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Re: Bonking on tour
23 Nov 2009, 10:13 pm
Re: Oregon to Los Angeles and Gear Questions
23 Nov 2009, 10:11 pm
Re: Touring (Ageing?) Compromises
23 Nov 2009, 10:04 pm
Re: Cycling in Snow
23 Nov 2009, 8:20 pm
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Adventure Cycling Association

Adventure Cycling Association

Bicycle Fashion: The Road is your Runway!
As a proud subscriber of both Adventure Cyclist magazine and Vogue, it’s hard not be occasionally bummed out by my (lack of) options for bicycle fashion accessories. I mean, I’m all about rugged adventure, but I want to do it with a little bit of flair! So...
10 hours ago
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Gary Leiendecker
Gary Leiendecker
Matt, I got my wife panniers last year and we took a trip on the Gap Trail for 4 days. No car for 4 days, not a bad start.
2 hours ago
Brenda Varner
Brenda Varner
Those panniers are so cute, I'm putting them on my Christmas list, and I've been good this year. :-)
about an hour ago
David Ziccardi

David Ziccardi
Put this together from our tour this summer:

http://www.facebook.com/#/video/video.php?v=1255719603578

Whitefish-Eureka-Sparwood-Pincher Creek-Waterton Village-St. Mary. The plan was to do the east side of Going to the Sun, but Logan Pass was still closed due to repairs made necessary by a winter avalanche. So we went ..."around the horn" (in one 100 mile day) to Sprague Creek in Glacier. That allowed us to ride up and down the west side of GTS, which they opened all the way to Logan Pass that morning.Read More

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Adventure Cycling Association
Adventure Cycling Association
Nice! Great shots!
about an hour ago
Tracy McKelvey

Tracy McKelvey Just finished riding in Maui. Great for miles and elevation. The view is not bad either. 3 rides got me 210 miles and about 14,000 of climbing. That was without doing the big volcano climb.

Yesterday at 9:09am · Report
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Adventure Cycling Association

Bikes in the (Non) Wilderness
According to an October 29 story in the Great Falls Tribune, a new crop of National Forest travel plans will ban mountain bikes from wilderness study areas and certain other non-wilderness areas in Region 1 of the Forest Service (Montana and parts of Idaho)...
Yesterday at 5:07am
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Mary Lynn Monge
Mary Lynn Monge
Cows and horses do far, far, far more damage than any mountain bike trail I've ever seen. This is outrageous.
Yesterday at 8:18pm
Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson
Tom's got the measure of this.
Yesterday at 9:17pm
Adventure Cycling Association

Adventure Cycling Association

Winter Riding Tips
Winter will be setting in shortly, but that doesn't mean the riding season is coming to an end. While we don't see a lot of people on extended tours through the winter months, there are still plenty of folks hitting the road to stay in riding shape for their early 2010 tours...
Sat at 12:16pm
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Mark L Tessmer
Mark L Tessmer
This pretty much calls it like it is. I've been riding year around here in Minneapolis, MN for over 28 years, so yes, it can be done. It's never been a better then now with everything they make for it.
Sat at 7:04pm
Mike Diehm
Mike Diehm
I ride all winter too. And yes, the torso is very important. I think I finally got the layering right. I wear a long-sleeve cycling jersey, then a tight thin wool sweater, then another cycling jersey (short sleeve) and last, a windbreaker. This works in temps down to about 32. Below 32...well that's a bit cold for me!
Yesterday at 7:13am
Adventure Cycling Association

Adventure Cycling Association

Holiday Gift Ideas: Recycled Bicycle Parts!
This year, my plan for holiday gift buying is to ' go green.' For some folks, I plan to buy gifts made from old bike parts, but not just for the bicycle enthusiasts in the family. There are countless items forged from bike parts...
Sat at 12:16pm
Adventure Cycling Association

