Tips & Reviews
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Make Your Town a Better Bike Town
Mia Birk’s book Joyride: Pedaling toward a Healthier Planet, is a “how-to manual” for creating a first class bicycle community. Anyone in government or anyone interested in bicycle advocacy would benefit from reading Birk as a way to put their… Read full article
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Tips & Reviews / Travel Planning
Bicycling Vacations: Stress Free Fun For Friends and Family
We at ExperiencePlus! have noticed an interesting trend amongst our travelers: more and more folks are inviting friends and family to join them on their bicycling vacation. These groups come in all shapes and sizes but if you are looking… Read full article
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Fitness and Training / Tips & Reviews
Yep, It’s Winter. Take Your Work-Out Inside…
and Reap the Benefits. By Leah Barrett, Nutritionist and Wellness Counselor at become fit in Fort Collins, Colorado OK, some of you are hard-core and no matter how cold or wet or windy it gets out there, you will not… Read full article
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Brunelleschi’s Dome by Ross King
Reviewed by ExperiencePlus! Customer Bill Giovanazzo. She lay there, basking in the sun of a Tuscan August. Her beauty is beyond any of her kind. She is the queen of the Renaissance, Firenze. She is the queen mother who gave… Read full article
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A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
Reviewed by ExperiencePlus! Customer Bill Giovanazzo Italy, Italia, is unique in the world. From the voluptuous bosom of the Tuscan hills to the fishing towns on Apulia’s Adriatic coast, the culture of this ancient land, of these loving people, affirms… Read full article
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Tips & Reviews / Travel Planning
Adventures in Passport Renewal
By ExperiencePlus! Customer Steve Johnson Wednesday, September 1, 2010 8 PM With less than 24 hours until a scheduled departure to join one of ExperiencePlus! partner tours (TourzPlus!) to bicycle in Croatia, I started to check-in online for the Lufthansa… Read full article
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Fitness and Training / Tips & Reviews
Get Out and Ride
Get Out and Ride (even if you don’t feel like it) By Leah Barrett, MS, LCSW Nutritionist / Wellness Counselor at become fit in Fort Collins, Colorado So, you’ve signed up for a fabulous bicycle trip with Experience Plus! and… Read full article
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Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents
by Jim Maluso – Reviewed by Monica Malpezzi Price In “Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents,” author Jim Maluso sets himself up as an anti-hero who, instead of aspiring to climb to the highest points on… Read full article
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New Titanium Road Bikes on European Tours
How does a custom made aerospace grade titanium frame with a combination of Shimano Ultegra and 105 components, a carbon fork, and titanium rails on the saddle sound? Join us in Europe and enjoy the benefits of riding the best… Read full article
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The Lost Cyclist by David V. Herlihy
The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance by David V. Herlihy It’s the late 1800s and the “safety bicycle” has just been introduced in the USA. The age of the high wheel is quickly coming to… Read full article
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Fitness and Training / Tips & Reviews
Joe Friel’s Health Benefits of Cycling
by Joe Friel It can be difficult to keep up an exercise program, especially if you don’t see results right away in the mirror or on the scales. After all, the No. 1 reason most people workout is to look… Read full article
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Would You Like a Western Movie with that Spaghetti?
What do Clint Eastwood, Andalucia in southern Spain, the Italian island of Sardinia and Italian composer Ennio Morricone have in common? Surely you’ve heard of “spaghetti westerns” – “A Fistful of Dollars,” “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly,” “Once… Read full article
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ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours and Bicycles 4 Humanity
New Partnership Brings Mobility to Africa In Africa, girls are 70 percent more likely to attend school if their family owns a bike. Healthcare workers can visit up to four times as many patients if they have a bike and… Read full article
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Safe Cycling is Smart Cycling
The League of American Bicyclists is the nation’s premier bicycle advocacy group which, over the last forty years, has developed THE national standard in bicycle safety education. It is unfortunate that most people learned most of what they know about… Read full article
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Tour Sustainability and Performance Plan
ExperiencePlus! strives to consider the environmental and social impact of what we do. Travel is a powerful tool to connect people to new cultures and environments, however if folks are not responsible travelers, we know it can also negatively impact… Read full article
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Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac
Short, simple, amusing, wistful and at times leaving you with the urge to jump on your bike, the Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac is exactly what one might expect from a little bound book with the photo of a vintage bicycle… Read full article
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A Brief Introduction to Cycling Lingo
There is no need to buy a plane ticket to experience a new world – just take up a new sport. Consider cycling for example: Ever been to the pain cave? Bombed down a gnarly, technical section full of babyheads?… Read full article