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Ask An Adventure Cycling Tour Leader: How To Stop Overpacking

Heavy in Houston asks: “I always overpack because I’m nervous I’ll need something I don’t have. How can I lighten my load both mentally and physically?” You’re not alone. While ...
Mar 10th, 2025
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Brielle Wacker
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The Complete Bikepacking Trip-Planning Checklist

You don’t have to plan your bikepacking trip months in advance, but it certainly doesn’t hurt — especially if you want to tackle a long ride overseas. Here’s a general ...
Feb 25th, 2025
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Alissa Bell
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Planning a Group Bike Tour

One of my favorite hobbies outside of bicycle touring is beach volleyball. I’m not very good, but I do enjoy the time at the beach and with old and new ...
May 23rd, 2024
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Kyle Dunlin
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Epic Planning

My boss’s thick white mustache twitched nervously under fluorescent lights in the tiny office. Outside, the stars still shone bright in a navy blue sky of frozen predawn. I told ...
Jan 16th, 2023
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Hollie Ernest
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This Winter, Plan Your Dream Bike Trip

Every time the Adventure Cycling catalog arrives at my house, I sit down, flip it open to the centerfold, and stare. It’s a map of the United States, laced with ...
Jan 12th, 2023
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Laura Killingbeck
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Ode to a SAG Wagon

It should not have been a grand revelation for me, and yet, at the helm of my small hatchback full of warm sleeping bags, dog food, LaCroix, and first aid, ...
Apr 28th, 2022
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Carmen Aiken
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Adventure Gear Checklist for Bike Overnights

Small, lightweight backpacking gear is ideal for a bike overnight. If this is your first time though, don’t get wrapped up in shopping for gear right away. Make do with ...
Apr 21st, 2022
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Adventure Cycling Staff
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How to Plan a Group Bike Overnight

When I applied to the Adventure Cycling Greg Siple Award for Young Adult Bike Travel at the end of 2018, I hadn’t pictured myself as a future tour leader. But ...
Apr 17th, 2022
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Ana Fajardo
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Some Like It Hot

When my trusty MSR Whisperlite International stove started sputtering in the high pampas of Ecuador, I stubbornly dug my heels in. I knew my stove so well that after years ...
Apr 8th, 2022
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Hollie Ernest
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Bike Camping Five to Nine

One day I got home from work at 5:00 PM and looked out the window. The sun was bright and beautiful. I made a peanut butter sandwich, put on my ...
May 11th, 2021
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Laura Killingbeck
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Even Short Rides Can Be Fulfilling Adventures For Mind and Body

No matter where I am in the US, there’s always an Adventure Cycling route close by. When I lived in Michigan, I pedaled out my door onto the North Lakes ...

Mar 17th, 2025
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Laure Killingbeck

Ask An Adventure Cycling Tour Leader: How To Stop Overpacking

Heavy in Houston asks: “I always overpack because I’m nervous I’ll need something I don’t have. How can I lighten my load both mentally and physically?” You’re not alone. While ...

Mar 10th, 2025
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Brielle Wacker

Bike Touring in Alaska with Adventure Cycling Association

This article originally appeared in Cycling West, a print and digital publication about cycling in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, California, and Colorado. An Alaskan bicycle tour has been ...

Mar 5th, 2025
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Lou Melini

The Mother Lode: A Long-term Review of the ENVE MOG

This review originally appeared in the Nov/Dec 2024 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine. Click here to learn more. After years of producing high-end carbon bike components, ENVE finally decided to ...

Feb 26th, 2025
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Berne Broudy

The Complete Bikepacking Trip-Planning Checklist

You don’t have to plan your bikepacking trip months in advance, but it certainly doesn’t hurt — especially if you want to tackle a long ride overseas. Here’s a general ...

Feb 25th, 2025
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Alissa Bell