High school French seemed like it would be enough for a tour in Brittany. As Barbara Keesler Lamborn recalled in this piece from BikeReport in 1993, it was not.
Taking a slow roll down the Great Divide with some seasoned cyclists is just fine by Bob Marr. Remember, if you don’t do it this year, you’ll be a year older when you do.
Former Adventure Cyclist Deputy Editor Aaron Teasdale quit his job in 2011 to take his young family on the Great Divide. Their two-part adventure in the wild northern reaches of the route did not go as planned.
In a nod to the late, great editor of Adventure Cyclist Mike Deme, we look back at a trip to Steens Mountain in Southern Oregon he took with regular contributor Chuck Haney in 2007. As usual with those two, misadventure abounds.
Baja California is bikepacking’s hot spot at the moment thanks to the creation of the Baja Divide Route (and its ideal location for a winter cycling getaway). Back in 2004 Nathan Ward headed south of the border for a pre-fat bike adventure.