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Lessons from the 2010 TDF and L’Etape trip
2010 was a doozy of a trip for TDF Tips. I, and my equally loony travel partner, the inimitable Michael J Brown, took off around the world to tackle L’Etape, eat croissants, drink (usually bad) coffee, drink some sneaky Heinekens, ride in the warm French summer sun, and revel in the greatest sports spectacle [...]
How to pack your bike for air travel
In this post I show how to pack your bike securely in a BikePod. In this post I reviewed a BikePod (Polaris in this case) versus a Scicon AeroComfort Plus. The BikePod used in this post is a generic OEM case, not a Polaris. Step 1 With most bike pods and cases, you need to remove your pedals, [...]
How to Plan a Cycling Trip to the Tour de France, Part 6: Equipment List
Despite the fact I’ve written and published a Very Comprehensive and Totally Kick Butt Guide to Cycling Through France, I thought I’d write a series of posts around the topic as well. In Part 1, we cover the creation of an itinerary (initial planning) involving Tour stages, climbs to do, as well as what airlines you [...]
Getting Your Bike to France: Scicon Vs Bike Pod Vs Bike Box
I thought I’d compare the products that best protect your bike when taking your expensive pride and joy to France. I’ll look at 3 products, so the list is far from comprehensive. If you’ve used a product that you think is worth a mention, drop a comment after the post and we’ll get back [...]
How to Plan a Cycling Trip to the Tour de France, Part 5: the Le Tour stage
Despite the fact I’ve written and published a Very Comprehensive and Totally Kick Butt Guide to Cycling Through France, I thought I’d write a series of posts around the topic as well. In Part 1, we cover the creation of an itinerary (initial planning) involving Tour stages, climbs to do, as well as what airlines you [...]
How to Plan a Cycling Trip to the Tour de France, Part 4: On the Road
Despite the fact I’ve written and published a Very Comprehensive and Totally Kick Butt Guide to Cycling Through France, I thought I’d write a series of posts around the topic as well. In Part 1, we cover the creation of an itinerary (initial planning) involving Tour stages, climbs to do, as well as what airlines you [...]
How to Plan a Cycling Trip to the Tour de France, Part 3: Booking
Welcome to Part 3 of the tourdefrancetips.com quick guide to planning a trip to France. In Part 1, we covered the creation of an itinerary (initial planning) involving Tour stages, climbs to do, as well as what airlines you might look at. In Part 2, I discussed Accommodation and Car Hire choices. Now that we have an itinerary (you can download and use my 2009 one here), and have chosen our car hire and accommodation options, we can book.
How to Plan a Cycling Trip to the Tour and France, Part 2: Accomodation and Car Hire
This is Part 2 in an I-don’t-know-how-many-parts-yet series on planning a cycling trip to France for the Tour, L’Etape or just leisure. At the end, I’ll do a case study on our 2010 planning, so you can see how to practically apply these ideas to your own trip to get a great outcome.
How to Plan a Cycling Trip to the Tour and France, Part 1: Initial Planning
Despite the fact I’ve written and published a Very Comprehensive and Totally Kick Butt Guide to Cycling Through France, I thought I’d write a series of posts around the topic as well. In Part 1, we cover the creation of an itinerary (initial planning) involving Tour stages, climbs to do, as well as what airlines you [...]
