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My name is Harriet and I thought I’d get in touch about my cycle touring.  I finished university in 2013 and didn’t fancy getting a ‘proper’ job so I decided to try some cycle touring. I have since done two short tours in Italy and SE Asia, and am currently cycling across Canada as my first longer trip, a trip that I’m blogging about for the first time.  I love hearing all about the other women cycling around the world, it gives me confidence knowing there’s more of us out there! Particularly when most non-tourers simply comment that I’m crazy when I tell them what I’m up to!

HAVE YOU READ THE BIG WOW BOOK?

I’m Colleen, aka Super Biker Woman. No, I didn’t give myself that name. My friend’s 4 year old son called me Super Biker Woman (he was Super Cowboy). He’s in high school now and no longer goes by Super Cowboy, but I am still Super Biker Woman. I’ve done several solo bike tours as well as some that have started out with a friend, but ended solo (nothing nefarious, I just have more time). Last summer I did 2 1/2 months in Europe. This summer (in fact, in 16 days) I leave for a solo ride over to McCall, Idaho to do the Idaho Hot Springs Mountain Bike Route. After finishing that, I’ll head to north central Washington for awhile, then return home to Olympia, Washington via the John Wayne Pioneer Trail from Ellensburg to the other side of the Cascades. This will be my first tour involving a large amount of off-road riding. I’ll be riding my Surly ECR named Mama Cass, pulling a BOB trailer named Johnny P. We’ll be covering around 1700 miles. It’s always a great day when I meet other solo women cyclists!

                    HAVE YOU READ THE BIG WOW BOOK?

Greetings,
I took up cycling about 3 years ago after hurting my back while working for USAID in Afghanistan. Last Jan/Feb I cycled the south island of New Zealand solo on my bike Friday. This January I cycled the carretera austral in Chilean Patagonia, again solo on my bike Friday. I am currently solo-cycling the great divide mountain bike ride from Mexico to Canada.  When I am not cycling, I am a neuroscience instructor for the University of Arizona. My blog is a bit raw but honest.

HAVE YOU READ THE BIG WOW BOOK?

Patricia reached out to the WOW wall from her first solo trip in South America. After taking on the infamous Caretera Astral she tackled the Andes of Argentina.

Megan took a career break back in the fall of 2012 to become a professional day dreamer (and travelling yogi), after three years of traipsing around the world she managed to travel to more than 35 countries in 6 continents!  After backpacking and city hoping, it was clear that long epic trip that required nature and physical activity, she walked 900 km across the Camino Frances in Northern Spain, followed by cycling 6700 km across Canada, solo and self-supported. An avid photographer, advocate for the environment and lover of picnics in the park, you can read all about her adventures, photographs and musings, on her blog.