Adventure Cyclist
Scenes from the Saddle
Whether you’re prepping for your first tour or your 50th, there are several factors to chew on in advance. You might start by addressing these four questions: What style of ...
Some would tell you that it’s not really bicycle touring unless you’re riding self-contained and sleeping in a tent on the ground. Others, including Adventure Cycling, take a more inclusive ...
At least once a week, we receive an email or phone call from someone asking if it’s okay to ride a mountain bike for their tour, whether it be a ...
When packing up for a tour, I tend to put a big focus on the essentials (tools, tent, sleeping bag, cookware, clothes, etc). Here are four items that may or ...
I’ve got the Southern Tier Bicycle Route on my mind during these dark winter days. The Southern Tier is one of those routes that has a distinct “season” for riding due ...
Ready to make your own panniers? Enter the fully waterproof, highly durable bucket panniers made from recycled kitty-litter buckets. Panniers can come at a high price. If you’re grappling with ...
Does the thought of a bike tour, spinning for hours on the open road, make your legs tingle with excitement? Me too! But one of the biggest drawbacks of a long tour, ...
In 2013, I wrote about some tools for creating your own route. While the nuts and bolts of that post are still valid, I can now add the perspective of one ...
“The best camera is the one you have with you,” or so goes the old saying. With smartphone cameras that blow away the performance of point-and-shoots from just a few ...
After more than a half century of cycling, I’ve cultivated a few biases. I like to call them “standards,” but they’re more like saddle sores. Irritants. Grievances in need of ...
