Comments on: 10 Side Effects of Long Distance Cycling Tours https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/ TDA Global Cycling offers cross-continent bike expeditions ranging from 2 weeks to 5 months! Fri, 29 May 2020 11:10:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Danny https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-226362 Fri, 29 May 2020 11:10:23 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-226362 I only done less than 5 multi day trip and already ticking off quite a few in the list. I would add… Discover that Man arent born evil to the list.

]]> By: Sue Tantalo https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-203170 Fri, 25 May 2018 02:19:16 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-203170 A new friend who cycled the southern route C2C 2018 with me and 41 others shared your article. We were on a very well supported tour with Bubba Baron. Yes 52 days was a long time, you are so right about how one feels when it is over. My new family is scattered all over the USA now. It took me over to weeks to accept the fact that the real world didn’t change and I had to readjust. I am the one who changed, not just the weight lose but the attitude. No body told us what to expect when we returned home. I probably wouldn’t have believed them if they had. I thank my friend for sharing your article.

]]> By: Kjell https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-201978 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 12:20:25 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-201978 Im laughing 🙂 Good points

]]> By: Jan and Jack Gourley https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-200998 Sat, 10 Mar 2018 16:46:35 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-200998 Everything you have written is so true. Being with TDA was our great introduction to long distance cycling.
Once we had signed up for the inaugural Silk Route expedition our lovely Canadian friend, who had persuaded us to sign up for the trip warned us long distance cycling is addictive!!
How true this is. We’ve done so many journeys on our own since.
These trips aren’t holidays,they involve lots of discomfort, hours of cycling through often boring landscapes, cycling along dodgy beaches but we wouldn’t have missed any of our adventures.
Now, though we warn interested cyclists about its addiction before they sign up!!

]]> By: mike carter https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-200967 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 14:21:07 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-200967 In reply to Ron Grant.

I crewed for a guy who did solo RAAM (successfully) several years ago. During his winter training (in eastern Canada) he would spend a substantial time in a heated training tent doing base miles – it sounds claustrophobic but it certainly did the job acclimating him to the heat of the western USA.

]]> By: Michael Coo https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-200294 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:23:27 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-200294 In reply to Ron Grant.

Sounds like a great trip but we do not have any suggestions for you – sorry.

]]> By: Ron Grant https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-200249 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 17:20:41 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-200249 In reply to Chris Kelly.

i am planning on taking my mountain bike on a ride from Portland
Oregon to Globe Arizona. My main concern is that my friend can only do this ride in June along with his son who will be driving the support vehicle.
Not to worried about riding through Oregon, but the bike route is going to put in a lot of heat and desolate desert. Hard to train for the heat living in Oregon.
Any suggestions?

]]> By: Charlie https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-199565 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 04:52:13 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-199565 Great inspiration. I cherish these side effects. Thanks!

]]> By: James Kindell https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-199354 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 16:46:47 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-199354 How true! Only seven months after having a repair to my mitral valve (open heart surgery!), I cycled from my home town in the south of England to Fez in Morocco, where I have my other home. On the journey, I lost 4kg in weight despite eating everything in sight! It has to be the best thing I have done so far in my life. I dream of the next adventure!

]]> By: Shanny Hill https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-198701 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:43:57 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-198701 In reply to LAETUS MASUMPA.

Thanks for the message Laetus. Good luck on your ride to Lesotho !!

]]> By: LAETUS MASUMPA https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-198693 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:48:14 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-198693 Long distance cycling is one of my hobbies , you mentioned peace and tranquillity, that’s exactly what I get from cycling. I am already training for 130 distance solo cycling to a nearby country. South Africa to Lesotho.

]]> By: Chris Kelly https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-198318 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 17:11:59 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-198318 Great article, even short tours of one month can bring about some changes I think?? Any more on this subject??

]]> By: Danielle Rose https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-197759 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 02:18:29 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-197759 Thanks

]]> By: Shanny Hill https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-197169 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:41:23 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-197169 In reply to Huay Huay Chew.

glad you liked it…

There are so many benefits! Here are a few we wrote about earlier this year.
https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2017/01/the-psychological-benefits-of-bicycle-touring/

…and some more reasons
https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2014/03/7-reasons-to-do-a-long-distance-cycling-tour/

]]> By: Huay Huay Chew https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-197152 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 09:21:00 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-197152 How true. So what are the benefits of long distance cycling then? My loved one had suffered the consequences of two such rides. What is worse is the relationships between the rider and his family members are adversely affected. Of course, it may not happen to all riders. The personality and character of the rider play a large part too…
Well, let’s hope my loved one returns to reality soon.

]]> By: Lloyd Lemons https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2016/03/10-side-effects-of-long-distance-cycling-tours/#comment-196212 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:56:26 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=24941#comment-196212 Great article, and great title! You made me read it, and I’m glad I did. Ride On!

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