Staff Picks: Best Blogs Of 2024

Here at TDA Global Cycling, we are blessed with some extremely talented writers, both in our Toronto office and in many other places around the world. In 2024, they managed to post 111 blogs covering a wide variety of topics.

Here are our staff picks for best blogs of 2024:

Ohla Kurochkina (Office Manager)

What Is It Like For A Couple Joining A Camping Expedition with TDA Global Cycling?

“I enjoyed reading Shanny’s blog as I was questioning myself, should I go somewhere with my husband one day)))))” (Read more)

A Dutch Rider Takes On The Trans-Europa Cycling Tour

“I guess, I just can’t be objective, I met him on the Viva Italia, so I guess, when I read his article, I can imagine him talking to me, hear his tone of voice, so it sounds more appealing to me.” (Read more)

Miles MacDonald (Operations Manager)

How To Be A Fantastic Roommate On A Cycling Tour

“Inter-personal communication is a skillset we can all continue to build on throughout our lives, and being a fantastic roommate on tour is a great way to practice! It’s also a chance to make a great new cycling and traveling friend.” (Read more)

How Many Cyclists That Start a Tour End up Completing it?

“For TDA getting to answer this question, whether in a blog, or when meeting a potential new TDA cyclist in person, is always a positive experience. As we’re able to explain that nearly everyone who rides a tour with us completes it, and how the group camaraderie and TDA staff support helps make this a reality.” (Read more)

Shanny Hill (Marketing Manager)

Celebrating An ‘Impossible’ Milestone: 100 Tours

“It was hard in 2021 to celebrate our 20th year as a company. We were busy restarting our global operations after a year of lockdowns and letdowns. So it felt extra special a few years later to instead celebrate our 100th tour. Something we were all quite proud of.” (Read more)

When The (TDA) Circus Comes To Town

“Yanez used to write professionally before working with TDA. Even while expending a great deal of energy orchestrating the logistics of our trips in Africa, he sometimes has time to write a gem like this. Don’t take him too seriously and enjoy the literary ride he takes you on.” (Read more)

Honourable mentions:

The Morocco Earthquake’s Lasting Legacy

Mystery and Folklore In The North York Moors

Micah Markson (Office Tech Wizard)

Living Without limits At 80: Rae’s Journey To A Life Of Health, Adventure & and Fulfillment

“Rae & Ursula have been an inspiration since I first met them in 2016, and in the years since they have not slowed down at all. Cycling with people like Rae has completely changed my views on aging, and he is a great example to bring up whenever someone says ‘Maybe if I were younger’!” (Read more)

When The Office Meets The Crew

“Olha did a great job capturing the differences and importance of the two sides of TDA – the back office and the field staff. In my opinion, it is the combination of these two aspects that sets TDA apart.” (Read more)

Henry Gold (Founder)

You Can’t Quantify Laughter

“I like Benjamin’s blog because he captured something intangible on our tours and that is the magic of our staff. It is their hard work but also their wonderful attitude and enjoyment of these trips. Their attitude and laughter is contagious. It affects everyone on the tour, particularly me.” (Read more)

The Camaraderie Of An Expedition Tour

“I like Nick Coe’s blog because I relate to it. Since we started the company, I have met many people from around the world that have greatly enriched my life. On the trip I am now, the Trans Oceania, some of them pleasantly surprised me. While riding alone on a quiet road, in a distance I saw a couple standing by their car waving, while I cycling towards them wondering who are these people, why are they waving at me? Another friend showed up knocking on the door of the hotel. And on a rest day I had a lovely and delicious dinner in Wellington with a couple who I cycled several tours with. In each case they made my day.” (Read more)

Michael Coo (Customer Service Manager)

Egypt’s Unknown Language – Honking

“Beep. Beep. Sometimes it is important to learn more than one local language.” (Read more)

The X-Ray

“You never know what will appear in your inbox. One day, completely unexpectedly, a rider who had taken part (pun intended) in the first Tour d’Afrique in 2003, submitted a painful but entertaining memory from that time that he had written up during the COVID lockdowns.” (Read more)

Honourable mentions: 

The Toilets Of Tokyo

Sime’s Excellent Arctic Adventures on the North American Epic Cycling Expedition

Friendships from TDA, Carpe Diem and a Great Canoe Trip

Iconic Dutch Windmills: Their Many Uses & How They Work

Cristiano Werneck (South. American Project Manager)

The Tour d’Afrique Cycling Expedition: Unique, Authentic & Epic

“I love this blog on the Tour d’Afrique and how it is an opportunity to challenge yourself. What I really like about is that it shows it as a chance to escape a lot of the modern day BS and really experience a simpler life style. It also illustrates how that has been changing as well over the years and therefore people should go ASAP.” (Read more)

Colombicycled

“American cyclist Mark Khalil wrote a guest blog that really appealed to me – full metaphors about cycling and life which is something I can really appreciate.” (Read more)

Did we miss any of your favourites? Let us know in the comments if we did!