Ecotopia Biketour
We try to make the tour as inclusive as possible for any level of fitness or experience with bike touring. We cycle a maximum of 30–70 km per day (depending on the hills), and on average half of the days we stay in a place without cycling. Our experience is that almost everyone can manage this, but there is the possibility to shorten the distances if we discover that it is too much. People cycle in small groups or alone, at whatever speed suits them, and many people like to take it slow and take lots of breaks. A detailed route plan for the day is shared in the morning, arrows are drawn with chalk on the road at every turn, and if you get lost you can always call the Biketour phone. If you have a shitty bike, you will not be the only one, and we enjoy supporting each other if something breaks. We make sure that the last people to leave carry a toolbox, a phone and a first-aid kit in order to assist if anything goes wrong on the road.
Read more about what the Ecotopia Biketour is. If you would like to get an insight into the organisation or just ask a question, contact us.
Ecotopia Biketour 2026
 Ecotopia Biketour 2026 will happen in Sápmi and Scandinavia. |
 On 1–14 August around Göteborg, the Childish Weeks will put a special focus on the needs of participating children. |
Biketour concepts
Core Values & Practices
> core values and practices
> awareness
Self-Organisation
> how it’s prepared
> consensus
> circles
Online Tools
> online-tools
> photo-sharing
On the road
> on the road
> tasks & rota
> trailers
> wildcamping
Food
Whenever it’s possible we go dumpster-diving and buy food from local farmers and small shops.
> veganism
> rocket stove
> dumpster-diving
Activities
> skill-sharing
Latest blog posts
How to ride uphill (the dark science, or witchcraft)
Surprisingly few people know how to climb hills on a (loaded) bicycle. Some rarely suffer when doing it whatever way, some resort to walking their bikes. This solution generally works, although it has downsides. It is good nevertheless to understand a few things about the specific nature of the challenge and overcome it with less effort and in less time. This short guide should not scare you off. We don’t love to torture ourselves. The point is not to pull one’s veins out, but to avoid having to pull veins out. If you are afraid of not handling the rides,…
Reflections on the Childish Weeks
The Childish Weeks are over and I think they were a huge success! 1 toddler, 10 children and 1 teenager participated, along with around 20 adults. While everything went well, there were some challenges and some things that should be improved next time. The weeks were prepared well, but not necessarily prepared right. In this blog post I want to reflect how I experienced the weeks as a parent with a toddler, but also as an organizer, and what we could do better next time. I hope that some other participants with different perspectives will publish their reflections as well.…
An amateur-proof guide to inspecting a bicycle’s technical condition
A relatively short-ish guide focused on what can be easily checked by a layperson, with a handful of simple advice; harder shit omitted. With POST SCRIPTUM: IF YOU’RE JUST LOOKING FOR A BIKE FOR EBT Introduction Tour is much more challenging for bikes than usual riding. A lot of bikes have malfunctions during the journey. A lot of people neglect to check the bike well before touring. Some don’t try, unsure of their capabilites. EBT is generally open to join with a shitty bike. We also know that it can be difficult to come to the tour from far away…
Childish Weeks: Sjövik–Trollhättan
The paved part of the former railway ended exactly at our sleeping place in Sjövik. Afterwards, the cycle route would turn north to find its way back into the valley of the Göta älv river towards Trollhättan. This national cycle route was now following a very busy road. We did not know this in advance, as we had simply assumed a national cycle route would follow child-friendly bike paths, but we had not checked it outselves. Somewhat luckily, one family had left us this morning, and now only one toddler on a child’s seat and one child with their own…