Order of towns From Amsterdam through Germany to Switzerland from the map

1 - Amsterdam
2 - hoogland
3 - ede
4 - wageningen
5 - heteren
6 - hansen
7 - zarenaar
8 - rees
9 - kevelaer
10 - vervo
11 - bruggen
12 - niederkruchten
13 - arsbeck
14 - heinsberg
15 - geilen-kirchen
16 - aldenhoven
17 - eschweiler stolberg
18 - kesternich
19 - herhahp
20 - schleiden
21 - sistig
22 - krekel
23 - blankenheimerdon
24 - blankenheim
25 - musch
26 - barweiler
27 - ullmen
28 - alflen
29 - buchel
30 - faid
31 - senheim
32 - grenderich
33 - kappet
34 - kirchberg
35 - dickenschied
36 - konigsau
37 - simmertal
38 - hochstetten
39 - sien
40 - unterjeckenback
41 - wolfstein
42 - olsbrucken
43 - erfenbach
44 - otterbach
45 - kauserslautern
46 - rinnthal
47 - annweiler
48 - wolkersweiler
49 - waldrohbbach
50 - klingenmunster
51 - oberhausen
52 - barbelroth
53 - kandel
54 - karlsruhe
55 - rheinstetten
56 - morshsch
57 - elchesheimillingen
58 - otigheim
59 - wintersdort
60 - lichtenau
61 - gamshurst
62 - rheinau
63 - bodersweier
64 - kork
65 - willstatt
66 - goldscheuer
67 - neuriedaltenheim
68 - nuereidichenheim
69 - noenenweier
70 - kappel
71 - rust
72 - rheinhansen
73 - berbolzheim
74 - weisweil
75 - syhl
76 - sasbach
77 - vogsburgoberrotweil
78 - breisach
79 - oberrinsingen
80 - brad krozingen
81 - gribheim
82 - neuenburg
83 - etringen kirchen
84 - basel

Welcome to Kyle Pounds bike touring page. My plan for bike touring is to be as entertaining to me as possible. I think I can have a fun six months of riding. The tour I want to do starts in Amsterdam, Netherlands and then goes through Germany, Switzerland, Leichenstein, Austria, Check, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan, China, Mongolia, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark for 39 countries and 37 new ones for me.

Starting on April 15th and ending September 15th I have to average 113.33333 Miles a day to do the 29,510 kilometers, 18,296 mile loop in five months. If I have time I will include a ride through Scotland and Ireland in a 1,151 mile trip.

Speed

I'm designing this tour around speed because I want to feel like I'm flying. The faster I go and the more miles I do in a day, the funnier it will be for me because I'll feel strong and I get to see the terrian go by faster. I think my bike weighs around 45 lbs loaded down so maybe I can get my bike and I together under 200 lbs.

Keeping it interesting

With all of this cool new technology, even though I'm spending all of my time riding, eating and sleeping, I can still do many other interesting activities at the same time. The excersizing and traveling activity and the making philosophy and documenting the trip with videos, writting, and listening to mp3's actitivy compliment each other perfectly. Now it no longer takes too much time to read, travel, or excersize because you do all of them at the same time!

Activities

Youtube videos - I'm going to make videos every day so I can think about what to say on my next video while I'm riding.
Twitter - I'll have internet on my phone so I can twitter whenever I want, like when I get up, go to bed, fill up my water bottles, and eat.
Excersizes - I'll see if I can get into the habit of doing excersizes every day and if I do that I'll film it and keep track of how many I did.
Time trials - I have the times for 10 miles, 16.8 miles, 12 hours, 24 hours on the road, and mountain for a lot of people who I will compare my times to. I will keep track of how I get faster and continue to break my records.
Full moon 24 hour rides - I'll do a 24 hour bike ride on the full moons. Taking the day off the day before.
Riding and sleeping with mp3s - I'll never get bored while I listen to my mp3s and test out the effectiveness of learning while riding.
Riding with music - I love riding with music because it motivates me. I have three mirrors to see the cars and I can hear them anyways. I won't listen to the mp3 if there are a lot of cars.

Clothing

1) Jersey
2) Sleeveless Jersey
3) Bike shorts
4) Running shorts
5) Arm covers
6) Leg covere
7) Jacket
8) Rain Jacket
9) Rain pants
10) Two pairs of socks
11) Gloves for warm weather
12) Gloves for cold weather
13) Helmet
14) Glasses
15) Bike shoes
16) Waisteband
17) Sunglass covers
18) Contacts
19) Sleeping bag
20) Tent

1) Two mp4 players
2) Computer and extra battery
3) Cell phone
4) Video camera
5) Still camera
6) Solar charger

Bike gear

1) 1984 Pinnarelo steel road bike with tri spoke carbon fiber wheels.
2) Handlebar mounted bag
3) Seatpost mounted rear rack
4) Backpack
5) Chain tool
6) Three tire irons
7) Three patch kits
8) A leatherman
9) Alan wrenches
10) Extra tire
11) Two pumps
12) Grease
13) Toothepaste
14) Toothe brush
15) Sun screen
16) Four water bottles
17) Passport
18) Credit cards
19) Cash
20) Helmet mounted mirror, glasses mounted mirror and bike mounted mirror
21) Front and rear lights
22) Bike computer
23) Altitute watch
24) Balance thing
25) Livestrong bracelet
26) Ring

Typical plane fares

Amsterdam round trip $677
Amsterdam to Edinburbgh $174
Glasgow to Belfast $74
Dublin to Amsterdam $114
$362 Total
$1040 total
London to Amsterdam $80
Dublin to London $47laren

Basic distances between places in kilometers

1) Amsterdam to Dusseldorf 229
2) Dusseldorf to Strasburg 393
3) Strasburg to Bern Swtizerland 236
4) Bern to Montreux 95
5) Montreux to Sierre 85.7
6) Sierre to Vaduz 398
7) Vaduz to Vienna 673
8) Vienna to Prague 346
9) Prague to Warsaw 606
10) Warsaw to Bratislava 696
11) Bratislava to Zagreb 404
12) Zagreb to Belgrade 381
13) Belgrade to Sarajevo 286
14) Sarajevo to Podgorica 199
15) Podgorica to Tirane 154
16) Tirane to Athens 750
17) Athens to Sparta 214
18) Sparta to Athens 214
19) Athens to Thessalonica 502
20) Thessalonica to Skopje 389
21) Skopje to Pristina 93
22) Pristina to Sofia 290
23) Sofia to Bucharest 521
24) Busharest to Chisinau 494
25) Chisinau to Kerch 785
26) Kerch to Tibisili 739
27) Tibisili to Yerevan 171
28) Yerevan to Baki 476 K
29) Baki to Tehran 681
30) Tehran to Ashkabat 738
31) Ashkabat to Dushanbe 914
32) Dushanbe to Tashkent 330
33) Tashkent to Bishkek 510
34) Bishkek to Moscow 5825
29) Baki to Moscow 1,952
30) Moscow to Minsk 682
31) Minsk to Vilnius 190
32)Vilnius to Riga 292
33) Riga to Tallinn 310
34) Helsinki to Karasjok 1,273
35) Karasjok to Honningsvag 237
36) Honningsvag to Trondheim 1,605
37) Trondheim to Sundsvall 447
38) Sundsvall to Trondheim 447
39) Trondheim to Oslo 496
40) Oslo to Stockholm 528
41) Stockholm to Copenhagen 655
42) Copenhagen to Amsterdam 789

29,510 kilometers
18,296 miles

English Isles

Scotland 639 miles
Ireland 512 miles

Total 1151 miles
Total 13,839