This is the 432nd issue of Bike Bits, Adventure Cycling’s twice-monthly bicycle bulletin. Bike Bits is delivered to you, and 67,939 other readers, because you’ve signed up for it at the Adventure Cycling Association website. We want to inspire you to dream and to live your own bicycle adventures.

“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

Bertrand Russell

Scofflaw Drivers, Beware the Masked Maniac

Does the world (specifically New Haven, Connecticut) really need a superhero on a bicycle? Of course it does. Read more

Riding Across the U.S. — in 1935

After emigrating from Belgium, Victor de Visé took his two young sons across the country on bicycles. Read more

Chasing the Bike Art Dragon

Get your fix for great bicycle art on the Concrete Road, open for a short time only. Read more

Easiest Century You’ll Ever Do

Sick of missing precious issues of Adventure Cyclist magazine because you forgot to renew your membership? Join Adventure Cycling’s Century Circle and we’ll automatically renew your membership each year, and you’ll also get a free Adventure Cycling calendar chock-a-block full of amazing photos. Read more 

Exploring the Faroe Islands

In the North Sea, somewhere between Iceland and Norway, lies a cyclist’s paradise. Read more

Pedal Your Park on September 29

Discover the parks and public lands in your backyard on September 29, the third annual Bike Your Park Day. Register your ride by September 23 and you’ll get a sticker in the mail and be entered for a chance to win a Co-Motion Cycles bike and an Amtrak trip for two to Glacier National Park. Read more

Around the World Solo at 17

After graduating high school, one Canadian teen is off to see the world from the saddle of his bike. Read more

From the Archive of Exotic Cycling Locales

If you feel you’ve wrung the Continent dry of its cycling opportunities, maybe the Balkans should be next on your list. Read more

Why Kyrgyzstan? Why Not?

An interview with the founder of Bunyan Velo about his 600-mile odyssey through the heart of central Asia. Read more

Enjoy It While It Lasts

Chile’s famed 770-mile gravel road through Patagonia, the Carretera Austral, is being slowly paved over. Read more

Until next time, click here for vicarious adventures not far from home.

Adventure Cycling Association is North America’s premier nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring and empowering people to travel by bicycle. Membership is open to anyone and includes a one-year subscription to Adventure Cyclist magazine and discounted pricing on maps from our Adventure Cycling Route Network, which now includes 47,283 miles. To join, go here.

Illustrations by Greg Siple