Adventure Cyclist
Scenes from the Saddle
Traveling through bear habitat poses a special set of challenges for touring cyclists, here’s are the best practices to follow.
Chances are, if you’re planning an Amtrak trip with your bike, you’re feeling intimidated and overwhelmed by the unknowns. How do bike services work? Will my bike be accepted? Do ...
The Breakdown Plan to drink 3.5 liters of water every 5 hours while riding, or roughly 2 to 3 gulps every 20 minutes. Start each morning with 1 liter to ...
Research fatigue is real! With many tour operators offering hundreds of tours, the unique differences between guided bicycle tours may be hard to suss out. But we’ve got a process ...
Have bike, will travel. It’s true, but it can also get a little complicated. When you only have a week or two off from work and the starting point for ...
Three friends set out for an early July five-day, off-road ride in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country. They wanted to keep their loads light to make for a pleasant, nimbler ride during ...
The Breakdown Bike touring is accessible to nearly anyone and doesn’t require elite fitness. An average rider carrying under 20 pounds of gear can average 65 miles a day on ...
Learning the terrain, or type of surface, you prefer for your bike tour will help immensely when it comes to picking a route. Some people might think that they’re confined ...
The Breakdown Bicycle touring styles break down along five key decisions: whether you want a guide, whether you or someone else carries your gear, how you sleep and eat, what ...
1x — Also known as “one-by,” 1x refers to a drivetrain with just one chainring, usually paired to a wide-range cassette. Aluminum — Among the four most common materials used ...
