Here are a collection of links that I have found useful or interesting relating to my trip:

Cycle Touring

www.tomsbiketrip.com – lots of information and inspiration for setting off on a cycle tour

Bicycle touring checklist – very comprehensive list of items you might need for bicycle touring.

www.sheldonbrown.com – incredible resource for everything cycling – excellent information on maintenance and bicycle setup.

www.travellingtwo.com – lots of advice on various aspects of cycle touring, including specifics on different regions and or countries.

www.crazyguyonabike.com – a site that hosts touring journals and has lots of other information about cycle touring

About bicycle touring issues – some help selecting a bike

Travel advice

www.caravanistan.com – Essential travel information for central Asia – from Visas, ferry crossings, borders to bicycle shops it seems to have everything you could possibly need.

www.caravanistan.com/visas

http://caravanistan.com/transport/cycling/shops-bike-repair/

Lonely Planet Thorntree– The Lonely Planet Thorn Tree is a good forum site that often has lots of useful information when travelling across the world.

Other cycle tourists I’ve met

www.rubyrideon.com – I rode with Rubina through some of Turkey and all of Georgia and Azerbaijan; this is her blog.
www.helenstakeon.com – I met Helen in Aktau – she has made some incredible tours and is planning an even more astounding one through Siberia – in winter.
www.longwaytopedal.com – I went to university with B and only discovered she was making a similar trip to me with her husband once I had started.
www.thesolocyclist.com – I met Zac in Osh, he is going roughly the same direction as me but is planning on finishing up in Sydney.
http://dublin2beijing.com/ – I briefly met Stephen cycling through Kyrgyzstan.
www.121degrees.co.uk – James was travelling with Stephen both planning on heading across China
http://pacelachance.com/ – I met Pascal in Kashgar, he was heading back towards Canada round from Australia.
www.ridingforrhinos.org – I met Will and Johan as we were all three about to take the Qingdao to Seoul ferry, they were doing pretty much the same route as I am but at an incredible speed.