Oct 13 2010
Cyclotouring
Planning to go places on your bike? You’re in good company. Overnight, over the hills, or overseas? It makes no difference. Or very little difference. The vital elements are the same for everyone: Keeping warm when it’s cold, cool when it’s hot, and dry when it’s wet—and staying well-fed (and well-hydrated) all the time. Plus keeping your wheels turning round without squeaks or wobbles.
Planning to go places on your bike? Then start here. And check back often, because there’s a lot more to come.
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- You Know Your Bike Is Yours—But Can You Prove It?
- Touring Bikes for Short Folks
- Small Talk: Crank Arms and the Short Cyclist
- Hauling the Load: Fitting a Front Rack
- A Real Knockout of a Rack: The Planet Bike K.O.K.O.
- For Want of a Kickstand Plate: A Cautionary Tale for Touring Cyclists
- The Nashbar Compass Bell: Simple and Good
- You Can Take it With You! (In the Profile Designs E-Pack)
- How to Retask a Tea Sack as a Snack Bag
- Ziploc’s Big Bag for Pannier Bag Liners
- Making the Case: Free Gear From Your Pantry
- Louis Garneau Box HB-09 Handlebar Bag Evaluated
- Louis Garneau Box HB-09 Handlebar Bag: The Clamp Broke!
- Topeak Tour Guide Handlebar Bag: Tailoring the Fit by Marcos Netto
- Axiom Champlain Rear Panniers: First Impressions
- Hanging Around With Axiom’s Champlain Rear Panniers
- Delta Compacts: Panniers for Short Haul and Long Tours, Too
- A Load
offon My Rack: The Delta Cycle Expandable Mega Wedge Bag - Fitting the Deck: A Rack Hack for a New Bag
- Louis Garneau Profile RR-16 Rack Trunk Evaluated
- Outfitting a Rack Trunk to Carry Camera Gear
- Cruisin’ with Croozer: A Workhorse of a Bike Trailer
- Hauling the Load: Hitch a Wike to Your Bike
- The Essential Saddle Bag and Tools
- A Cyclist’s Tool Roll in Three Easy Steps
- Tool Up to Ride: The Big Picture
- A DIY Light Mount for a Front Rack
- Totally Rad! Lighting Up My World With a Radbot 1000
- Let There Be Light: Tobie DePauw’s Ingenious DIY Headlight Mount
- Let There Be Light: The Lowdown on Alan Barnard’s Custom Fork Mounts
- Let There Be Light: Doug DuBois’ Elegant DIY Light Mount
- Swapping Out Water Bottle Cages
- A Clamp for Your Water Bottle Cage
- Design Matters: The Water Bottle Cage
- Looking for a Way to Mount Bottle Cages on Your Bars? You’re in Luck
- How and Why to Fend(er) for Yourself: Finding Fenders for Your Bike
- There’s a Flap On! Or, What to Do When Fenders Aren’t Enough
- Don’t Keep This Under Your Hat: Products That Can Harm Your Helmet
- The Bell Venture XLV: A Lid for Big Heads, at a Not-Very-Large Price
- What Am I to Wear?
- Trekmor—Clothing to Go
- Clothes Make the Cyclist: On the Bike and in Camp
- In the Heat of the Sun—What I Look for in a Hot Weather Jersey
- The Mt. Borah Micro Cycling Jersey—They Don’t Come Cooler Than This
- Why Do You Wear Lycra Bike Shorts?
- Nathan Compression Reflective Sleeves
- DeFeet Armskins: A Cool Idea
- In Praise of the Neck Gaiter
- A Headband Keeps Your Ears Toasty Warm
- Cold Comfort: Keeping Warm With a Skull Cap
- Why Wear Cycling Gloves?
- Cold Comfort: Keeping Hands Warm When Cycling
- Toe Much to Ask? A Hot New Idea for Cold Hands—Or Is It?
- Cool Comfort: The Ecstasy of DeFeet…Armskins, That Is
- Comfort in the Cold for Not Too Much Cold Cash: Walmart Starter Jersey
- Performance Transformer Jacket Evaluated
- Canari Barrier Commuter Jacket—Great for Cyclotouring, Too
- Cycling Safety & Well-Being
- Time to ReVisor Your Thinking?
- Two Tins and Bag: A Minimalist First-Aid Kit for Cyclists
- Doc in a Box: Building Your Own Medical Kit
- Trouble Breathing on the Bike? Breathe Right Strips
- Tamia’s Ten Essentials—Rules of the Rural Road
- SAfety First: Situational Awareness and the Solo Traveler
- Girl Talk: Can You Solo Safely?
- Jogalite Cyclist’s Legbands
- An Eye-Catching Idea: The Brain-Bucket Blinkie
- A Brighter Idea: Marcos Netto’s Helmet-Mounted Taillights
- Dog Tags: ID That’s as Tough as You Are
- Swapping Tires and Changing Tubes Made Easy (Well, Easier, Anyway)
- Feeling a Little Flat Lately? Inspect Your Bike’s Tires
- Dont’ Forget to Brush Between Wheels: The Many Uses for Old Toothbrushes
- Climbing the Walls: The Joy of Granny Gears
- Riding With the Old Woman: Wind and the Cyclist
- Sitting Pretty on the Roadside: An Unlikely Solution for Tired Cyclists
Navigational Tools, Route Finding and Trip Planning
- A Case for Maps: The Zéfal Doomap
- Why Has the Little Huntsman Compass Grown So Big?
