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Horizon

03/10/2020

Try placing the horizon near the top or the bottom and not in the middle of your picture. For exa...

Rule of thirds

01/23/2020

Photos often look better when the cyclist isn’t centred. Try imagining your picture with four e...

Leading line

12/01/2019

With a leading line you bring the viewer’s eye to the point of interest. In this image the whit...

Clotaire Mandel

10/21/2019

Clotaire Mandel is a nurse, traveler and photographer. Clotaire’s on a bike journey without any...

Morocco

10/03/2019

We’ve just added Morocco, it’s one of our favourite places to ride! The country has some of the m...

A western cyclist leans against a building with an Indian bicycle painted on it during a bicycle tour of South India.

Rest stops

08/21/2019

Why not take extra rest stops in characteristic / beautiful places? They sure make great photo op...

Diagonal line

07/18/2019

The diagonal line of this desert road helps draw the viewer’s eye through the image. It also ad...

Continuous mode

05/30/2019

Use the camera in continuous mode when you want to capture someone speeding past, as this increas...

A hotel room in India

Hotel rooms

02/04/2019

In hotel rooms, try taking pictures of daily routines such as route planning, reading a book and ...

Scanning the road

12/26/2018

When you come across some beautiful scenery alongside the road, first look up and down the road t...

An Omani walks his camel while driving his truck.

Oman

12/19/2018

We’ve just added Oman, a great destination for those who love wild camping!...

Downsizing tips

12/02/2018

Tips and tricks over downsizing from our own experience and others who took the plunge and manage...

A white Buddha statue in Myanmar.

Myanmar

11/27/2018

Myanmar has just been added to our list of destinations. It’s a country full of golden temples, ...

Ben Page

11/15/2018

Ben is a multi-award winning filmmaker, adventurer, and photographer based in the UK. He spends h...

Colorful parked rickshaws in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh

11/04/2018

Ahhh, Bangladesh! One of our favorite countries on earth. It’s the capital of bicycle (rickshaw) ...

Heike Pirngruber photographer cyclist

Heike Pirngruber

10/06/2018

Heike aka ‘Pushbikegirl’ is from Heidelberg, Germany. She’s pedaled over 50 countries, 75.0...

Thailand beach with palm trees and fishing boats.

Thailand + Laos

09/06/2018

Thailand and Laos have just been added to the list of destinations. Plus we’ve added two new pho...

Eric Timmerman and Olivia Cuenca from Riding Wild in Georgia

Eric Timmerman

08/27/2018

In the spring of 2016, Eric Timmerman and Olivia Cuenca set off to ride their bicycles around the...

A small red cyclist heads towards the mountains in Northern Argentina.

Argentina

08/16/2018

At long last, Argentina has been added to our list of destinations. The never-ending Ruta 40 led...

Cycling across the immense Salar de Uyuni.

Bolivia

05/17/2018

We’ve just added a new destination to the site, Bolivia! Cycling the Salars was one of our all-ti...

Touring bicycles are leaned against a wall with Chinese writing on it.

China

05/07/2018

We’ve just added a new destination to the site, China! China is what bicycle touring is all about...

Sense of place

03/02/2018

Cycle touring isn’t just about racing up and over mountain passes. Experiencing new cultures is...

Cinderella Servranckx

Cindy Servranckx

01/22/2018

I’m Dutch, born in 1972, and love adventure in the form of traveling and diving deeper and deep...

Edit

12/29/2017

To end up with great pictures, shoot from many different perspectives, camera standpoints and eve...

Nicolas Marino camping in the Egyptian desert.

Nicolás Marino

11/09/2017

Originally from Argentina, I am a photographer and architect who travels the world by bicycle, sp...

Kids

10/19/2016

When photographing kids, you have to work quickly. Children have a short attention span and after...

Mike Howarth's bike leans against a bridge in Peru.

Mike Howarth

04/02/2015

Mike talks about his past journey through South America and the Indian Himalaya: “It is fair to...

Glen Charles bike camping on a beach in Alaska.

Glenn Charles

09/19/2014

Glenn spent his first 40 years living what he thought was the American Dream; he now says he’s ...

Bright colors

08/05/2014

Many cyclists wear dark colored clothing since it’s great for hiding dirt. Yet it also hides th...

Mark Watson and Hana Black cycle through Indonesia.

Mark Watson

02/20/2014

Mark is from New Zealand and he’s a freelance photographer plus graphic designer. He shoots image...

Amaya Williams and Eric Schambion cycling in Borneo

Amaya Williams

02/07/2014

Amaya was born in Missoula, Montana. In 2006, she and her husband, Eric Schambion, began pedaling...

Travel photo tips

01/05/2014

  To tell the complete story of your journey, you will want to take pictures of more than just yo...

Switchbacks

05/11/2013

Sure you want to take a picture of the entire downhill, but why not also zoom in on the switchbac...

Copyright

04/15/2013

Copyright law states that copyright belongs to whoever took the image and only they have the sole...

Cycling in Canada from Eric Schambion

Eric Schambion

02/03/2013

Eric and Amaya gave up their regular lives in 2006 to become bicycle nomads and cycle around the ...

Model release

02/01/2013

Companies want a model release signed by the person in the image before they will publish it in a...

Filthy bike repair hands.

Humor

11/02/2012

Keep an eye out for funny situations. They might not seem humorous at the time but afterwards the...

Cass Gilber cycling in Peru

Cass Gilbert

09/17/2012

Cass writes: “I’m an avid traveller and cyclist and have been touring regularly for the last ...

Photo backup

09/11/2012

A backup isn’t just having all of your trip photographs on one hard drive. You need to store mu...

Cycling in Morocco

Converging lines

04/05/2012

Roads that start wide and end in a point (converging lines) give your image a three-dimensional e...

Camera equipment

11/14/2011

“There are as many different ways of making an enjoyable bicycle journey as there are stars in ...

A cycling self portrait in China

Self portraits

11/07/2011

Two things are important when taking self-portraits; a small camera tripod and extra time. The tr...

Cycling photo from Aaron Teasdale.

Aaron Teasdale

09/28/2011

Aaron is an award winning writer, photographer, and editor who specializes in adventure travel, c...

Cycling in Iceland photo from Paul van Roekel.

Paul van Roekel

04/29/2011

Paul and his wife Anja de Graaf are two cycling and photography enthusiasts who once did a two-ye...

Bicycle touring photo from Kees Swart.

Kees Swart

03/29/2011

Kees is a fervent traveler and photographer who has cycled through Europe and Africa. He writes, ...

Bicycle camping picture from Peter Gostelow.

Peter Gostelow

12/29/2010

My interest in photography began with a backpacking trip to Africa and a simple APS camera. Most ...