These Free cycling holiday downloads and resources are totally free for you to download and use. They are licensed under a creative commons (see license at bottom). Please consider signing up to the VN mailing list – lots more freebies get sent to the mailing list. Cycling Holiday Itinerary templates You can download all my […]
The best bike bag? Choosing a bike bag is not necessarily a case of asking how to choose a bike bag, but how do I choose the best bike bag for me?. You might want the absolutely best bicycle travel bag, but the fact is, there probably isn’t one objective “best bike travel bag”. In […]
The market for prepaid mobile internet in France has improved considerably in recent times. This is good news because if you’re cycling through France, at some point you’re likely going to find yourself needing to make a phone call or wanting to use the Internet. Don’t think for a second that if you have the […]
The VeloNomad Club The VeloNomad Club membership provide a range of benefits to members and are available on a monthly, annual or lifetime basis. They are similar in nature to a magazine subscription. In addition to having ads turned off, you’ll have access to discounts (up to 100%) not available to anyone else. Plus, you’ll […]
Start planning your dream trip to France, save time and hassle, with this handy beginners guide In the Beginner’s Guide How to Plan a Cycling Holiday – Sign Post France, you’ll get shortcuts to all the Cycling Holiday tips and tricks, save time money and hassle, and begin planning your trip now! This is the […]
The Polaris bike pod review and OEM Bike Pod review In this Polaris Bike Pod review, we’ll take a look at the Polaris and OEM bike pods. I’ve chosen to combine a Polaris Bike Pod Review and OEM Bike Pod Review into one single review as they’re typically very, very similar. In fact, from what […]
Whilst doing some research for the VeloNomad Overseas Prepaid Mobile Internet information page, I asked VeloNomad reader and lucky-SOB-living-in-France Gerry P if he could duck down to his local SFR (Vodafone France) shop to find out How to Get SFR Vodafone Prepaid Mobile Internet in France. Basically I wanted to know whether he could post […]
How to set up Orange MobiCarte Prepaid Internet I’m betting you want to make sure your prepaid SIM is properly set up for your trip, right? Follow these simple steps on How to Set up Orange Mobicarte Prepaid Internet and Email, make sure your Orange Mobicarte prepaid SIM is set up properly and you’ll have […]
The Scicon Aero Comfort Plus has been superseded by the much better Scicon Aerocomfort 2 TSA. Check out the Aerocomfort 2 TSA review here. The Scicon Aero Comfort Plus is a good bike travel bag, but there are some issues with the bag that warrant your consideration. The review is very indepth, so for those […]
In this Chain Reaction Cycles Bike Bag Review we’ll take a look at CRC’s value-for-money bag including wheel bags. The Chain Reaction Cycles Bike and Wheel Bags Review is CRC’s highest selling bike bag and at first glance looks like good value for money. So let’s get inside the bag and see what it offers. […]
The Scicon Aero Comfort Plus has been superseded by the much better Scicon Aerocomfort 2 TSA. Check out the Aerocomfort 2 TSA review here. This is a guest post (the very first on VeloNomad!) by Mars Sciavarrello. Mars bought a Scicon Aero Comfort Plus after reading the VeloNomad Scicon AeroComfort Plus bike bag review. Did […]
Remember… Remember the joy you got when your Mum or Dad took their hands off the back of your bike seat, and you sailed forward on your bike without training wheels for the first time? I still remember my Dad taking his hands off the seat (one of those long old school 50s ones!) and […]
There are my must-read Cycling Holiday Tips. Perfect for those heading overseas to ride their bicycles, or watch some bicycle racing. VeloNomad Resource Page The VeloNomad resource page is your one stop shop for the things you’ll need to know for a cycling trip. It’s not perfect yet by any stretch, but will continue to […]
The Short Version of this Post… We’re launching hand made musettes, which you can check out on the VeloNomad webstore. If you’re reading this on our website (not in email) you can click the images below for a bigger version. For those interested in how our musettes were born, read on! The Humble Musette Musettes […]
How hard is finding a good backpack? Not hard after this Deuter Race EXP Air Backpack Review! But ordinarily, REALLY HARD! With the thousands of backpacks on the market, finding a good travel backpack involves a lot of trial and error and potentially wasted money. I’ve wasted hundreds of dollars buying backpacks online only to […]
Insurance Options Sigh. Travel insurance. A necessary evil that many of us – me included – have gotten at the last minute and overpaid for. You just can’t go without it though, especially if travelling with an expensive bike. It’s best to know and plan How to Insure your bike before you go. Most of […]
2013 – The Tour heads to Corsica for the first time I remember the sense of absolute adventure I felt when I headed off on my first trip to France for Le Tour and Etape du Tour. It’s something all of us dream about but not all of us are fortunate to be able to […]
Kapai Puku Ingredients and how to make it In this post, I’m going to list the Kapai Puku ingredients and show you how to make your own version of Kapai Puku. Kapai Puku is a seed based cereal and arguably the best “cereal” on the market. My Kapai Puku recipe has the exact same ingredients, […]
Plan a Campervanning Trip to France Enjoy a hassle-free campervan trip, saving hundreds of dollars along the way with this must-read guide. Campervanning around France is an absolutely awesome experience! However, there are lots of tips and insider tricks that will help make it even better AND save you money. I won’t lie to you. […]
The Spring Classics Challenge Well friends, it is on like Donkey Kong! If you ever needed some incentive to fire up your training for Etape du Tour (Etape 2012 information page) or your cycling trip to Europe this summer, this is it. Specialized has joined forces with Strava to create the Spring Classics Climbing Challenge. […]
I have to admit – I always thought saddle bags were lame. They wrecked the look of my Look (hah!) and were just Not-Pro. And even when I did an Etape du Tour, I didn’t take one. And then, I moved from Melbourne to the Ballina-Byron hinterland in northern NSW. My training in Melbourne was […]
How on earth do you choose a bike tool? After all, there are many options to choose from on the market, and most seem similar to one another (because really, what product differentiation can you have with bike tools). For me it comes down to a few things: Weight – I don’t want a super […]
A few people have emailed me and asked me what type of bike they will need for an Etape. I’ve seen people do Etape on mountain bikes, tandems and roadbikes ranging from bikes that could only be described as WWII era messenger bikes to high end road race weapons. What Type of Bike Should I […]
July 20 L’Etape, plus transit to Bourg St Maurice So, the course for L’Etape was as the pros did it. Epic. Ok, so the logistics around this L’Etape were an ABSOLUTE nightmare. Montelimar is about 100km (the short way) from Ventoux and we had to have our van on the hill the day before, with […]
July 22 2009, Stage 17 Tour de France – Bourg St Maurice > Le Grand Bornand Woke after a big sleep still very, very fatigued. The 3 Ventoux climbs, L’Etape, Col du Petite St Bernard climb the day before and poor dietary profile (no protein) had created a serious kilojoule deficit and leg muscles was […]