Adventure Cycling Blog
The Adventure Cycling blog covers bicycle-travel news, touring tips and gear, bicycle routes, organizational news, membership highlights, guided tours, and more. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter for daily updates. Interested in becoming a guest blogger for Adventure Cycling? Share your story with us.
Photo by Colt Fetters
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- February 24, 2017
- Road Test: Otso Voytek
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It’s spendy, it’s carbon, and it’s got more available wheel sizes than some bike shops. Is this Minnesota-bred bear of a bike a fat-tired quiver killer? It just might be.
- By Dan Meyer is Adventure Cycling's New Products Coordinator
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- February 24, 2017
- Greg Siple's Retirement Interview
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Before Greg Siple and his bike-travel legacy walked out the door of Adventure Cycling on January 29, 2017, Mike Deme sat down with Greg to chat about his career.
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- February 21, 2017
- Four Bike Tour Flavors : Choosing The Right One
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With several options, let Niles Woods, an Adventure Cycling tours veteran, help you answer a big question, “What type of Adventure Cycling guided tour should I choose?”
- By Niles Woods actively participates in Adventure Cycling tours and shared some advice.
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- February 17, 2017
- That Alaska to Argentina Ride Keeps Giving: Thank You, Greg!
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Willie Weir pays tribute to an inspiration, Adventure Cycling co-founder Greg Siple, and shares a video of Greg speaking at Adventure Cycling’s 40th anniversary celebration in 2016.
- By Willie Weir blogs for Adventure Cycling every other week.
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- February 16, 2017
- Not Just for Snow: Fat Bikes in the Desert
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You know fat bikes go with snow, and riders are finding all that flotation works well in sand too. Nicholas Carman fills us in on the fat bike and “plus” bike details with plenty of great photos.
- By Nicholas Carman celebrates Fat Bike February with Adventure Cycling.
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- February 16, 2017
- Paper Route Maps vs. Digital Data: What It Means & How to Use It
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More mapped routes in our 52,047 mile Adventure Cycling Route Network are available in a GPX data format for your device, and we’ve got the support pages to help you use it.
- By Jenn Milyko is Adventure Cycling's Routes & Mapping Assistant Director.
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- February 15, 2017
- Hot Off The Press: New "Tourists On Two Wheels" Brochures
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“How can my town/business attract more touring cyclists and be more bicycle friendly?” We hear questions like these all the time, and we’re here to help.
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- February 10, 2017
- Routes, Gear, Events: Start Planning Your 2017 Bike Travel With Our Free Tools
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Plan your 2017 bike travel using Adventure Cycling’s free, online resources.
- By Josh Tack blogs for Adventure Cycling every month.
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- February 8, 2017
- True or False?
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Adventure Cycling has a short “true or false” quiz to see what you know about traveling on Amtrak with your bike.
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- February 7, 2017
- The Call of the Sierras
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Last fall, one of Adventure Cycling’s tour leaders, Heather Anderson, did some scouting in California’s beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains and shared her photos. She’ll be leading two tours there this spring. Have a look ...
- By Heather Andersen is an Adventure Cycling tour leader who will be leading two tours this spring.
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- February 3, 2017
- Java Love
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She strolled the beach, hot cup of coffee in hand while the waves lapped at her toes. Seriously.
- By Willie Weir blogs for Adventure Cycling every other Friday.
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- February 2, 2017
- Winter Micro-Adventures in Alaska by Fat Bike
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Nicholas Carman and Lael Wilcox can plan and pack for a big bike trip in hours, but winter bike travel is a different beast, and they used short overnight trips to learn how to have fun on their fat bike overnighters in Alaska.
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- February 1, 2017
- The Best of 2016: New Signs, New Routes, New Amtrak Bike Services
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From new and improved routes and signs to better Amtrak accommodations, bicycle travel is becoming more convenient, accessible, and safer than ever. Here are the top three ways Adventure Cycling worked to improve bike travel conditions in 2016.
