Don’t fall for these common travel scams! If you travel the world long enough, you’re sure to encounter at least one of these three common travel scams. In this special Bicycle Touring Pro video/audio podcast, the Bicycle Touring Pro himself, Darren Alff, shares the story of three common travel scams that were attempted on him […] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bicycle-touring-pro/message ..read more

You’d think that as a famous world traveler, I’d have tons of juicy love stories from my travels all around the world. In fact, I’m often asked if, because I travel so much, I happen to have a different girlfriend in each and every city. But the truth is far less glamorous. As a world-famous bicycle […] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bicycle-touring-pro/message ..read more

Colin Herron is riding his bicycle across the United States! In this half-hour interview with Colin, we hear why this young man decided to make the cross-country trip of a lifetime, what he has learned about himself and his country along the way, and the lesson’s he’s learned as a long distance bicycle traveler. […] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bicycle-touring-pro/message ..read more

In case you missed it, here is the recording of the special bicycle touring web event that took place on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2020 — a special ZOOM webinar that was hosted by TEEN TREKS as part of their “Bike Touring Education Series.” This particular webinar featured an interview between Katie Hennessey of Teen […] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bicycle-touring-pro/message ..read more

 Quinn is an amazing 18 year old who cycled across the USA after graduating from high school. During his cross-country cycling adventure, Quinn came and stayed at my home in Park City, Utah… and during his stay I took some time to sit down with him and interview him about his epic cross-country bikepacking adventure. In this short 30-minute video/podcast interview, you will learn what it’s like to cycle across the United States, as told from the perspective of an 18-year-old who has just recently graduated from high school. Can you imagine riding your bike across the USA at just 18 years of a ..read more

When you travel the world for years on end, you’re bound to eventually have some interactions with the police – both good and bad. In this week’s new Bicycle Touring Pro video, you will hear three funny and scary stories about encounters I’ve had with the police in different countries all around the world. In the first story, you’ll find out what the police in the U.S. state of Wyoming do when your mother calls them and is worried about your safety. In the second story, you’ll learn how I evaded in the police in a small Peruvian village and illegally jumped on a bus with two German tourists a ..read more

 Traveling in Peru can be crazy… especially if you take some of the country’s super low-cost buses, which commonly break down, are boarded by roadside salesman, are rarely equipped with bathrooms and smell like pee, and can sometimes even be robbed by roadside bandits. In this new video/podcast, you will hear three crazy, scary and funny stories from Darren Alff’s travels in the South American country of Peru. If you enjoy these stories, please consider signing up as a patron of Bicycle Touring Pro so we can make more videos like this in the future: www.bicycletouringpro.com/patrons The post ..read more

 Have you ever been camping in the woods and heard a noise outside and thought to yourself, “Is there a big, scary animal outside my tent?” Well, in this storytime video from Darren Alff, the Bicycle Touring Pro, you will hear about three scary nighttime encounters with animals from Darren’s bicycle touring adventures all around the world. Bears, bobcats, mountain lions and Bigfoot… oh my!  If you these stories, please consider signing up as a patron of Bicycle Touring Pro so we can make more videos and podcast like this in the future: http://bicycletouringpro.com/patrons/ Also, consider ..read more

 Traveling on a train with your bicycle isn’t always easy. In fact, sometimes, traveling with a bike on a train is a downright disaster! In this new video/audio podcast, Darren Alff – the Bicycle Touring Pro, shares three train and bike horror stories from his bicycle touring adventures all around the world. These are three stories about times when traveling on a train with a bicycle didn’t go exactly to plan and things nearly went to $*#^. Click play and listen as Darren recounts these three frightening tales of bike and train calamities from his travels in Germany, Austria and Sweden. After ..read more

Crossing an international border is not always as straightforward as you might think! While many people are familiar with the idea of crossing an international border in a car, train or airplane, many people are unfamiliar with the act of riding a bicycle across the border of two neighboring countries. So, in today’s new Bicycle Touring Pro video/podcast, you’ll hear three funny, dangerous and scary stories from Darren Alff’s international border crossings on his bicycle touring adventures all around the world. The first story comes from the border of Ecuador and Colombia; The second story co ..read more