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Home > Europe by Bike: 18 Tours Geared for Discovery
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Europe by Bike: 18 Tours Geared for Discovery
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By Karen Whitehill and Terry Whitehill
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 (6 Reviews)
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Publisher:
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Mountaineers Books
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Edition:
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2
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Date:
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March 1, 1993 |
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Paperback
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Pages:
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287
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Customers' Reviews:
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 A wonderful Adventure, April 26, 2008
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I used an earlier edition of this book for a trip from Genoa to Barcelona in September 1989, and for a trip from Lisbon to Tangiers in May 1990. I was 23/24 at the time, and had never toured on my own prior to those trips. The book was perfect: good advice for purchasing/maintaining a tour bike, good description of routes and side trips, good advice on special little things to see and do along the way (I think I used it in conjunction with the relevant 'Lets Go' guides). I had two fantastic adventures. Somewhere along the way I lost my book so, nearly 20 years later, I am buying a new copy to share with my husband and daughter.
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 Cassette tapes? In need of an update, February 11, 2008
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The copy I was looking at had been reprinted in 2005, so I assumed it would be pretty up to date. I was a bit taken aback when they suggested that I could make cassette mix tapes of songs to give to friends I met along the way. Even moreso when they were telling how you could arrange in advance with friends to have mail sent to you at certain post offices you would pass by along the way, and how nice it was to be able to keep in touch that way. Also they gave addresses you could write to asking for maps and tourist information to be mailed to you before your trip. And then there was mention of cycling through Czechoslovakia. On closer inspection it was a second edition that had five reprints between 1993 and 2005, but they've still managed to leave it completely un-updated.
I'm sure a lot of the basic directions would still be fine, but keep in mind it hasn't been updated in nearly two decades, and so a lot of the information isn't to be trusted. You may as well get an old copy second hand rather than a new book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Europe by Bike 1991 edition, August 2, 2005
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I used the 1991 book to plan my 2002 solo biking trip from Salzburg, Austria to Budapest, Hungary. 11 years later I found their directions were still quite accurate. That trip was an absolute delight.
I am now planning another solo bike trip in September 2006 that will follow the Whitehill's route from Brussels Belgium to Versailles, France to Angers, France and back to Versailles.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Qualms, July 5, 2003
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I found the book to be quite informative, however there is one problem that I found. The reader/rider can only do the tour in the direction in which the tours take place in the book due to the fact that the directions are given one way. I just finished a tour using this book and thought that I may be able to maneuver from the end of a tour and go toward the beginning with the help of some good maps. If I had a one Euro cent for every time I got lost I would have been Trump by the end of the trip. I did a tour in the U.S. with maps and directions that went both directions... north AS WELL AS south and east AS WELL AS west. The directions are impossible to follow unless you are going in the Whitehill's prescribed direction. Aside from that, information regarding campgrounds and distances is extremely on target and helpful.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Take the book and bike!, February 12, 2002
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I used their first edition for my first bike trip in 1991, and can't recommend it enough. I really didn't have any other bike book then, and this one got me across Italy, through part of France, and across Germany. I used the same edition a couple years later, and it was still helpful. The advice was all clear, particular the directions--what to look for, where to turn. Maps were good. I've had time over the years to compare it to a couple other bike touring books, and this was clearly the best. Roads change, of course, and I hope to see new editions.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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