Check out our 2021 Report to the Community! We look back through the past year to review our achievements and outline our goals for the future.

Lance Bickford, our Board President, and Tahverlee, our Executive Director, share messages, updates on our strategic plan for 2022, and more.

"In the Community" brings us photos and stories about your fantastic trip and hosting experiences. Our shared love of cycling and adventure and the people we meet along the way bind us together into one incredible community.

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How to Ship Your Bike to the Start/Finish of Your Tour

Once you’ve chosen where to travel for your next bike tour, then you have to figure out how to get your bike there. If your tour is close enough, you may be able to drive yourself and your bike, but if not, you’ll likely have to decide whether to ship your bike or fly with it. If you are considering shipping, check out the rest of this article from BikeFlights, a bike shipping service and bike box supplier trusted by riders worldwide, for a step-by-step guide to getting your bike to wherever it needs to go.

Step #1: Get a box or case.

First, you have to figure out in what type of container you will ship your bike. If you already have a hard or soft case, you can ship it with BikeFlights. But if you need a box, don’t worry. You can either source a used bike box from a local bike shop or order a new bike box (available in four sizes to fit most bikes) to be shipped directly to you from BikeFlights. It’ll come to you packed compactly so you can easily store it in a closet or under a bed until you’re ready to use it.

If you’re doing a point-to-point tour, you can ship your box or case between your tour’s start and finish locations. One-way shipments are also an option if you are riding just one way (to or from) where you live on a point-to-point tour.

What’s most important is to not wait until the last minute to obtain a box. They can be hard to get from a local bike shop on short notice, and if you order a BikeFlights Bike Box, you’ll want to allow up to three business days for it to get to you anywhere within the contiguous U.S. (or more time for delivery to Alaska, Hawaii or internationally). 

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Stories From the Road

Check out the latest episodes of our top-rated Bike Life podcast! Tahverlee shares stories from touring cyclists and hosts in our community around the globe.

You can find Bike Life on all of your favorite listening apps. Thank you to our partner BikeFlights for sponsoring the Bike Life Podcast!

Host's Corner

Feed the Hungry Beasts
By Kevin Kimpel

Part of the fun of hosting long-distance bicyclists for me is to feed them when they pedal up hungry after a calorie-burning ride. Sitting down to a home-cooked meal is often a treat for riders who have dined solo on fast food or from gas station snack bars or cooked over a camp stove while stealth camping.

Even folks who do not usually think of themselves as cooks can whip up a feast with less effort than most think. The resulting conversations around the table will be worth the time to make the meal.

One time, I hosted a young Korean guy who had limited English skills and a guy from inner-city Milwaukee. They had briefly met on the road before, but this was the first time they had ended up at the same home at the same time. Moon, the Korean, was sitting across from Misha and kept staring at his hair. He finally got up the courage to ask, "May I touch your hair?" Moon had never seen dreadlocks in person, and Misha's 28-year-old mound of them intrigued him. Misha took it in stride and allowed Moon to touch the locks. I sat and chuckled.

We are committed to providing the best technology to support you on your hosting and cycling journeys. We are aware there have been several interruptions over the last month as we navigated technical difficulties. Thank you for your patience; we are happy to report that the issues are resolved, and we have begun building our new technology that will roll out later this year. 

We continue to send our thoughts to everyone in areas impacted by civil unrest across the globe. For users traveling in affected areas, please note that there may be site interruptions as sanctions roll out, and access may not be possible. We will inform you if any official termination of US-based sites occurs.

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