by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 21, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
November 21, 2019 It’s not my first bike tour; but it has been eight years. And that being said this is a completely different ride. But what I have learned is that Newfoundland is all up and down. Nothing is flat here. I also learned it takes a while to get...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 4, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
“There’s no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing” – Sir Ranulph Fiennes I have been doing a little research on winter camping and biking. I have read a few blogs and watched a few YouTube videos. Full disclosure I have never winter camped a...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 14, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
Back in 2011-12, when I was doing the bulk of my research for this bike ride, there was one bike in particular that was on my radar – the Surly Long Haul Trucker. The Surly Long Haul Truck is kind of the go-to bike for bike touring. But during my research into...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 27, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
Biking touring by yourself or with a partner, or with a bunch of people, largely depends on the type of person you are. If you are an introvert like me who has pretty much always been alone, then that is simply how you do things and experience life. Of course, there...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 28, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
How to plan your bike tour route, and how did I pick my 50,000 kilometre route? Picking my route was probably my most enjoyable part of planning my ride. My guess is that I likely spent 100’s of hours researching this part of the bike ride. My original route...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 14, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
A lot of people ask and wonder how is it possible to afford to go on a multi year bike trip. Well these are my 21 crazy and not so crazy ways I saved money for this bike ride. The truth of the matter is that I am cheap; really cheap. In fact I have had some of the...
