Three years in the past I received a name from one among my previous school roommates saying that after years of seeing me go off by myself bicycle touring adventures, he lastly needed to attempt happening a motorcycle journey of his personal.
We spoke on the cellphone for hours that night time and I passionately crammed him in on all the teachings I had realized about bike journey over time.
When our dialog ended late that night, I sat down and thought to myself, “If I may also help one individual plan and put together for his or her first bicycle touring journey by merely chatting with them over the cellphone, I ponder how many individuals I may assist if I had been to put in writing down every part I find out about bicycle touring and submit all of it on the Web?”
Two days later, BicycleTouringPro.com was born!
On October twenty seventh, 2007 I printed a brief article about my plans for the way forward for this web site … and that second marked the start of all of it. It was the start of Bicycle Touring Professional.
Three years has since passed by, nevertheless it feels prefer it all occurred simply yesterday. And despite the fact that I’ve put in 1000’s of hours price of labor into this web site, I’ve had a lot enjoyable engaged on the positioning that these numerous hours slaving in entrance of my pc really feel like mere minutes.
In three yr’s time, BicycleTouringPro.com has grown from a tiny self-coded web site that solely my mother and father and greatest buddies would sometimes look at… to a world enterprise with greater than 30,000 month-to-month readers in international locations all around the world. Add onto this the rising communities being constructed across the Bicycle Touring Professional Fb, Twitter and YouTube websites and the general readership right here at BicycleTouringPro.com has actually grown by leaps and bounds!
For an exercise as area of interest as “bicycle touring”, I certain have had rather a lot to say in regards to the topic over the previous three years.
Since beginning this web site I’ve written an astounding 461 free articles, created 68 journey associated movies, taken 1000’s of pictures and answered numerous emails from new and skilled bicycle vacationers in areas throughout the globe. And that’s not all!
I’ve additionally created three common ebooks designed to assist first-time bicycle traveler’s get their begin (The Important Information To Touring Bicycles… The Bicycle Traveler’s Blueprint… and The Final Information To Free Lodging).
And simply this previous yr I launched the Bicycle Journey Community (a company that offers micro-scholarships to younger bike vacationers) and created a feature-length educational video designed to assist first-time bicycle vacationers get their begin.
In between all of this writing, taking pictures, modifying, and many others. I’ve traveled to dozens of nations all over the world and added 1000’s of miles to my private bicycle touring odometer.
Once I look again at every part I’ve completed within the final three years, I’m fairly amazed at how I’ve been capable of hold all of it up and nonetheless stay so unimaginable obsessed with what it’s that I’m doing.
“If you wish to do one thing in your life and also you’re obsessed with doing it… there’s little that may cease you.”
That’s the strategy I’ve taken with my work right here at Bicycle Touring Professional over the previous three years and I believe it’s an strategy that’s lastly paying off. Almost each day I get an e-mail or two from some individual someplace on this planet telling me simply how a lot they’ve realized from Bicycle Touring Professional and the way a lot they love the group that has be created right here. It’s these messages that make me need to proceed my work right here and carry on serving to others be taught in regards to the joys of touring by bike.
Regarding the future, there’s much more in retailer for Bicycle Touring Professional within the moths forward.
On a private entrance, I plan to depart for Peru in simply over one month’s time. My plan as soon as I’m there’s to journey about in South America for six full months and all of the whereas share my adventures with you right here on the web site.
I’m additionally engaged on a brief e-book about my bicycle touring experiences in america of America and I plan to launch that textual content someday within the subsequent a number of weeks. Better of all, I’m going to offer the e-book away totally free!
And at this time I’m launching a brand new web site referred to as Motorbike Touring Professional. Similar to this web site which concentrates on bicycle journey, Motorbike Touring Professional goes to be an internet site for these wishing to journey lengthy distances on a bike.
Along with all this, I’ve received a lot of different tasks within the works… however I believe I’m going to carry off and inform you about these tasks slightly bit later.
As you may see, rather a lot has modified over the previous three years. Bicycle Touring Professional is rising, the readership is at an all-time excessive, and an increasing number of individuals are experiencing the fun of bicycle journey.
I need to take this second and thanks for being part of the Bicycle Touring Professional group. With out you this web site wouldn’t be what it’s… and with out your variety messages, I may not have the motivation wanted to proceed working to make this web site higher.
Thanks once more… and right here’s to a different nice yr at Bicycle Touring Professional!
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