Bøger af Michael Lyon

This is the 2021 Third Edition of of "Cycling Along Europe's Rivers: Bicycle Touring Made Easy and Affordable."This is the significantly updated Third Edition 2021, with over 60 new custom route maps making planning easier than ever, updated content, sights, and routes. Over 25 Interesting, Historic, and Cultural Rides. Cycling Along Europe's Rivers is a "How To" book on taking self-guided bike trips to Europe that are affordable and easy to organize. The book is based on the author's extensive experience, including over 25 years of annual cycle trips to Europe.Rhine River, Danube River, Elbe River, Loire River, Po River, Neckar River, Mosel River, Main River, and more.-How to plan and prepare.-How to get what you need to the start of a ride and home again --bikes, panniers, and you.-What to bring and what not -- how to keep your load small.-How to handle getting around and other logistics.-Bike, Lodging and Eating advice.-Safety, Security, and Communication advice.-Route recommendations and key features.In short, everything you need to know to have a first-class, comfortable, flexible, and interesting riding trip to Europe without spending a fortune or going with an organized package. We budget about $120 per day per person (less if sharing rooms) plus airfare for hotels, meals, and everything else for rides that are typically 8-14 days in length.Rivers make the perfect touring -- flat, easy to navigate, interesting towns, historical sites, and relatively short distances between stops and sites. These trips are for everyone -- from weekend warriors to casual riders, from the young to the old. I have undertaken these rides with riders in their 80s, and the last eight years with my son starting at age 8 on a tandem.Our routes guide riders through Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, France, Italy, Switzerland, and, Slovakia, and utilize the detailed maps found in the terrific German Bikeline map guides."Cycling Along Europe's Rivers" is a companion book to the European Bikeline Map Guides. It will tell you how and where to go, which Bikeline map guide to use for route details, and how to use these maps. That's all you need! Please Note: While the book does provide over 25 routes, suggested overnight stops, associated mileage, hotels and site, it does not provide turn-by-turn details, and detailed maps, because this is not necessary for these trips given GPS, generally well-marked trails, the very detailed Bikeline companion guides, and the rivers themselves providing the ultimate route guide!Cities and regions in Europe you can visit include, among many other: the Danube Gorge, Amsterdam, Leiden, the Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Arnhem, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bonn, Koblenz, Cochem, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Strasbourg, Colmar, Basel, the Rhine Falls, Lake Bodensee, Konstanz, Regensburg, Passau, Linz, Melk, Vienna, Bratislava, Gyor, Tata, Budapest, Cesky Krumlov, Prague, Dresden, Meissen, Wittenberg, Potsdam, Berlin, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Hameln, Hann. Munden, Orleans, Chambord, Blois, Amboise, Chenonceaux, Chinon, Saumur, Angers, St. Nazaire, Milan, Cremona, Parma, Mantua, Merano, Bolzano, Lake Garda, Verona, Padua, Chioggia, and Venice. Even a brief mention of the C&O Canal and Erie Canal rides as warm-ups.Cycling Along Europe's Rivers is practical and well-organized. We have loved these trips and think you will, too!The standard print version is in black and white, and available in Kindle and and printed in full color.Please feel free to contact the author at: mlyon@cycletouringbooks.com. We appreciate all your kind reviews and feedback!"Note: The original book was published in 2012, and has been updated annually, updating routes and sites -- but this Third Edition represents a major update.

Cycling Europe: Great Day Rides tells you everything you need to know to take over 90 interesting and beautiful self-guided single day cycling rides in Europe while staying in any of over 30 fascinating European cities. Rent a bike locally and head out of town on your adventure on some of the great rides in Europe - without having to move your luggage as you would with point-to-point cycle touring. Whether you are on a general European vacation or even on business in Europe, and want to add some riding beyond the standard city tour -- this book is for you! Ride on these generally flat routes on your rented bike -- maybe even an e-bike. Have your companion join you on the biking, or meet up later in the day while they enjoy these wonderful base cities.Michael Lyon has been cycle touring in Europe each summer for more than 25 years, and is the author of the successful and highly reviewed cycle touring book providing for point-to-point cycle touring: "Cycling Along Europe's Rivers: Bicycle Touring Made Easy and Affordable.""Cycling Europe: Great Day Rides" gives you the information you need for these wonderful day rides: Note that this book does not provide detailed turn-by-turn directions, but rather route overviews with target cities for navigation, interesting stops, and overnights. Most of these routes are well-marked and with easy navigation, and that is all you need, although more detailed maps and GPS are available for more directions.Stay in amazing, beautiful, and interesting cities as a base while day riding -- some more well-known, and others open for discovery -- plenty to see and do for non-riding companions and for when you are finished riding. In France: Loire Valley (Amboise and Blois), Nantes, Strasbourg, and Colmar. In Germany: Frankfurt, Koblenz, Rosenheim, Trier, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Passau, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Bremen, and Bremerhaven. In Italy: Verona, Venice, Padua, and Florence. In The Netherlands: Rotterdam, Haarlem, and Amsterdam. In Central Europe: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Prague. Lake Rides: Lake Bodensee, Lake Balaton, and Lake Neusiedl. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael Lyon has been touring each summer in Europe since 1994, first with his uncle and then the last six years with his son on their Pino Tandem. He is the author of the leading cycle touring book, "Cycling Along Europe's Rivers". He has cycled extensively in Western Europe, and several years ago rode from Saigon to Hanoi in Vietnam. When not cycling, Mike practices law with a focus on the new commercial space sector, and was an organizer of the first space tourist flights on the Soyuz rocket.Over 30 base cities and 90 day rides in Europe - with many of these cities possibly already on your vacation literary!Each base city provides up to four suggestions for different day rides without the logistics of carrying your luggage and moving hotels daily. Includes suggestions for using trains or river boats for your return to facilitate longer one-way rides.Cities are all interesting places to stay and enjoy the evenings. Each city provides days of terrific fun and exploration for any non-riders travelling companions.Fantastic routes, mostly flat easy terrain, generally well-marked, and most often along bike trails following Europe's beautiful river network. Much more than city day rides!Where to go, how to get there, where to stay, where to rent bikes, what to bring, when to go, and how to prepare.Over 30 custom maps providing route overviews, color in Kindle format.