Bicycle Touring Classes

Bicycle Touring Class
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Sometimes people like to ease into Bicycle Touring slowly and have an experienced bicycle tourist show them the ropes so to speak. This is actually quite natural since bicycle touring is usually perceived as something radiacally different to try in this day and age.

Luckily there are indeed bicycle touring classes offered to fill this need. Keep in mind that although I implied in the first paragraph that these classes are only for beginners in reality they are not, usually there are tips and tricks offered that can help even the veteran cyclist with thousands of miles under their wheels.

Often these classes will include information about the different ways you can bicycle tour including loaded/self-contained bicycle touring. The loaded touring classes also seem to discuss camping gear, bicycle equipment and if you are lucky they also include at least one story from the teacher's bicycle touring background.

The rest of this page will be a listing of bicycle touring classes including their initial class time and contact web site. I encourage you to follow up with the various resources if you are looking for such a class but the date shown is past. They may be able to tell you about the next upcoming class and hopefully you will remind them to drop me a note so that I can update this page with that information.

If you know of another class being offered please contact me so that it too can be added to this page.

Circle City Bicycles

Circle City Bicycles is a Bicycle Touring 101 sponsor. They offer a "Basics of Bicycle Touring" class without charge. Focused on self-supported bicycle touring. Explains what to look for in a touring bicycle, camping gear and discuss the pros and cons of using saddlebags/panniers versus trailers to haul your load.

When	Saturday, April 2, 2005 from 9:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.
Where	A Free Class at Holiday Park in Indianapolis
Web Page	http://circlecitybicycles.com/bbtour.htm

Toronto Bicycling Network

LOADED TOURING - (Mar 8, 2005) Have you ever thought about doing loaded touring, but didn't know how to go about it?Come on out and meet fellow TBN cyclist, paul Stockton, who will give you the low down on how to load up your bike and head out on the open road. He'll discuss the gear, and planning required in making a loaded tour. And he'll illustrate it with slides from his loaded tour across the Alps and answer any questions you may have. Time: 7-9 p.m. Location: North Toronto Community Centre, 200 Eglinton Ave West.

When	March 8, 2005 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Where	North Toronto Community Centre, 200 Eglinton Ave West, Toronto, Canada
Web Page	http://tbn.ca/other/edu.htm#2622

Submitted by Paul Stockton

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