Adventure Cyclist
Scenes from the Saddle
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2020 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine. As I neared the top of Chilkat Pass, everything vanished — swallowed by a dense fog. When ...
We punched out early on Friday afternoon and departed our home in Seattle on electric bikes, eager to escape our COVID lockdown for a weekend getaway to celebrate our wedding ...
Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer Pant, $250 Sometimes after a long day in the saddle, I get to camp and start shivering. I’ll often put on my puffy, make tea, and ...
When I cycled south from Alaska, I worried a lot about bears, but I didn’t worry much about men. There seemed to be more bears than men, anyway. I was ...
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2020 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine. “Dude, your lips are blue.” Lindsey eyed me with motherly concern. Behind her, the fluorescent yellow Dollar ...
Ortlieb Sport-Packer Classic Panniers, $185/pair In our continuing series of revisiting classic bike touring gear (see my review of the Tubus Tara Lowrider in the May 2020 issue), here we ...
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2020 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine. BULLS Bikes may not be a brand that has landed on your radar, but if a new ...
In my cycling life, there are certain things that I will not do. I will not call a water bottle a bidon. I will not consume any sort of energy ...
I was very eager to meet a bear. I mean, I was eager to meet all the animals. But a bear was a creature I could really write home about. ...
Ripton Action Jorts 2.0, $89 There innumerable bike shorts on the market but few that I want to ride in and also keep on when I get to camp. Ripton’s ...
