Posts Written By
Laura Killingbeck
At twenty-one, with no prior cycling experience, Laura packed up her camping gear and biked solo around Iceland. Since then she's biked across Colombia and Ecuador, around Costa Rica, and across eastern and western Canada and the US. She loves campfires, open roads, and the feeling of disappearing into the wind. Laura's stories have appeared in Bicycling Magazine, Outdoor Research, Communities Magazine, Permaculture Design Magazine, the Tico Times, and more. She is a frequent contributor to Adventure Cyclist Online and its newsletters. When she's not biking or hiking, Laura lives in a tiny house in Massachusetts with a small family of sock puppets. You can connect with her on her website or Instagram at @laurakillingbeck.
One of the best parts of any long bike trip is getting to meet all the animals. It’s a well-known fact that animals LOVE cyclists. This includes mammals like stray ...
Feb 8th, 2021
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I don’t remember where I found the tinsel, but since I already had glue, it made sense to stick it to my bike helmet. There are many reasons to carry ...
Jan 12th, 2021
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When I was 25, I rode across Colombia and Ecuador with my then-partner Scott. We both rode cheap used bicycles with old knapsacks lashed onto the back. When it rained, ...
Dec 8th, 2020
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There’s something so magical about riding a bike that lots of people do it just for fun. Adults hop on bikes and race each other up the road. Friends get ...
Nov 9th, 2020
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When I cycled south from Alaska, I worried a lot about bears, but I didn’t worry much about men. There seemed to be more bears than men, anyway. I was ...
Oct 12th, 2020
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I was very eager to meet a bear. I mean, I was eager to meet all the animals. But a bear was a creature I could really write home about. ...
Sep 3rd, 2020
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I love getting on my bike and pedaling off into the world. On my last long tour, I cycled 3,700 miles around eastern Canada and the U.S. By the time ...
Aug 11th, 2020
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Just when I reached the Golden Gate bridge, the nausea deepened. It was perfect. I took one hand off the steering wheel, rolled down the window, and vomited out the ...
Jun 30th, 2020
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About a year ago, I found myself once again lying in bed, my bandaged leg propped up on a wall of pillows. It was my second ACL reconstruction in two ...
May 11th, 2020
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I’m writing this article two weeks after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. People around the globe are practicing social distancing or going into quarantine. There is ...
Apr 6th, 2020
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