Adventure bike cycling

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When I first became interested in bicycle touring, the one thing holding me back from taking my first tour was the high initial cost of a touring bike. I was hesitant to spend over a thousand dollars on a bike not even knowing if I’d enjoy it. After some research, I found that vintage mountain bikes make for excellent budget touring bikes. This guide explains how to convert an old mountain bike into a touring bike #bicycletouring #bikepacking #bicycle #vintagebike #touringbicycle #bike…

Today, we're elated to announce a project that has been in the works for some time: our own special and limited edition Radavist Mosaic GT-2X complete bikes. There's a lot going on with these bikes, so let's jump right in! Photos courtesy of FJCompany Inspo and Intent There's just something about the design of vintage Toyota Land Cruisers: The lines, the metal interior, the solid axles, and the stance of these vehicles are unlike anything else, in my opinion. These '70s Japanese 4x4s also…

Morgan takes an in-depth look at the Ritchey's alluring Outback gravel bike and what makes this platform so unique, even five years after its launch... Over the years, having had the chance to ride a lot of different bikes, I’ve whittled my personal preferences down to a few assumptions about geometry and materials. Based on these preconceptions, I wasn’t sure I’d be into the Ritchey Outback. Gravel bikes with carbon forks are pretty predictable in my experience: more capable and adaptable…

After 15,000 kilometers we have our own five golden rules for bicycle touring. They are also good tips for a world trip by bike.

Photo: Peter Tabberer

I had been holding back on these notes for about a year now because I felt that calling it a “review” sounded like too much. The audience here is used to deep comprehension reviews and it’s very intimidating to put it in the same category when my experience with bicycles is reduced to the five I’ve owned in my adult life, this one included. So instead this is more of a short story about a bicycle, with hints of technical information where it feels required. In 2018 I was on a bike tour from…

I don’t get new bikes very often these days. I’m pretty much a one-bike kinda guy. So, when the one complete bike I had in my possession (a Tumbleweed Prospector) got stranded in Nepal for an indefinite amount of time in March of 2020, I hit up Sean over at The Cub House to see what kind of bike I could get my hands on at the very beginning of the pandemic bike boom. I was looking for something versatile enough that would be fun for day rides on dirt roads, multi-use paths, and some…

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One sleep before we head of on the Sydney to Perth cycle adventure. The bags are packed, and loaded onto the bike. The water and fuel bottles are full, but is there room for a rider? The following …

Summer 2015 was a banner year of mountain biking in our Idaho bureau. This is the bike and kit we fell in love with this season.

I Got the Blues: a Bombus Bikes Blue Steel Tourer Photos by Kyle Kelley words by John Watson A simple search online for Bombus Bikes won't turn up a whole lot of information. A video here, a random photo there, and a Yelp page with not a lot of information. Yet if you talk to people of Seattle, they know good and well about this small time framebuilding shop. Well, some of they do anyway. Throughout the year, we get lots of touring bikes coming through Los Angeles, specifically through the…

Greg Siple has photographed more than 4,600 exuberant, exhausted long-distance bike riders. Here's what he's learned.

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