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Specialized AWOL Review: 5,000 Mile Test Ride

By Sarah Swallow on January 13, 2016

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Specialized’s do-all dropbar adventure bike pitted against a 3-month, 5,000 mile dirt road route across the USA. A test ride doesn’t get much bigger than this. Sarah Swallow reports on how it fared…

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Surly Wednesday Review: Sun, sand & snow in New Mexico

By Cass Gilbert on January 8, 2016

62 Discussion

Sibling to both the classic Pugsley and the goliath Ice Cream Truck, the Wednesday is Surly’s latest addition to its fleet of fat bikes – or Omniterras, as it prefers to call them. Over the last couple of months, we’ve taken one bikepacking, snow riding, and arroyo exploring around the high desert of northern New Mexico.

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Bikepacking Predictions 2016… what the future may hold.

By Team Work on December 29, 2015

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From a dropper post seat pack to a rainy Tour Divide—we’ve pulled 12 predictions straight from our crystal ball to forecast trends, happenings, and gear innovations for bikepacking in 2016…

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Surly Ice Cream Truck Ops Review: Five Fun Days

By Joe Cruz on December 1, 2015

40 Discussion

When loaded with standard bags and modest bikepacking weight, Surly’s Ice Cream Truck is a pleasure to pedal: easy to steer on loose ascents, confident and quick handling down technical chutes, and predictable through twisting treelined singletrack. It’s a capable and flat out fun bike.

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Bike Magazine Focuses on Bikepacking for September

By Logan Watts on August 28, 2015

16 Discussion

For the first time in the history of the magazine, BIKE has devoted almost an entire issue to bikepacking …

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Trading Space for Comfort: Gear for a Semi-Minimalist Bike Tour

By Logan Watts on October 24, 2013

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Space (and weight) versus comfort is a tricky (and expensive) battle that we cyclocampers fight regularly. Tents, sleeping bags and pads make up the majority of heft and bulk that has to be packed and stowed. In an effort to go as ultralight as possible for an upcoming trip, with minimal luggage, I put together a kit using The Mother of Comfort.

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The Surly E.C.R. Rounds Out Their Adventure Bike Catalog

By Logan Watts on July 23, 2013

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Surly never ceases to amaze by putting out new bikes that I immediately need. They just released two really cool rigs that fill various niche gaps in their steel frame lineup. In this post, we’ll have a quick peek at the ECR and Straggler as well as explore their nonpareil, adventure-specific lineup.

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Starting the bike tour: Valle de Bravo to Ixtapan de la Sal

By Logan Watts on December 16, 2012

9 Discussion

After 75.6 miles, 6,667 feet climbing, and 3 days pedaling, we pulled in to Ixtapan de la Sal yesterday around 5:30…