We’d never recommend packing a gun for a bike tour, but back in the early days of bike touring a pistol was commonly carried by adventurous cyclists such as the McIlraths. Today, for the first time, we stumbled across a historic advertisement for a gun built especially for cyclists. Read More »
We recently heard from an anxious would-be cyclist who bombarded us with questions about gear. From the bike and the tent down to the tiny details such as bottle cages, he wanted to be sure that everything was perfect, would solve every problem on the road and never fail. We had to disappoint him. Read More »
Here’s what we’ve all been waiting for: a bike that can cross oceans, and it was invented in the 1930s! Not only that, we’ve also discovered a larger-than-life bicycle trailer that was taken on a bike tour of France, a bicycle for cycling on ice and all the latest cycling ‘gadgets’ from 80 years ago. […] Read More »
