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Equipment Pages Index

Introduction
How Much to Bring and Weight
Some Advice About Advice
A Note to Perspective Sponsors and Gear Suppliers

START HERE for Touring Bikes and Commuting Bicycles
Bicycle Touring Frames 
The Steel Repair Myth.
Steel and Aluminum Derailleur Hanger Repair.
Bicycle Touring Wheels
Phil Wood: The Best Bicycle Hubs

Panniers / Bike Bags
Cargo Trailers Vs Panniers
Tires for Bike Tours..
Bicycle Touring Saddles.
Cindie's Women's Specific Bike Touring Saddles
Brooks Leather Touring Bicycle Saddle Care and Conditioning
Bike Computer
Touring Handlebars, Bar Ends, Adjustable Stems, and Padded Grips.
Sealed Cartridge Headsets

Camping
Buying Camping Equipment
Tent and Ground Cloth
Sleeping Bag
Sleeping Pad
Camp Stove
Pots and Pans
Water Filter

Clothing
Bike Touring Shorts

Health and First Aide

Electrical
Short-wave Radio
Computer
Internet
mp3

Books
Packing list
Pictures of Equipment Failures
Shopping

We have bicycle toured in Central/South America, Asia, Australia, and Canada

1:39 Min. VIDEO


Bicycle Touring Laos in South East Asia

5:15 min. VIDEO


Where do you work and write as you bicycle tour abroad or travel overseas?

1:17 Min. VIDEO


Australian Radio (ABC) Interview with Cindie Travis
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5:01 min. VIDEO


See All Videos Here

Photo Thumbnail Gallery: The States of Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico
Agua Prieta
to Cuauhtemoc
(May 13 - 31, 2002)


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Mexico #1 Photo Page
Agua Prieta to Zaragoza, Mexico
(May 13 - May 20, 2002)

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Cindie riding to the immigration office.  Here we go Mexico.

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This is the worst part, it is hotter than I thought it would be.

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Young love in the park.

 


Paquime Ruins - Casas Grandes, Mexico
(May 17, 2002)
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Special cages made to raise Macaw birds.  Their feathers were used for ceremonial purposes.

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Mural made by children displayed in the museum.
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Mexico #2 Photo Page
  Zaragoza to Col. Alvaro Obregon, Mexico
(May 21 - 24, 2002 )
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Tim taking in the view.
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It is time to show movies on the computer with the local family at the apple orchard.
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Tim at breakfast with the ladies.
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Unfortunately NAFTA has brought a flood of Huffys to Mexico.

 


The Mennonites of Chihuahua, Mexico
(Late May, 2002)
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Mennonites in usual clothing.
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Cindie sampling Mennonites food.
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Irrigated Farm.

 


Mexico #3 Photo Page
Alvaro Obregon to Cuauhtemoc, Mexico
(May 24 - 31. 2001) 
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It seems as if the only Bandito in Mexico is time.
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Church in a small town.
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Shooting the breeze in the plaza.
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Pedal Power.

 


Barranca del Cobre
or
Copper Canyon Photo Page
(May 28 - 29, 2002)
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Tim and Cindie on the edge again.
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Cindie in the pines.
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The Conductor -
"Es Todos A Bordo" 
(All Aboard).
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Little girl checking out Cindie on the train.

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Our 3rd Book
Down The Road in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam

A Bicycle Tour Through War, Genocide and Forgiveness

Our 2nd book
Down The Road in South America

A bicycle tour through poverty, paradise, and the places in between.

Our 1st book
The Road That Has No End

How we traded our ordinary lives for a global bicycle touring adventure.

Printed Soft Cover
(Ships Internationally)

mp3 Audio Book
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Hear First Chapter NOW

PDF eBook
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Cycle Touring Racks: Why chromoly steel is best.



Heavy Duty Travel Tested
Sealed Cartridge Hubs.

Take a look at the strongest hubs built specifically for touring


What years on the road have taught us about bikes.

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