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The 10 Best Gravel Bikes For Bikepacking In 2024
On a spectrum from road to mountain bikes, gravel bikes sit somewhere in the middle. They are fast and efficient on the pavement thanks to their drop bar body positioning, yet comfortable and capable...
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The Near Death Experience, Favourite Countries & Bicycle Touring Career of...
I recently had the pleasure of going on the Seek Travel Ride podcast with Bella Malloy. If you haven’t heard of this podcast before, it’s all about bicycle travel, and there are over 80 interviews...
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Are Integrated Rear Racks REALLY Better Than Bolt-On Racks?
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What’s The Best Way To Distribute Luggage And NOT Affect Bike Handling?
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This Belt Drivetrain Could Kill The Internal Gear Hub (Veer Shift Drive)
In the last decade, belt drivetrains have increased in popularity on urban bikes, and this is for many reasons. Belts are clean, silent, and can last 3-4 times longer than chains. They also do not...
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Bike Touring Gear List: Everything I Carry After 12 Years Around The World
It’s hard to believe I’ve now spent more than a decade exploring the planet on a bicycle. In that time, I’ve visited over 100 countries and cycled more than 170,000km. Today, I’ll be showing you the...
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The Co-Motion Tumalo is a Go-Everywhere Drop Bar Mountain Bike
The Co-Motion Tumalo is a new off-road bikepacking rig that splits the difference between mountain and gravel bikes. This comfortable dirt road cruiser will clear 29 x 3.0″ tyres, is suspension fork...
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What Kind of Bike Computer Do You Need For Touring?
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The New Bikepacking Cookbook Will Level Up Your Camp Cooking!
Friends of mine have just launched The Bikepacking Cookbook. For many years, Sam and Bec have been known as bougie camp cookers. I’ve heard it from people they have travelled with, seen it in their...
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The Surly Moonlander Lands On Earth With A Pinion Gearbox!
The Surly Moonlander has just set a new maximum tyre width for bicycles: 6.25 inches, or 159 mm! This new fat tyre size allows you to run lower tyre pressures than ever before, increasing the tyre...
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14 Insane Pinion Fat Bike Builds For Your Desert or Snow Adventures
With the new Surly Moonlander Pinion fat bike release, I thought I’d introduce you to a handful of other bike manufacturers that can also help you cross the Sahara desert, Australian Outback,...
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Electronic Shifting For Rohloff Hubs Is Now Possible Thanks To SternShift
SternShift brings the convenience of electric shifting to bikes with a Rohloff 14-speed hub. For those who aren’t aware, the Rohloff Speedhub 500/14 is an internally geared rear hub that has been...
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Why This Weird Pinion Gearbox Bike Has Three Belts (Pinion Tandem)
What you’re looking at is a Pinion tandem bicycle that uses an 18-speed gearbox that’s been mounted between two cranksets. It has three belts connecting everything up! It took me some time to work out...
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What’s Better: The KOGA WorldTraveller or Tout Terrain Tanami II?
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What I Pack For Bike Touring After 170,000km Around The World (Video)
I’ve just published a video explaining my bike touring gear setup for my open-ended bicycle trip around the world. This is all the gear I need to live and work in any country, and it’s optimised for...
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The 15 Lightest Gravel Bikes In The World For 2025 (Sub-7kg)
If you’re looking for the lightest gravel bikes, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve analysed hundreds of gravel bikes from all over the internet and ranked the lightest models by their weight....
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The Best Gravel Handlebars Compared For Comfort: Deda Gera vs Lauf Smoothie
If you’re after the best gravel handlebars with a high degree of comfort, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve been on a quest to find the best gravel handlebars for a long time, and have gleaned many...
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How To Choose The Most Comfortable Alt Bars For Bikepacking & Touring
Alt bars are a type of handlebars that are designed specifically for long-distance cycling. They typically offer a broad variety of hand positions, riding postures, and accessory mounts. In addition,...
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The 13 Best Alt Bars For Bikepacking and Touring (Comfortable MTB Handlebars)
The best alt bars will not only take your comfort and control to the next level, but they’ll offer more hand positions, and riding postures too. If you aren’t familiar with alt bars, they’re a unique...
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The 2025 Touring & Bikepacking Bike Buyer’s Guides Are Now Available
I’m excited to announce my annual update on the Touring & Bikepacking Bike Buyer’s Guides is complete. The latest versions now feature more than 320 different bikes each, which will help you find...
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