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Big Mountains and the Big Empty: GDMBR Wyoming

Big Mountains and the Big Empty:  GDMBR Wyoming

As we zipped past the towering peaks of the Tetons, hail pelted us with a devious force.  We were cold.  And under normal circumstances we’d have been miserable.  But not today.  The Tetons rose before us, and we were awestruck

World Biking August 31, 2016January 14, 2020 Great Divide Mountain Biking Route, Tour Updates, USA 2016 Bicycle Touring, Wyoming Bicycle Touring No Comments Read more

Great Divide Mountain Bike Route: Montana Moments

Great Divide Mountain Bike Route: Montana Moments

  The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route is the world’s longest off-road bicycle touring route. The GDMBR is 2,768 miles (4,455 kilometers) long. It begins in Banff, Canada and continues across the spine of the continent all the way to

World Biking August 26, 2016January 14, 2020 Great Divide Mountain Biking Route, Montana Bicycle Touring, Tour Updates, USA 2016 Bicycle Touring No Comments Read more

Idaho Hot Springs Route

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

World Biking August 12, 2016January 14, 2020 Idaho Hot Springs Mountain Biking Route, Tour Updates, USA 2016 Bicycle Touring 8 Comments Read more

Biking Eastern Oregon: the Stunning Steens Mountain Loop

Biking Eastern Oregon: the Stunning Steens Mountain Loop

“The most stunning, unique route in Oregon.” Who’d want to miss that?  Not us.  Bikepacking Oregon’s enthusiastic praise had us sold: Steens Mountain is one of the most spectacular places anywhere.  The dramatic rise of this fault block mountain above the

World Biking July 3, 2016January 14, 2020 Tour Updates, USA 2016 Bicycle Touring 4 Comments Read more

Biking Oregon’s Old West Scenic Bikeway and Beyond

Biking Oregon’s Old West Scenic Bikeway and Beyond

Private Road.  No Trespassing. We’d learned to love navigating with online maps, but his time they’d steered us wrong. Did we continue?  No way. We were riding Eastern Oregon, a place some claim is the Redneck Capital of America.  Most

World Biking June 28, 2016January 29, 2020 Tour Updates, USA 2016 Bicycle Touring No Comments Read more

A Change of Plans: Bicycle Touring on Idaho’s Weiser River Trail

A Change of Plans: Bicycle Touring on Idaho’s Weiser River Trail

“Those roads are probably still buried under three feet of snow.  You’ll have a tough time making it through.”The forest ranger in McCall confirmed what we’d begun to fear: it was still too early in the season to attempt the

World Biking June 7, 2016December 31, 2016 Idaho Bicycle Touring, Tour Updates, USA 2016 Bicycle Touring No Comments Read more

Back in the USA- bicycle touring in Montana and Idaho

Back in the USA- bicycle touring in Montana and Idaho

One last ride across the University of Montana campus and we were ready to roll.   A familiar feeling of intense excitement mixed with melancholy swept over me.  Montana felt like home and it was hard to leave. I liked Missoula

World Biking May 28, 2016January 9, 2020 Tour Updates, USA 2016 Bicycle Touring No Comments Read more

Bicycle Touring in the Indian Himalaya: Spiti and Lahoul Valleys

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

World Biking May 22, 2016January 8, 2020 India Bicycle Touring, photos, Tour Updates 3 Comments Read more

Why Oman deserves a Spot on your Bicycle Touring Bucket List

Why Oman deserves a Spot on your Bicycle Touring Bucket List

Bicycle touring in Oman?  Yes, OMAN!  That low-key country just down the road from Dubai, snuggled up next to Saudi Arabia (where it’s actually illegal for women to ride bicycles) and Yemen (in the midst of a nasty civil war).

World Biking May 15, 2016January 8, 2020 Tour Updates 7 Comments Read more

7 Myths about Cycling Iran

7 Myths about Cycling Iran

Iran is one of the most misunderstood countries on the planet.  Almost everyone who has the opportunity to visit Iran,  falls in love with its warm and generous people.  The country certainly has its challenges, but there are many misconceptions

World Biking May 7, 2016January 8, 2020 Destination Planning, Middle East, Musings + Myths, Tour Updates 19 Comments Read more
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