Winter Cycling Essentials While we’ve already discussed how you can stay bike fit this winter while the roads are snowy and icy, for some cyclists, there is truly no alternative that comes close to the real thing. While riding in the winter is an entirely different ballgame than dealing with the fair weather of […]

Best New Cycling Technology While 2014 was a great year in bicycle touring technology, 2015 brings with it even more new exciting innovations that will help to enhance and redefine the world of cycling. As the New Year begins, there are several products on the market that you need to have in 2015 to be […]

Stay Fit This Winter Winter can be a challenging time of year for the avid cyclist. Snow and ice can prevent us from riding all the miles we want to, forcing us to use our cars for everyday trips that we would normal take by bike. As a result, our calves start to lose definition, […]

New Cycling Apparel Young people are making waves in the cycling community. They are rejecting the suburban sprawl of the parent’s generation in favor of living in cities near enough to where they work that they can bike into work. This has had numerous effects, including encouraging political leaders to make bike paths and other […]

Best Cycling Gear of 2014 As the year comes to an end we spend about half our time here at Bicycle Touring Guide scanning the internet for the best new bike toys set to be released the following year. The other half of our time is spent reflecting on the awesome gear released that year. […]

Holiday Shopping Tips For Cyclists It’s safe to say that cyclists can be some of the hardest people to shop for. When you are riding, every gear item needs to work smoothly and uniformly and every biker has a different preference for how things fit or feel. One cyclist needs cold water from an insulated […]

Cargo Bikes Revolutionize Commuter Cycling Your carbon-fiber, 15-pound road bike may kick butt in a cycling race but ask it to hold more than a water bottle and maybe a saddlebag or two and it will snap like a twig. No, for big loads — ranging from children to furniture — more and more cyclists […]

Best Holiday Bike Sales The holiday season is upon us. That means food and lots of family, which can be fantastic but also stressful and distracting. Don’t lose your cycling drive just because of holiday distractions! Stay focused on your bike goals with some new cycling gear to celebrate the holidays! Black Friday and Holiday […]

Named after the line where the world gets cold — the 45th parallel north — 45NRTH Cycling Apparel knows what they are talking about when it comes to cold weather cycling. They say their new winter cycling gloves will protect your digits against sub-zero temperatures. Given their specialty in cold weather cycling apparel, we tend […]

Temperatures are dropping, precipitation is falling and the days are getting shorter. All of these add up to one thing for cyclists — more challenging riding conditions. As drivers flood their tire companies for new snow tires, so too should cyclists make the necessary revisions to their ride to prepare for the long winter months […]