Half-Day Bicycle Tours in Buenos Aires

So you're on your way to Antarctica, Patagonia, or just to visit Argentina. You have a layover day or four in Buenos Aires and can get away for an afternoon. We have the perfect half-day bicycle tour for you. Actually, this is perfect for most of a day because the neighborhood of San Telmo, where this bike tour company is based, is one of the most interesting quarters of Buenos Aires. So go early for your tour, explore the Plaza Dorrego, take your bike ride with La Bicicleta Naranja Tours and Rentals then come back late afternoon for drinks in Plaza Dorrego again as it fills up with both tourists and locals at that time.
For more photos of bicycling in Argentina visit our Flickr pages.

How 'Bout a Bike Tour in Boston?

Of course, you can just rent a bike and do your own exploring but the reason to take a half-day bicycle tour is . . . local knowledge. Nothing can buy you local information like taking a ride with the folks who ride there all the time.

The folks at Urban AdvenTours, in Boston, will rent you a bicycle but they will also show you the sights, and where to find the best food in Boston, like Redbones, Boston's best BBQ and the Washington Square Tavern.

So if you are short on time and short on knowledge about where to find a bike and where to ride, finding a local bike tour operator for a short half-day or full-day ride is the solution. When in Boston call Urban AdvenTours.

Bicycle Touring in Japan

Considering a bicycle tour in Japan? Take a look at the Japan Cycling Navigator for general information. For bicycle rentals in Japan try Outdoor Japan for information on renting a touring bicycle.

Giant Bicycles to Offer Bicycle Rentals in Taipei City

Giant Manufacturing Co, the world's largest manufacturer of bicycles will set up eleven rental points with a total of 500 rental bikes in the heart of Taipei City. This follows on the announcement of the introduction of 4,500 bicycles in Kaohsiung City along that city's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) routes by May for use by citizens in a massive bike sharing program. Read more about it here.

So if you are traveling to Taiwan there is not need to forgo your daily bike ride!

For the news announcement about Giant in Taipei City click here.

Bike Sharing Blog Gathers Info on Bike Sharing Around the World

The Bike-sharing Blog provides information on the emerging public transportation mode of bike-sharing. The Blog is provided by MetroBike, LLC , based in Washington, D.C., USA. Visit the blog here by clicking here.

At right is a photo of the Bike Library in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Cafes in Tel Aviv, Israel Offer Free Bicycles

Visiting Tel Aviv on a bus tour? Take an afternoon to enjoy the bike share program in these cafes!

How to Pack for your Self-Supported Bicycle Tour

A picture is worth a thousand words. So have a look at some of the photos here of the annual Winter Ralleye Bike Tour out of Fort Collins, Colorado into the Rocky Mountains. Normally (what's normal any more?) the weather is pretty cold with snow on the ground. But this year the 30 or so thirty-somethings had fifty plus degree weather for the winter overnight bike tour to Ansel Watrous campground on the scenic Cache La Poudre River twenty-five miles out of Fort Collins.

We publish this note here so those of you who are dreaming of a self-supported, loaded bicycle tour can see several examples of B.O.B. trailers, panniers, and combinations thereof. Have fun looking at these photographs!