You only need to know one thing about buying a rack for your bicycle tour: don’t get a cheap one. Racks take a beating on a bike tour and cheap racks are likely to break relatively quickly. Learn more about Choosing A Rack For Bike Touring and the Tubus racks we use for touring. Read More »
Carl Cartlidge biked from Europe to Istanbul: the long way. His route took him north to the Arctic Circle before he turned around and headed south to Istanbul. Now he’s sharing tips for bike touring in Scandinavia, in this week’s 10 Questions feature. Read More »
We’ve all been there. You park your bike up against a wall, turn around and…. boom! It falls to the ground. That’s how we put most the scratches on our bicycles at least. But if we’d listened to the advice in this week’s Ask A Mechanic feature, we might have kept the paint job on […] Read More »
Rain is a bit of a four-letter word among cyclists but here’s a little secret: biking in the rain can be fun. And it’s certainly better than losing a day of your tour to bad weather! I was thinking about this the other day while coming home from work on a particularly wet day. Read More »
Here’s a fun project and a good way to stand out on tour this year: build your own bicycle trailer, out of bamboo or plywood or any other material you can get your hands on. Free plans for this nifty bike trailer come courtesy of the folks at Carry Freedom, who also make and sell […] Read More »