- Where On Earth Am I? My Garmin eTrex Legend HCx GPS Knows For Sure
- Pathfinder or Paperweight? Does Your GPS Have a Future?
- Amphibious Trekking: Rediscovering the World on Your Doorstep
- Sew What? The Chouinard Expedition Sewing Kit Makes It Easy
- Can You Help Me Recreate the Chouinard Expedition Sewing Kit?
- A Little Snip of a Thing: Dritz Folding Scissors
- How to Erect a Tarp Shelter
- Hammocks for Cyclotourists? Why Not?
- In Search of the Ideal Tent
- My Search for the Ideal Sleeping Bag
- The Mother of Comfort: Sleeping on Air
- Strike a Blow for Comfort—Big Agnes Insulated Air Core Mattress
- Strike a Blow for Comfort—More on Air Mattresses
- What a Sleeper! The Last Word on Air Mattresses
- Headlamps to Dispel the Dark
Road Food! Eats for Cyclists on the Go
- Clean Water Act: The SteriPEN Reconsidered by Farwell Forrest
- Make Your Own Sports Drink: Newt Nectar
- At Last! Camp Coffee Worth Getting Up For
- Choco-Java: A Quick Hot Drink for Cyclists Who Come in From the Cold
- Cyclotouring Menus: Extra Weight or Empty Belly? It’s Your Call
- On the Road: The Fine Art of Foraging
- Convenience Stores and the Hungry Cyclotourist
- Tamia’s Takeaways: Menus to Go
- Eating to Bike, Biking to Eat
- Hundred-Mile Plus Oatmeal Bars—Accept No Substitutes!
- Queen of Tarts: An Unlikely On‑the‑Go Snack
- Tamia’s Takeaways: Walmart’s Tropical Trail Mix
- McDonald’s Fruit Parfait: A Cyclist’s Reward
- French Toast Nuggets
- The Many Uses of Single-Serving Condiment Packets
- Found Food: My Condiments to the Chef
- Road Food for Cyclotourists: Pronto Pasta and Peanut Sauce
- Terrific Tortellini: I Can’t Get Enough of Those “Ini” Foods
- Mac and Cheese: Thinking Outside the Box
- Making the Case for Couscous
- Road Food for Cyclotourists: The No-Cook Option—Black Bean Wrap
- Road Food: Cooking at its Simplest With Hormel Compleats
- Sweet Beginnings and Endings: A Slump You Won’t Want to End
- Road Food for Cyclotourists: Dumpling Compote to Go
- Popcorn Blowout!
- A Cautionary Word About Jiffy Pop
The Cyclotourist’s Batterie de Cuisine
- Tempest in a Teapot: The Portable Samovar
- The Perfect Cooker for Cyclotouring? The Trangia Spirit Burner
- Keeping it Simple With the Trangia Spirit Burner
- Coleman Stove Fuel in Small Packages?
- A Simple Fire Starter You Can Make
- Getting a Grip on Hot Pots
- How to Hang Food in Camp
- Cold Comfort: Keeping Warm With a Skull Cap
- Dinnerware: When Go-Light Is Just Right
- Hoarder’s Treasure: A Water Bag That Costs You Nothing
It’s NOT About the Bike—Ancillary Activities
- Cameras and the Cyclist
- Shooting Pandas: Pictures From the Saddle
- The Tiny Voice in My Handlebar Bag: A SanDisk Sansa Clip
- Filling Those Dark Hours in Camp
- One for the Road—The Kindle 3G
- Bibliotrekking, or How to Carry a Library in Your Panniers or Pack
- Kindle 3G on the Road: A Helping Hand in Time of Trouble
- DIY Body Armor for Vulnerable Electronics
Armchair Adventuring—Trips and Tales
- Feel the Wheels Rumblin’: Long Haul Micro-Tours
- Mountain Biking Back Roads in Southern Brazil by Marcos Netto
- To Hell and Back: Four Days Cycling in South Brazil by Marcos Netto
- Festival of Beer and Beautiful Scenery: To Porto Alegre Felez by Marcos Netto
- From the Mountains to the Sea in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul by Marcos Netto
- Klaus Volkmann’s ‘Boo Recumbent: On Tour in Chile
- Bike Touring: The Sierra Club Guide to Travel on Two Wheels by Raymond Bridge
- The Ten Essential Truths of Cycling
- I Can’t Walk, but I Can Bike!…
- Now Hear This! Cycling is So Peaceful! Er…What’s That You Said?
- A Horse is a Horse, Of Course, Of Course…
- The Scent of Apples
- Help Turtles Cross Roads
- In It for the Long Haul: Building Up the Ultimate Surly
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