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The New 2016 Rawland Ulv and Ravn Adventure Touring Bikes
Rawland Cycles have been a unique breed since they started out eight years ago. They’ve built everything from monster cross 29ers, to rando bikes, to fat tyre road bikes and crazy single speeds. This...
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Free Download: Bicycle Traveler Magazine Issue 10
Great news – Grace has just finished putting together Issue 10 of Bicycle Traveler Magazine! If you haven’t read it before, BTM is one of the only international bicycle touring magazines. Download your...
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Complete List of All-Road, Gravel Grinder & Adventure Road Bikes Including...
All road, adventure road, enduroad, randocross, grinduro, gravel grinder – whatever you choose to call them – are a growing bike segment due to their ability to fit lightweight road tyres for a fast...
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How Much Does Bike and Gear Weight Actually Slow You Down? Part Two (Results)
In the last part of this series I discussed in depth, the effect of weight on cycling speed. I inputted my body weight, bike weight, gear weight and average power into BikeCalculator.com and found that...
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Drop Bar Shifters: Gevenalle’s Simple Thumb Shifters With STI Convenience
Since 2011, Gevenalle have been making brake levers with a distinctive downtube shifter attached to the front. This allows users to get STI functionality – like shifting and braking at the same time or...
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Wolf Tooth Tanpan: Mix MTB Components with STI Road Shifters to Lower Your...
Just days after we covered the JTek range of Road-to-MTB shift cable adapters, Wolf Tooth announced a product that works in the exact same way. Called the Tanpan, it uses a sealed bearing roller to...
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Video: Riding Up Stairs On My Touring Bike!
Just thought I’d be a little cheeky and post a short clip of me riding up some stairs that I typically walk up every day… The post Video: Riding Up Stairs On My Touring Bike! appeared first on...
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Co-Motion Cycles Introduces the Divide Pinion: Is This My Dream Touring Bike?
Dear Co-Motion Cycles I just noticed that you’ve been at the North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS) showing off some of your 2016 bikes. That’s pretty awesome – I’m sure you got lots of great...
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Complete List of Pinion P.18 Speed Gearbox Touring and Trekking Bikes
The Pinion gearbox is becoming more and more common on premium touring bikes around the world, as brands start adopting the tooling to match this gear tech to their frames. Did you know that this 18...
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Surly Releases the Porteur House 43L Front Bag for their Porteur Rack
Late last year, Surly announced they were producing steel porteur style racks which were capable of carrying a 15kg load. Although the racks only mount to Surly forks, they were pretty well received by...
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Video: A Slice of Life – One Year Cycling in Four Minutes
What do you experience in one year of bicycle travel? Bertrand Dejean from A Slice of Life has spent the last year filming his experiences, on a journey that’s seen him cycle from France to Vietnam. He...
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Knog Oi Bike Bell: Is this the Classiest, Most Discreet Bell Ever Made? I Had...
Knog, most well known for their waterproof, rechargeable silicone bike lights – have just released a bell which appears almost invisible on your handlebars. The term ‘Oi’ is commonly used in Australia...
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Video: Aspirations of the Pamirs on Bamboo Fat Bikes by Solidream
If you’ve watched some bike travel videos in your time, you’re likely familiar with ‘Solidream’. They’ve completed a three year journey around the world on their bikes, amongst other things. You should...
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SRAM Eagle 12 Speed: A Touring Bike Drivetrain With Only One Chainring Up Front?
While most of us ride with three front chainrings in order to achieve a wide gear range, SRAM has been doing its best to put the front derailleur to rest – at least on their mountain bike drivetrains....
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My New Book! The Touring Bicycle Buyer’s Guide Is The Most Comprehensive Bike...
I’ve got some pretty exciting news: I’m halfway through putting together what I think is the best bicycle buyer’s guide on Earth! I’ve been writing bike tech articles on CyclingAbout.com for quite a...
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Video: Tadjikistan by CycloLenti (Around the World by Bicycle)
Tiphanie and Marco are currently on a trip from Europe to Asia and beyond. They’ve been documenting their travels on their website, YouTube channel and Facebook page. This is an upbeat video of their...
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This Moonmen M10 Electric-Assist Tandem Titanium Fat Bike Is Out of This World!
I love custom bikes, and I love tandems. When images of this Moonmen tandem first appeared on Facebook, multiple friends tagged me in the posts, knowing that this would be right up my ‘Alee’ (I’m no...
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Love Paper Maps? Life Ultralight Brings A 19g Bike Map Holder To Your Handlebars
Maps? I love maps! So too do Joe and Devon from Life Ultralight who, having used clunky holders in the past – decided to design their own. They’ve now announced a Kickstarter to run a production of...
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Video: The Adventure Dispatch – Documentary Series Starts April 2016 (Trailer...
I’m really looking forward to “The Adventure Dispatch” documentary series. It looks like we’ll be privy to some awesome cinematography, storytelling and bikes! The first episode will be available on...
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Where to Best Carry A Load When Bicycle Touring: Front or Rear Panniers?
Front loading has recently become a popular way of carrying panniers. The setup has been made trendy by manufacturers like Specialized with their AWOL x POLER touring bike, or any number of the touring...
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