An Adventure Cycling tour leader's advice on how to stop overpacking for your next bicycle tour or bikepacking trip.| Adventure Cycling Association
Do we eat to bike or bike to eat? It probably doesn’t matter, because either way we need fuel! And while bars and gels might get the job done on day rides, for a multi-day tour most people want “real food,” and quite a bit of it.| Adventure Cycling Association
I have good news and bad news. The equipment you need for a week-long tour is pretty much the same as what you need for a month-long or even cross-country tour. I say it’s good news because once you’ve dialed in your kit, you’ll be ready for all sorts of bike travel adventures.| Adventure Cycling Association
If they don’t dump you afterwards, congratulations.| Adventure Cycling Association
I had to abandon a long tour that I had been planning for years halfway through it, and I’m still devastated. How do I get over it? -- Dear Devastated, I’m so sorry. It’s understandable that you’re feeling a great sense of loss, given how invested you were in this trip. It is totally okay to take some time to grieve the fact that it didn’t turn out as initially planned. You had intended to make this dream a reality, and circumstances got in the way of that happening. Something like ...| Adventure Cycling Association
We met a bunch of strangers in Anchorage that became lifetime friends by the time we reached Denali National Park. One can’t put a price on friendship.| Adventure Cycling Association