Adventure Cyclist
Scenes from the Saddle
(Optional musical accompaniment to this review.) You might be surprised to learn that the song “Susie Q,” from Creedence Clearwater Revival’s debut album, was not written by John Fogerty. It ...
The bike industry’s explosive fat bike sales may have slipped, but a quick glance around the winter trail systems of midwestern cities and mountain towns in the Rockies will reveal ...
A few years ago, as I became more interested in cycling and touring, I started reading bicycle touring journals on crazyguyonabike. In some of the journals, the touring cyclists mentioned staying ...
If the Trek 520 were a person instead of a bicycle, it would be old enough to run for president. Not to serve, mind you — not this term anyway. ...
Whitney and I had recently moved to Montana from the west and east coasts respectively, and wanted to do a bike overnight leaving from our new home in Missoula. After ...
A typical bicycle traveler loads their bike up with front and rear racks, four panniers, a handlebar bag, and then often lashes a tent and other gear — pillow, family ...
One of the best parts of working at Adventure Cycling: We are ENCOURAGED to take a bike tour each year! Since reading about Crater Lake National Park about 10 years ...
Mini Cooper, Sorel, Mountain Dew Throwback, reclaimed barn wood. These are all proof that what’s old is new, if a bit reimagined. And so it goes with bicycles. The current ...
Three winters ago, I became a year-round, all-weather bike commuter: no more taking the bus when it rained, snowed, or polar vortexed. I would wake up, layer up, and roll ...
There’s a lot to think about when you’re getting ready to leave on your big self-contained tour. Here are some odds and ends for you to contemplate. As the big ...
