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Two Years In... Packing for a Long-Term Bike Tour Photos and words by Ryan Wilson Packing for a trip that spans multiple years can be a bit daunting. Especially when you’ll be passing through just about every zone of climate you can possibly imagine, from the humidity and heat of the Peruvian jungle to the bitter cold of winter in the mountains of Patagonia... Dragging the bike up rugged 16,000ft hiking trails, across remote dirt roads, or even the occasional stretch of asphalt. Walking the…

You can haul nearly anything on your bike if you set your mind to it—but these tried-and-true options should make it a lot easier.

I am, unashamedly, a huge gear nerd. I’m also a bit of a perfectionist, and having been cycling around the world for more than three years now I’ve had ample time in the saddle, literally thousands of hours, to puzzle over optimising my bike and gear setup. I’ve changed things up several times over the years, inching closer to what I consider ‘the perfect setup’. Now, finally, I think I’ve got as close as I can to that perfection. There are one or two minor things I might tweak, but after…

Learn how to pack for a multiday bike tour, including where to put things and how to distribute weight for a more stable ride.

Tumbleweed's Prospector touring bikes are built around the Rohloff hub platform. These do-it-all tourers are at home in the backcountry, on washboarded roads, or ripping and flowy singletrack. Their geometry is tuned to take on fully-loaded tours, while still being equally as fun un-loaded. Just announced today, the new Prospector frames are now available for presale. There are a limited number of frames available in each size and color and they are due to arrive February 2019. Select Desert…

Restrap, a business that specializes in hand-made outdoor gear releases the Hike-A-Bike Harness, a new way to carry a bike on rough terrain.

A laundry list of lessons learned from a lockdown summer spent grinding gravel and exploring trails in the Great Northwest