Adventure Cycling Association

Colorado Member Meetings
Adventure Cycling is headed to Colorado! Adventure Cycling's executive director will be presenting at gatherings in Ft. Collins, Denver, and Colorado Springs during the first week of December. Check out the schedule:Dec. 1st, Ft...
November 20 at 1:25pm
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David Brownell
David Brownell
I live in Utah and rode from SLC to Yellowstone this past summer. I have a 22/36/46 crank with a 11x32 (9 speed) cog set. I used the low gears all the time, and seldom used the highest gears -- I let God pedal on the way down!
My son's touring bike (which isn't near me at the mo) has a MTB crank with something like 24/36/46 and around 12x28 (8... Read More speed) cog set. It has a a square taper BB so I took off the road triple and threw on the MTB crank. This a a 700c bike, and he never complained that the gears were too low!
IMHO, you'll be happier that you have the lower gears than you will be with the high gears.
November 20 at 3:25pm
Kevin MacAfee
Kevin MacAfee
I live in Minnesota and have led and ridden a number of ACA's trips in the west. Low gears are important but what I've found is that the altitude is a bigger factor. The only way to train for that is to get out there a bit early -- a few days usually works -- take it easy and drink lots.
Sat at 11:15am
Adventure Cycling Association

Adventure Cycling Association

Water Break--Racing in the Andes of Venezuela
Colombia is known for its world class cyclists. Venezuela ... not so much...
November 19 at 9:11pm
Ed Schevey
Ed Schevey
Great Story...
Yesterday at 6:52am
Richard Tulloch

Richard Tulloch Going to Holland and have a free day for a ride? This is my pick as the best one day ride out of Amsterdam, for beginners or tough guys. http://richardtulloch.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/green-fields-of-amsterdam-cycling-the-dutch-countryside/

November 19 at 1:20pm · Report
Joaquin Keepgoing

Joaquin Keepgoing SOMAfabrications + wekeepgoing XMAS raffle
http://wekeepgoing.com/blog/raffle/

November 19 at 10:39am · Report
Steven Bell

Steven Bell Hello all
I am planning on touring as much of the northern US as I can get in come spring.I have one more operation before I can get back to walking then I will get myself up to 40 miles a day before leaving here in Mich around 4-1-2010.Your all in my prayers and I hope you all find your dream on two wheels.
Steve

November 19 at 8:57am · Report
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Adventure Cycling Association

Twin Bridges Cyclists' Only Campground
I'm so excited about this news, I can hardly sit still! Back in May, we mentioned that Twin Bridges, Montana, was setting up a cyclists only campground...
November 19 at 7:43am
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Matt Camp
Matt Camp
the twin bridges cycle camp is a special place, and where good will multiplies. Its a true win-win. Feeling welcome in a small town after hard miles of climbing the rockies made a big difference in my trip.
November 19 at 7:40pm
Pete Keleher
Pete Keleher
I was there this summer. Bill "git 'er done" White is amazing. In addition to everything else, he dropped off a coolerful of beer when we showed up after biking seventy miles in the sun.
November 20 at 2:31pm
Adventure Cycling Association

Adventure Cycling Association

The Power of Story: 3 Inspiring Pairs of Bicycle Travelers
To me, stories are at the center of any adventure. They're also the cultural currency we use to share our experiences and inspire each other to test our limits, shift our perspective, and open our hearts. The following bicycle travelers have embraced story as a central mission of their journey...
November 18 at 1:27pm
Bex
Bex
Thanks for posting about Listen to Africa again - really glad you like it :) (And the other two links are great stuff!)
November 18 at 12:27pm
Adventure Cycling Association

Adventure Cycling Association

Your Invitation to "Cycle Through History"
For the past couple months, I have had the opportunity to contribute content for a site devoted to promoting historic and cultural tourism...
November 18 at 1:27pm
Kevin Schilt

Kevin Schilt Got a question: If a community offered something to you free to come to their community, Would you visit that community?? What would you want that to be?

November 17 at 7:49pm · Report
Clarence Devens
Clarence Devens
A spot to pitch a tent were I might find a friendly electrical outlet and a shower. oh and roads were bicyclists don't honked at
November 18 at 1:14pm
Adventure Cycling Association
Adventure Cycling Association
Hey Kevin,
Check out our blog post on Bicycle Travel Friendly Communities for ideas, http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2009/09/bicycle-travel-friendly-communities.html It's got some suggestions for things cyclists are commonly looking for or helped by. .JHM.
November 19 at 4:34am
Kevin Schilt
Kevin Schilt
I have seen that and it is very helpful!! I am wanting to get a bicyclist view of anything special they want. Also, for example if we was to offer Free Ice Cream on a certain, would want to see if anyone would come. Try to get something going where our community could ourselves apart from the rest.
November 20 at 1:52pm