Bicycle

Introduction

Hitchbiking is a mixture between hitchhiking and biking. Instead of waiting on on single spot for someone to pick you up you are sitting on a bike, already heading for your destination. Once a Pickup Truck or a big truck showes up you rise your thumb and smile. Some prefer to park the bike at a good Hitchhiking spot and wait there for a ride.

Pros:

• You are never get stuck in a bad hitchhiking spot.
• You are more flexible because you don t depend on traffic. That means you can explore little beaches, rivers or villages with your bike and hitchbike further afterwards.
• You get a lot of attention if you are running on your bike with all the luggage.
• You can enjoy beautifull parts of our trip on a slow pace with your bike and skiü bad or hard ones while hitchhiking.

Cons:

• It s harder to find someone who has room for you and your bike.
• You need good bags which should be easy to remove from the bike.
• It s not that obvious for the driver that you want a ride.
• In countries with tiny cars and few trucks its really hard.

External Links:

GreenCycle Blog [1]

Thoughts from Corinne [2]

Berner Werner about HitchBiking [3]