Darren Alff is the founder of www.bicycletouringpro.com, the world's most trusted bicycle touring resource for beginner, intermediate and experienced bicycle travelers. With more than 1,000 free articles, interviews and videos about bicycle touring currently available on the website, Darren now has more than 500,000 individuals from all around the world looking to him for the advice, inspiration and how-to information needed to conduct a bicycle tour of any length.Darren is also the founder of www.gobicycletouring.com - a fun and stylish website that allows you to quickly and easily find the best guided and self-guided bicycle tours on the planet.Darren Alff went from being a 17-year old… high-school kid, riding across America on a decrepit old mountain bike, to the Bicycle Touring Pro, after having bicycled across North America six separate times and cycling across dozens of different countries all around the world. Now he's teaching others about the secrets to bicycle touring success!His how-to bicycle touring book, The Bicycle Traveler's Blueprint has sold thousands of copies all around the world and is considered to be the definitive guide to self-supported bicycle touring. The Bicycle Traveler's Blueprint is truly a step-by-step bicycle touring guide, handed to you on a silver platter.In addition, Darren is the author of two other popular cycling books: Stretching for Cyclists & Winter CyclingTo learn more about the author, be sure to visit his popular bicycle touring websites at www.bicycletouringpro.com and www.gobicycletouring.com