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This Chapman Cycles Touring Bike Perfectly Blends New Tech With The Past
This is not the first time I’ve featured a bike from Rhode Island framebuilder Brian Chapman. With smooth fillet brazing, neat lugs, custom made racks and classic colourways – it’s hard not to...
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How Much Does Dynamo Hub Drag Really Slow You Down? Lab Testing Results
Dynamo hubs are quite widely adopted in the bicycle touring, bikepacking and ultra racing scenes. With LED light technology allowing for 1300 lumen (or 100+ lux) light outputs, USB charging for gadgets...
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The Year-Long, 12,679 Mile USA Bike Tour With Perfect Weather Every Day
Sick of your job? Looking for a huge challenge? Why not take a year off, pack everything into some panniers and complete this year-long, USA bike tour with perfect cycling temperatures every day? I...
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Velo Orange Crazy Bar Review: Better Than Road Handlebars?!
I’ve been a consistent advocate of road handlebars for bicycle travel for some time. I really like the near/far/high/low hand locations, as well as the slightly different wrist angles. But a handlebar...
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English Cycles Aero Trans Am Bike: The Fastest Bikepacking Bike?
This Trans Am bike is probably as far from a typical touring bike as you’ll see on CyclingAbout. But when Rob of English Cycles posted his personal race bike on Facebook – I knew I had to write...
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BikeRoll Is The Easiest To Use Online Bike Route Planner
Only a few years ago I was travelling full time without a mobile phone and GPS device. I used a lot of paper maps and also saved screenshots from Google Maps to determine when I needed to make turns....
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What Is A Bikepacking Bike? Is It Different To A Standard Bike?
Move over panniers and racks. Bikepacking bags are becoming more commonplace in the world of bike travel, and so is the bikepacking bike. We’ve seen a huge spike in demand for bikepacking products over...
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Video: Jin Has Been Cycling The World For Over 60,000km
I love this story! Korean girl Jin has been cycling for the last five years through North America, Latin America, Africa, Europe, Middle East, and she’s currently in Asia. Her kilometre tally for the...
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Saddle Comfort For Cyclists: How To Treat and Prevent Saddle Sores
Given how much time us cyclists spend sitting and spinning in the one place, it’s almost inevitable that we experience discomfort in the form of saddles sores. These skin irritations occur due to the...
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Video: Cycling South America With Kamran On Bike
A recap from Kamran On Bike of his 13,000km (8000mi) bicycle ride across the entire length of South America from January 2016 to March 2017. This video is nothing short of stunning! Born and raised in...
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How Cool Is The World’s First Bicycle Touring Board Game!?
It has never crossed my mind that bicycle touring could be incorporated into the theme of a board game, but it makes sense – there is strategy to bicycle touring, just as there is strategy to games....
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Low Climbing Gears On Your Road Bike: Six Road Crankset Options
When it comes to mountain roads, most road bikes don’t have low enough climbing gears. I see people struggling all the time, grinding away, trying to get over the top of their lowest gears so that...
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The New 2018 Specialized Diverge Light Touring Bikes
With the adventure category of bikes really taking off, Specialized have been working hard to make sure they hit every niche. The Specialized AWOL is the bombproof long-distance touring rig and the...
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The Japan Long Haul: My Bike and Trailer Setup
Through June and July, I will be on a bike and trailer tour in Japan! The plan is to ride out of the most populous metropolitan area in the world, Tokyo, and north 1200km (750mi) along the Tohoku Route...
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12kg Gear List: The Japan Long Haul Trailer Tour
This is my gear list for a five-week tour of Japan. – I will be travelling with a friend, so much of the cooking gear, sleeping gear, tools and spares will be shared between us. – We intend to camp...
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What’s The Difference In Speed Between Gearbox Systems? Rohloff, Pinion, Shimano
Gearbox systems are becoming more and more popular on touring bikes. The most common form of gearbox is the internally geared rear hub, which has actually been available since the late-1800s. The...
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A Complete List of Rohloff Frame Options For Custom Touring Bike Builds
Do you like the idea of a custom Rohloff touring bike build? Well, a Rohloff frame may not be as expensive as you think – you can get yourself a Rohloff-specific frame for under US $500 (399€). I...
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The New 2018 Kona Sutra LTD OffRoad Touring Bike
Over the last few years, Kona has divided their dedicated touring bike range, the Sutra, into two distinct categories. One is a long-distance touring bike ready for world exploration, and the other an...
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The New 2018 Kona Sutra Touring Bike
The Sutra is a long-distance touring bike that has been quietly refined over the years to be one of the best touring bikes available. The 2018 Kona Sutra has received only a minor update, but this...
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The New 2018 Giant ToughRoad Touring Bikes
Here’s some rather exciting news for the 2018 Giant Toughroad range – it’s expanded and there’s now a drop bar version called the GX! Giant is the biggest bike brand in the world and quite frankly,...
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