Lonely Planet Epic Bike Rides of the World: Explore the Planet's Most Thrilling Cycling Routes

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Riding to Everest Base Camp itself is a major cycling challenge - the road climbs almost fifty hairpin bends over the Pang La Pass, but up at 5,150 metres you’ll be rewarded with jaw-dropping views of Everest itself, before a marathon downhill cycle to Nepal. One of nine officially designated bike tours in Switzerland, National Route 4, also known as the Alpine Panorama Route, is itself nine stages long and covers 300 miles while gaining 30,000 feet in the mountains and the rolling hills of the Swiss foreland. Cycle the fabled Silk Road and discover the magic of Central Asia on this mountain biking holiday through the south-eastern corner of Kazakhstan with KE Adventure Travels. At its best, mountain biking is equal parts aesthetics and whoop-it-up fun, and these two Crested Butte stalwarts— you should link them—are among the sport’s best. At times, you can feel their experience in the writing and you can feel how meaningful that experience had been in their lives.

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Ride from the snow-covered peaks of the High Atlas to the epic sand dunes of the Sahara on this classic adventure cycling holiday in Morocco's arid Jebel Sahro region with KE Adventure Travel.

Pack your camping kit in your panniers - once you're in the National Park, you can bed down at a series of lovely state-run campsites in the woods. Kick things off on the streets of Lima, pedalling through fishermen and artist hangouts, clocking beautiful views of the Pacific coastline. It was really interesting and had me downloading even more long distance cycling stories to my Kindle to read later. The trail that’s evolved since has been credited with the invention of the purpose-built flow trails that now dominate not just downhill parks but our local trail systems, too. There are plenty of amazing routes you can tackle by yourself, but if you sign on for this event, founded by famed endurance racer Rebecca Rusch, also known as the Queen of Pain, you can choose from 20-, 60-, or 100-mile routes, which you can ride solo, with a partner, or even tandem.

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You’ll stay in a quaint farmhouse in the Estonian countryside, ride through bird-filled forests and past glittering lakes and explore the Latvian city of Jurmala’s 33-kilometre stretch of beautiful white sand beach. I wondered if I might get enough information and/or photographs of the trails to discern their wheelchair friendliness. There are various starting points, but the full smothered enchilada plate begins high in the La Sal Mountains and passes through at least three distinct ecosystems before finishing right beside the Colorado River just six miles from downtown. RIDING HIGHS: Leaving the Castillan plains behind and climbing up to the famed cross on the Monte de la Cruz de Ferro.

This is a great biking adventure, perfect for anyone looking to make a winter escape to Morocco and the pink and ochre mountains of the Jebel Sahro. Cycle through the karst limestone landscapes that have inspired Chinese painters and poets for centuries on this hiking and biking adventure through China with World Expeditions. New Zealand’s cycling revolution is seeing scores of new routes opening up, and the wild landscape of the islands becoming better setup up for cyclists of all types.