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The Breakdown Traditional touring bike geometry features a slack head tube angle, high trail numbers, long chainstays, a long wheelbase, and a low bottom bracket — each contributing to stable, ...
The call came in to Adventure Cycling’s front office: “I need a small touring bike.” No problem, there’s the 42cm, 26-inch–wheeled Long Haul Trucker … “No, no, it needs to ...
Oveja Negra Royale Hip Pack, $100 Hip packs, fanny packs, bum bags — whatever you want to call them, they’re all the rage these days in mountain biking and bikepacking ...
Shredly MTB Curvy, $105 It’s nice to have overshorts when you’re riding through towns, in foreign countries, and any time you don’t feel like rocking raw Lycra. But tight waistbands ...
Last month, I drove a few hours north of Adventure Cycling’s Missoula headquarters to join a group of journalists, tech bloggers, and Garmin staff at the Whitefish Bike Retreat. We ...
If you’re like us, your laundry pile looks like a bike shop exploded and your workbench is sprouting used-up spares like an old potato. Re-supply with some new options. Tiger ...
I did not think I would like this bike. Sure, I thought it’d be fun and a little funny — certainly I’ve hosted some guests who were very curious to ...
Ever since Rocky Mountain Bicycles unveiled the full-suspension Sherpa a handful of springs ago as a purpose-built, plus-sized bikepacking bike, I’ve been intrigued by bikes sporting squish front and rear ...
We don’t do a lot of project bikes at Adventure Cyclist, though of course most of our personal bikes end up as projects anyway. But the truth of the matter ...
Some readers of Adventure Cyclist might dismiss a dropper seatpost as a superfluous accessory, a sign of the bicycle world straying into vanity and decadence. I disagree. Much like hydraulic ...
