailand has begun to develop in the last decade but it’s still possible to find villages where nothing has changed in centuries.  To get to them one must first negotiate single and jeep track routes through a spectacular jungle setting. There’s not much that beats this in [...]

  EQUIPMENT Your bike can be carried as part of your baggage allowance on international flights. Cardboard bike boxes are still the best protection & value and can be easily stored or disposed of later. You are required to deflate the tyres and turn the handlebars parallel with the frame and remove your pedals. It [...]

  Bike Hire: There are two types of bike rentals to consider. Those that will get you around the general urban areas and those needed to go tackle the majority of trails described herein. Warning: Bikes can go missing at the blink of an eye, especially the fancy looking ones that you may bring with [...]

  Unlike the trekking seasons for which there are two main periods, mountain biking offers a huge span of time to over the year, most of which offers perfect to near perfect riding conditions. Here’s a short summary: 1.      Prime time: If you’ve got the choice then go for October through December, whilst October gets [...]

  To get to the trails you maybe riding partly ‘on-road’, unless your being taken on an organised tour, as such if you are sensitive to fumes & dust consider bringing some sort of pollution mask. Of course it is always wise to bring a bike helmet no matter where you’re riding. Extreme care should [...]

  Organized Tour Operators: For many the benefits of joining a tour is without question the best alternative. This can be for reasons of: limited vacation time (which doesn’t allow you to just go scout the best trails), having all the logistics of a tour managed for you, little risk, local knowledge provided, English speaking [...]

The thought of heading off into the unknown with not much more than answers to your best researched questions, a few maps and provisions is for some the best way to travel & experience a country. No guide, rely on the locals for information and making it on your own or with a few friends [...]

The mountainous region in the northwestern edge of China bordering Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia is called the Altai. Like neighboring Siberia this is a region of snow-capped mountains, pine forests, surging rivers and pristine lakes. The furthest point in the world from the sea, rivers here flow into the Artic Ocean. The easiest way to [...]