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Bicycle Touring the Pamir Highway: part 1 leaving Bishkek
When you dream of something for more than a decade, expectations are correspondingly high. Over the years, we’d crossed paths with scores of cyclists who’d gushed about the sublime beauty of the Pamirs. Most of them left out the part
Cycling Central Asia: So Many Choices!
The Good Ole' Days I hate having choices. A decade ago, when we first began touring through Africa, route planning was far more clear-cut. Studying our Michelin Africa map usually turned up just one possible route, perhaps two options in
Changing Continents: Biking Central Asia at Long Last
Bye-Bye New York! Hello Kazakhstan! Changing Continents There’s something disconcerting about jetting half way around the world by plane when you’re more accustomed to rolling slowly across continents. Not that the flight between New York and Kazakhstan was all that
Down to the Last Drop in the Arizona Desert
I was down to my last half liter of water. Bumping along a rough track in the Arizona desert, this lack of H2o was some cause for distress. We ought to be passing a ranch about now. But where was
Random Saddle Tales
The Hard Way Round
“She doesn’t look good.” “I’ve never seen her like that. Just collapsed on the side of the road and refused to move. I had to drag her back on to her bike. Force her to pedal. I told her she’d
Biking the Great Divide: Colorado
After the vast empty spaces and rolling hills of Wyoming’s Great Basin, we were ready to test our mettle on some big mountains. Colorado called. The Cowboy State is home to the Great Divide’s most momentous climb: Indiana Pass (11,913
Idaho Hot Springs Route
In 2014, Adventure Cycling unveiled what promised to be one of America’s most beautiful and challenging bicycles touring routes: the Idaho Hot Springs Mountain Biking Route. The Idaho Hot Springs Mountain Bike Route guides riders over and through the breathtaking
Bicycle Touring in the Indian Himalaya: Spiti and Lahoul Valleys
The high Himalaya looms large in cyclists’ lore. Over the years we’ve been privy to plenty of tales of ferocious headwinds, debilitating altitude sickness, and freak summer snowstorms. Finally it was our turn to ride some of the world’s highest
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