Stealth Bicycle Camping and Bicycle Touring

Bicycle camping how to, tips and ideas. Stealth camping. Bicycle travel. Bicycle touring. 9 Nov 2010. My Giant Cypress hybrid is behind me. Bug out.

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• Stealth camping
• bicycle camping
• free camping
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• bicycle travel
• bicycle touring

[bewaretheintertubes]

Hey man. Just had to mention I dig your channel. I've watched several of your videos not realizing it was the same person until I've already loaded it. Thanks. Keep up the good work.

[cyclist01222]

@bewaretheintertubes Thank you so much my friend. I'm glad you stopped by!

[TheTomorow]

Have you ever ben outside US for camping?

[cyclist01222]

@TheTomorow Nope

[cyclist01222]

@cgptsnaz I would say that was ultralight for living on your bike. This must be a very hassle free way to live! I think so many cyclists could learn a lot from your experiences and would encourage you to share them in any way you can.

[cgptsnaz]

@cgptsnaz I travel very light with les than 15 lbs of gear. I use a rear rack on the front to make my pail panniers fit better. My total gear is Tent 3.5 lb,sleeping bag and pad 4 lbs, cook gear 1-2 lbs, I wear on set of clothes, have extra socks, I use old 2 liter water bottles and the panniers are sturdy so they come in handy as other things like seats, table,ice chests,gear and food caching when doing extended long backpacking trip near road areas. I also can carry water from water places.

[cgptsnaz]

@cyclist01222 My home made panniers are made from 4 ExMayonaise buckets from a resturant I worked at in Zion Nat Park in 2006. I currently don't have a blog or videos of my tours. My longest bike tour was in 1983-84 I rode from Jackson Hole WY to Rochester NY, then down to Hope, AR in the fall of 83. In the spring after working the winter I rode to Tucson, AZ and back to JH,Wyoming. I went 7000 miles. I rode down Alaska from the Arctic Ocean at Prudoe Bay to Homer Spit 1000 miles in 30 days.

[cyclist01222]

@cgptsnaz Wow! That's absolutely awesome my friend. Certainly a different lifestyle than I am able to live... you know, wife, kids, grandkids, house, cars and all that stuff. I would love to know or see more about your adventures. Are you going to post any vids or do you have a blog somewhere?

[cgptsnaz]

By the way I stealh camp 75% of the time. I choose routes that take me thru areas with woods and natural landscapes. I rarely stay in camprgrounds as the cost is not within my budget. I never stay in motels! Too expensive. I choose areas that are off the road or along roads that are traveled lightly. I also call my tours bike/hiking as I stop along the way to hike for a weekend to a week away from my bike that I have left locked to a tree a ways off the closest roadway. I pail panniers I made.

[cgptsnaz]

Hello Cyclist1222,

I have been bicycle touring for 30 years come September. I did my first ride from Jackson Hole, WY to Hope, AR. 1800 miles in 19 days. Since then I have lived on my bike for means of transportation every year. I am 56 and have never driven a car, the only motorized vehicle I ever had was a Moped when I was 16 in 1972.. I have probably pedaled about 75,000 miles all over the USA since 1982. I find bike touring very pleasant. I designed my own panniers about 6 years ago.