Your dream bicycle tour is in Europe and your bicycle is not. What about bicycle travel cases? The airline says just use one of their travel containers. Your buddy says to go down to your local bike shop and get a used bicycle box. Neither one is my recommendation. Fortunately, you have many options when […]

How to Select Your Touring Bicycle Gearing Touring bicycle gearing is really not a complicated subject. Many factors do contribute to your speed as you ride on different terrain: which gear combination you are using; your pedaling cadence; and your wheel/tire size. But I am going to make this less technical so most people can […]

The topic of bicycle saddles can be a never-ending argument amongst cyclists. What saddle is best for me may not be the best for someone else. So I am not going to try to sell you on my choice of a bicycle saddle. However, I am going to discuss the subject enough, hopefully, to give […]

Bicycle Trailers Or Panniers? Bicycle trailers have become quite popular in the recent years. You will see them on city streets filled with groceries, on country roads with a cooler strapped in, and in your own neighborhood with children enjoying the ride. But many cyclists new to touring don’t really understand all the benefits that […]

What Do You Want To Know About Bicycling Stoves? If you plan on having a hot meal every night at camp, you are going to need a bicycling stove to round out your camping equipment. Otherwise, after a long day on the road, you will be eating cold meals or in restaurants. Cold meals get […]

(NOTE: You can see the best road bikes for 2015 here) I have been riding bicycles seriously for over thirty years. I have ridden all out touring bicycles, mountain bikes, racing and sport bicycles, and tried out a few folding bicycles. Each bicycle has had it own purpose, but one attribute stands out for a […]

What Do You Need For Touring? One of the most important criteria for touring bicycle accessories is reliability. Nothing can ruin a tour quicker than a broken rear rack or wet clothes that were kept in your panniers. Even if you use a ‘sag wagon’, you are going to want high quality bike accessories that […]

How To Dress For the Weather? That question even confuses an experienced bicycle tourist. The main reason for this is that when you are on the open road, you can never predict the weather from day to day. Even if you are planning on staying in nice hotels and having a ‘sag wagon’ carry your […]

What To Have To Make Your Ride Safer Though experience we gain the knowledge for bicycling safety. Every time we ride through an intersection and watch how motorist react to our presence, we learn to be prepared for the time that another motorist may put our lives at risk. So every ride in traffic that […]