When I started traveling solo, I knew this new chapter would be filled with discoveries about myself. It’s all I was reading about, how solo travel can change your perspective and your life.

I’ve gotten the question quite a few times as I was planning my first long distance cycling trip: ‘well, what bike do you have?’. Most bikes are not fit for a long distance cycling journey, that’s for sure. I am not buying a new bike however, quite the opposite as I’m travelling on my dad’s 14-year-old bike instead.

It is a question everyone asked me when I was prepping for my first cycling journey. ‘Why cycling?’ Why did I choose cycling over any other means of transport? In this blog I hope to answer that exact question and help you decide whether you should consider the bicycle too.