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
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…
Childish Weeks: Göteborg–Sjövik
We woke up to a really windy and cold day on the lake in Göteborg. Our communal space was on a rocky peninsula reaching into the lake and completely exposed to the winds. Things kept flying away, and it felt like the wind was stressing us to leave. During the route planning it became clear that with our new daily distance of 15 km and still one rest day per two cycling days, we wouldn’t be able to make it to Trollhättan on time. This did not seem like a big issue, as few people are joining in this last part…