Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. -Mark Twain
Some useful resources and links for cycle touring.
Hospitality networks
- trustroots.org - slowly gaining traction
- https://welcometomygarden.org/ -slow travellers, no cars!
- warmshowers.org the old main cycling network, see below
- couchsurfing.com -see below
- Heberge un Cyclo Voyageur
- Couchers - new alternative to couchsurfing
- BeWelcome - quite big, mainly europe?
- casa de ciclistas (see section)
The main hospex (hospitality exchange) networks of the past, couchsurfing and warmshowers, have sadly fallen under more and more corporate sway that is not nessecarily aligned with the interests of the people in them. The great communities they fostered in the past have suffered as a result. Couchsurfing does not even allow viewing old accounts without paying. Warmshowers, community and volunteer built since 1993 now has a corporate board since 2015 after the founder’s retirement, and it has been making some questionable descisions. See warmshowers.bike.
There is a small effort to create a federated protocol to connect hosting exchange communities, and avoid having data trapped in one network. See their main webpage for their aims and philosophies: http://openhospitality.network/.
Casa de Ciclistas
Mainly a latin american institution. People opening their houses or gardens for ciclaviajeros. This webpage from 2010 lists many, unknown if the hosts are still active: https://mebobandsurly.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/casa-de-ciclistas-in-latin-america/ Below is certainly an incomplete list, if you know of one please say so.
Argentina
- Tolhuin Panaderia la Union. One of the oldest and most famous. The bakery had a bad fire in 2021.
- El Chaltén
- Bariloche
Chile
Bolivia
- Uyuni
- La Paz
Peru
- Cusco
- https://m.facebook.com/LACASADELCICLISTACUSCO/
- hospedaje estrellita, -13.51869 -71.97387, (not technically a casa de ciclista, but very famous among cycle tourists, very cheap, clean the proprietor Victor and his family are excellent
- Juliaca +51950736851
- Trujillo
- Huaraz casaciclistaarturohuaraz2018@gmail.com
Colombia
Mexico
- San Ignacio, BCS
- see the Red de Apoyo
Other links
Red de Apoyo Cicloviajero México (RAC)
Network formed after the murder of two cyclists in Chiapas in 2018. Very active whatsapp group of people throughout mexico offering advice, hosting, etc. Also map showing where support is located.
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