The warm folks at WarmShowers – community for cycle tourers, invited me to talk about my cycle touring adventures on their popular bike life podcast. Had a great time reminiscing my early days of cycle touring – the days when I didn’t know how to use gears on a cycle, had never camped or cycle toured before, never really seen a pannier bag even.
Hear here:
I have shared some thoughts on the Indian culture and lack of camping and other adventure possibilities out in the open countryside. Though, these were shared quite quickly, so I do feel I was generalizing a little. These matters are such that one can easily have a very long conversation on social dynamics and pros/cons and such. But to do it in short, one trades of with a bit of generalization I guess.
Really enjoyed reminiscing my first days cycle touring with the host Tahverlee and sharing with the cycling community on Warmshowers! Dug up some of my pics of the cycle & luggage from my very first days of cycle touring – starting off from Berlin,
Literally the first day I was supposed to go off. Dropped by the cycle shop for some last minute gear adjustment. Lols look at my luggage covered with yellow duct tape! 
I got better with carry ing the luggage. This was roughly 5-6 days into the trip. It was raining, so the plastic cover. 
Woohoo, pro already. Heading to the ferry to cross into Denmark.
Spurred by this interview going live, I also updated my central cycle touring page with more details of cycling specs – included a bit about my Coimbatore adventures and a few blogs I have written since then.
Let’s see what more cycle touring I can do in coming days.
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