How To: Bicycle Touring with a Basket
With all the new fancy rackless bikepacking gear out there, the inexpensive but highly utilitarian basket seems to have been forgotten in the bicycle touring world. What a shame! We’ve been touring with a basket…
Review: Osaka Roadie Bell
Bells are a handy accessory for the bike commuter and bike tourist, especially when you’re riding on paths with lots of pedestrians and other cyclists. If you have multiple bikes, moving a bell from bike…
Review: Porlex Mini Grinder for Bike Touring, #CoffeeOutside and Bikepacking
In this video review we look at the Porlex Mini Grinder. Regarded as one of the best portable manual grinders in the market, we take a look at its pros and cons. For a more…
REVIEW: Porcelain Rocket Micro Pannier
In this video we take a close look at Porcelain Rocket’s Micro Pannier, an interesting hybrid pannier that combines bikepacking techniques with a bike touring form factor! If you’re in Portland, you can buy them…
Video: How to Carry a Fly Rod on a Bicycle
In this video, we show multiple ways to carry a fly rod on your bicycle using simple bungees or our new favorite, ROK Straps (these things are awesome). We also show a simple technique to…
Video: Review of two Bikepacking Feedbags
In this video we compare two popular “feedbag” style bags. One is the original that started it all, the Revelate Mountain Feedbag and another is from an awesome local Oregon maker, Randijo Fabrications. Which one…
Video: Review of ROK Straps
In this video we take a look at ROK Straps, a great alternative to cheap bungees and camstraps. ROK Straps combine the adjustability of cam straps and the elasticity of bungees. Interested in buying your…
Review: Ortlieb Compact Handlebar Bag
We’re firing up our in apartment “studio” this winter to create a lot of video content for our Bicycle Travel Channel on Youtube. Here’s the beginning of a series of videos covering reviews, tips and…
Long Term Review: 2016 Salsa Warbird
We’ve been riding the Salsa Warbird for a couple of months and have easily logged over 1000 miles in all sorts of riding conditions. Designed as a gravel race bike and purpose built for events…
Review: Small Pannier Shootout – Ortlieb Frontroller Plus vs Salsa Touring Pannier and Arkel Dry-Lites
Rackless bags are blowing up the bike touring / bikepacking internet. In the last few years, framebags (feedbags, seatbags, etc.,) have moved to the mainstream. With so many people going rackless, what is to become…
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