North American Epic Information Night in Toronto
Want to learn about our amazing cycling trip from Alaska to Mexico City? If you are in or around Toronto on February 12th, this is your chance. Register for this free event now –...
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The 7Epics of Cycling
On December 22nd Juliana Buhring of Italy ended her odyssey of cycling 18,000 miles (28,800km) around the world. She cycled 152 days and in the process established a new Guinness record for women for...
View ArticleHenry Gold talks to the Outspoken Cyclist
Listen in tonight as TDA founder Henry Gold talks to the Outspoken Cyclist streaming live at 17:30EST or the podcast anytime afterwards – http://www.wjcu.org/media/audio/outspokencyclist
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Top 10 Reasons for Cycling the North American Epic
1. The only tour of its kind. While several companies offer biking adventures across North America from west to east that link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Tour d’Afrique’s 2013 North American Epic...
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Top 10 Reasons for Cycling the Bamboo Road
1. The only tour of its kind. Leave your desk job behind and become carefree as you ride your bike for 3 months and 8000 km across 7 countries of the Orient, from Shanghai to Singapore. 2. The...
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Amsterdam Alumni Event
Amsterdam Alumni Event It was not very long time ago that All Roads led us to Rome and a very successful inaugural TDA Alumni event. We have to confess that once in a while when we have an idea and the...
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North American Epic Bicycle Expedition Toronto Presentation
We will be hosting a presentation/slideshow on the redesigned North American Epic, a 10,000km cycling expedition from Anchorage to Mexico City, this coming Tuesday in downtown Toronto. Tour staff will...
View ArticleMemories of the Lake Nasser Ferry (2003)
FERRY! What’s that? The quintessential experience on Lake Nasser was that of the very first year, when the riders biked 270kms along a controlled-access, paved road from Aswan to Abu Simbel, through...
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It’s back – The Doomsday Ride Returns!
While the 2012 La Ruta Maya: The Doomsday Ride did not turn out as many Mayans had expected, the experience far surpassed the expectations of the riders who cycled from San Jose, Costa Rica to Belize...
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Holly Beetham TDA 2012
Holly was the second person I met in Cairo before we began our long and incredible journey down Africa. We clicked immediately; she ended up being my closest friend on the trip, and we remained close...
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Party time at the Equator
Two months on the road, nearing our halfway point and suddenly we find ourselves with four days of unscheduled rest and relaxation. I can’t say that anyone’s complaining around here, in fact, some of...
View ArticleSeattle Bike Expo
In or around Seattle this weekend? Come visit Tour d’Afrique at the Seattle Bike Expo (booth #341) and find what we have planned for your cycling future. Details here.
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Happy Birthday Albert!
Celebrating Einstein Today is the birthday of a small non-descript former patent clerk who, unlike any human being before him or after him, changed the world. I am not into celebrities but if he was...
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TDA Foundation Bicycle Donation in Arusha, Tanzania
The Reason Every year the riders who sign up to ride the 12,000kms from Cairo – Cape Town register for countless numbers of reasons. If not for the personal challenge and adventure, then sometimes the...
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TDA March Book Review
Rustle up two determined friends, strap on your headlamps, and wander bravely into the dark Sudanese desert to the call of jackal before being instantly dunked into an inky insidious blackness, with...
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Earth Hour Should Incorporate Human Powered Devices
On March 31st, 2007 an event called Earth Hour was held in Sydney Australia with 2.2 million citizens of the city and 2,100 businesses participating. Organized by World Wildlife Federation (WWF) and...
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Earth Day. Take a rest. Do zilch.
April 22nd is Earth Day – first celebrated in 1970 to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s natural environment. As in the past, there will be a plethora of activities and many, many...
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TDA 2013 Finish line, arrival ceremony and final dinner details
It is less than two weeks to go before 2013’s brave group of Tour d’Afrique cyclists will cross the finish line at the end of their epic journey across Africa. As always we look forward to giving our...
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Cinelli Bootleg and TDA
Our association with Cinelli Bootleg began before the 2012 Tour d’Afrique and happily for all it continues to grow. On last year’s Tour we had 4 Cinelli bikes on board that were being tested to see...
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TDA 2013 Nairobi Bike Donation
For many years now on the Tour d’Afrique, the TDA Foundation Bike Donation ceremony in Nairobi has been a rider favourite. Beers, cold pop and snacks are available. Kenyans who have received bikes in...
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