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Ortlieb Sport-Packer Classic Panniers, $185/pair In our continuing series of revisiting classic bike touring gear (see my review of the Tubus Tara Lowrider in the May 2020 issue), here we ...
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2020 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine. BULLS Bikes may not be a brand that has landed on your radar, but if a new ...
In my cycling life, there are certain things that I will not do. I will not call a water bottle a bidon. I will not consume any sort of energy ...
Ripton Action Jorts 2.0, $89 There innumerable bike shorts on the market but few that I want to ride in and also keep on when I get to camp. Ripton’s ...
I don’t want to start by sounding cliché, but just the name Travoy says it all for my first impression of Burley’s new pull-along trailer. Right out of the box, ...
Bontrager Starvos Helmet, $100 A few years ago, Trek’s Bontrager brand made waves (get it?!) with a new technology called WaveCel, a cellular liner that they claimed provided superior crash ...
This review originally appeared in the August/September 2020 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine. Gestalt is defined as “an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its ...
Whether it’s a Touring Bike Buyers Guide, an email or phone conversation with a member, or just some, errr, friendly banter among staffers, we spend a lot of time searching ...
This Road Test originally appeared in the July 2020 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine. “That’s a green bike,” my wife noted. When she’s right, she’s right. Man, is this Surly ...
The ecosystem of touring and bikepacking disc brakes has never been as diverse as it is today — you want to run hydraulics capable of pulling a long-travel mountain bike ...