Posts Written By
Laura Killingbeck
At twenty-one, with no prior cycling experience, Laura packed up her camping gear and biked solo around Iceland. Since then she's biked across Colombia and Ecuador, around Costa Rica, and across eastern and western Canada and the US. She loves campfires, open roads, and the feeling of disappearing into the wind. Laura's stories have appeared in Bicycling Magazine, Outdoor Research, Communities Magazine, Permaculture Design Magazine, the Tico Times, and more. She is a frequent contributor to Adventure Cyclist Online and its newsletters. When she's not biking or hiking, Laura lives in a tiny house in Massachusetts with a small family of sock puppets. You can connect with her on her website or Instagram at @laurakillingbeck.
Crested Butte and Gunnison, Colorado, have long been known as hotspots for mountain bikers and singletrack. But this region is also home to another, lesser-known treasure: a huge web of ...
Nov 8th, 2022
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Most of my first experiences riding gravel were accidental. The routes that I thought were paved dissolved into dirt, and I just kept pedaling. When I cycled from Alaska to ...
Nov 8th, 2022
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There are people in this world who change the way you think about everything, and Kaisa Leka is one of them.  I first met Kaisa in a Zoom interview for ...
Oct 11th, 2022
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Life can be chaotic at best, and in the midst of that chaos, you still have to find your way. Sometimes all you can do is embrace the chaos and ...
Aug 5th, 2022
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This interview has been edited for clarity.  Lael Wilcox is one of the world’s best endurance cyclists. She won the Trans Am Bike Race in 2016, set the Tour Divide’s ...
Jul 11th, 2022
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“Aren’t you afraid to bike alone, as a woman?” I probably get asked this question, in some form, every week. When I’m traveling alone, I sometimes get asked every day ...
Jun 7th, 2022
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I have always gone to nature to heal. It’s instinct. Nature is acceptance. Balance. Beauty. When I cycle long distances in wild places, I feel boundless joy. I become a ...
May 9th, 2022
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In 2018, I realized I needed to listen to more women’s stories. I found the Tough Girl podcast and it changed the course of my life. These women weren’t just ...
Apr 11th, 2022
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When I was a kid, I read stories about men who traveled around the world. Men walked or cycled across countries. Men slept under the stars and foraged food. Men found ...
Mar 6th, 2022
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I’m an avid bike commuter. I ride to the grocery store, to work, to friends’ houses, to the library. These miles always feel useful — they set me in motion ...
Feb 7th, 2022
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