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Comfortable drop bars

Comfort Lab

The Best Gravel Handlebars Compared For Comfort: Deda Gera vs Lauf Smoothie

byKrzysztof Wierzbicki

October 29, 2024

Belt Drive Brompton G Line Folding Bikes Are Now Available

best gravel tires

I Found The Best Gravel Tires For Maximum Comfort, Speed and Grip

The 2025 Touring & Bikepacking Bike Buyer’s Guides Are Now Available

Bike Touring Gear List

Bike Touring Gear List: Everything I Carry After 12 Years Around The World

Lightest Gravel Bikes

The 19 Lightest Gravel Bikes In The World For 2025 (Sub-7kg)

October 26, 2024

Smokestone BowTi Pinion Fat Bike

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Bikes

14 Insane Pinion Fat Bike Builds For Your Desert or Snow Adventures

September 11, 2024

surly moonlander

The Surly Moonlander Lands On Earth With A Pinion Gearbox!

September 4, 2024

Co-Motion Tumalo Pinion Bikepacking Bike

The Co-Motion Tumalo is a Pinion Gearbox Bikepacking Bike That Will Go Anywhere

August 24, 2024

The 10 Best Gravel Bikes For Bikepacking In 2024

July 1, 2024

The Fastest Bikes of the Tour Divide Ultra Race (4,300KM Non-Stop)

July 1, 2024

The 7 Best Pinion Bikepacking Bikes & Touring Bikes in North America (USA)

June 17, 2024

Analysing Lael Wilcox’s Around The World Record Bike (29,000km in 110 Days)

May 23, 2024

The 7 Best Pinion Gearbox Gravel Bikes & Commuter Bikes In North America (USA)

May 2, 2024

The Priority Gemini Pinion Gravel Bike Has A Gearbox & Belt Drive For $3499

April 29, 2024

Giant Revolt X Gravel Bike Suspension

Here’s Why Gravel Bikes Will Get Much Better In 2025

April 5, 2024

Member’s Questions

Members

How Do You Avoid Catching Malaria When Cycling Across Africa?

Tout Terrain Tanami II

Members

What’s Better: The KOGA WorldTraveller or Tout Terrain Tanami II?

Members

What Kind of Bike Computer Do You Need For Touring?

bikepacking trends

Members

What’s The Best Way To Distribute Luggage And NOT Affect Bike Handling?

Members

Are Integrated Rear Racks REALLY Better Than Bolt-On Racks?

Members

What Tents Can You Recommend That Are Similar To Your Mont Dragonfly?

Members

How Was The Priority 600X Bike After 1.5 Years of Bikepacking?

Members

How Do You Create Your Off-Road Routes In Remote Areas?

Members

How Do You Stay Safe From Dangerous Animals In Africa?

Members

How Do You Box Your Bike For International Flights?

Bicycle Drivetrains

Bicycle Drivetrains

How To Wire Shimano GRX Di2 Levers To A Pinion Smart Shift Gearbox

January 29, 2025

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Bicycle Drivetrains

Why This Weird Pinion Gearbox Bike Has Three Belts (Pinion Tandem)

September 26, 2024

Rohloff Hub Red

Electronic Shifting For Rohloff Hubs Is Now Possible Thanks To SternShift

September 22, 2024

Are Chainless Belt Gears The Future of Bicycle Drivetrains?

August 11, 2024

The Kindernay 14-Speed Gear Hub is No Longer (They Went Bankrupt)

November 29, 2023

Are Chainless String Drive Bicycles a Genius or Terrible Idea?

November 22, 2023

How Much Does A Dirty Bicycle Chain Slow You Down? (Drive Efficiency Test)

October 30, 2023

You Can Now Use Shimano GRX Shifters With Pinion Gearboxes (Hibox Shift Adapter)

October 17, 2023

The 2024 Pinion Gearbox Is A Derailleur Killer (Shift Under Load, No More Gripshift)

September 26, 2023

The Incredible $199 Internal Gear Bicycle Hub: Enviolo CVT Explained

July 26, 2023

3 Promising New Bicycle Belt Drivetrains From Eurobike 2023

June 28, 2023

Videos

My Unbelievable Cycling Journey Across Saudi Arabia (Nothing Like I Expected)

June 17, 2024

Video: We Biked the Insane “Road to Hell” in South Africa

February 28, 2024

jordan bike trail

Video: Biking The Otherworldly Landscapes of the Jordan Bike Trail

March 13, 2023

australian outback

Videos

Video: We Biked 3,000KM Into The Australian Outback (Amazing Experience)

December 7, 2022

Comfort Lab

best gravel tires

Comfort Lab

I Found The Best Gravel Tires For Maximum Comfort, Speed and Grip

byKrzysztof Wierzbicki

February 19, 2025

Cycling Comfort Course

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Comfort Lab

The Cycling Comfort Course Will Help You Choose The Best Comfort Upgrades!

byKrzysztof Wierzbicki

February 4, 2025

Comfortable drop bars

The Best Gravel Handlebars Compared For Comfort: Deda Gera vs Lauf Smoothie

October 29, 2024

BMC URS LT ONE Review: This Might Be The World’s Best Gravel Bike!

May 25, 2024

HiRide Sterra Suspension Fork Review: Is 20mm Travel Enough For Gravel?

April 18, 2024

The Vecnum Freeqence Is The Best Suspension Stem I’ve Tested (Review)

March 13, 2024

Redshift ShockStop PRO Race Suspension Seatpost Review: Next Level Comfort!

December 28, 2023

Cannondale Topstone Carbon Lefty Review: Does It Reduce Gravel Vibration?

June 26, 2023

Redshift ShockStop Endurance Suspension Seatpost Review: Insane Comfort!

June 25, 2023

Cushcore Tire Insert Review: A Shocking Result On Gravel Roads

June 24, 2023

Specialized Diverge Comp Gravel Bike Review: Incredible Comfort!

June 23, 2023

Bike Gear

koga denham bars

The 13 Best Alt Bars For Bikepacking and Touring (Comfortable MTB Handlebars)

KOGA Denham Bars

How To Choose The Most Comfortable Alt Bars For Bikepacking & Touring

Fox Gravel Fork Prototype

Spotted: Prototype Fox Gravel Fork With Aero Fairings

The 5 Best Tubeless Sealant Products According To Science (Lab Tests)

Cane Creek Invert Gravel Suspension Fork

The Cane Creek Invert is a 990g Gravel Suspension Fork With No Damper

Why Suspension Stems Are The Ultimate Comfort Upgrade For Bicycles

The 10 Best Rear Racks for Bicycle Touring and Bikepacking

4 Incredible New Gravel Suspension Forks That Outperform The Rest

The Best Flat Pedals For Bikepacking, Touring and Commuting

byChris van der Kaap

Why Flat Pedals Are Better Than Clip-In Pedals (For Most People)

11 Notable Bikepacking Bag Finds From Eurobike 2023

The Most Interesting Bikepacking Tech From Eurobike 2023

Folding Bikes

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Folding Bikes

Guide: How To Choose The Best Folding Bike For Bicycle Touring

March 30, 2017

sri lanka

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Video: Three Weeks In Sri Lanka On Folding Bikes

March 10, 2017

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Folding Bikes

Review: Tern Eclipse P18 Folding Bike (2/2)

August 14, 2015

Travel Tips

The New Bikepacking Cookbook Will Level Up Your Camp Cooking!

August 30, 2024

Travel Tips

How To Find A Bicycle Touring Companion or Bikepacking Partner

These Solo Women Cyclists Have Epic Bicycle Touring Experience

MapOut, The Best Smartphone Mapping App – Just Got Updated!

The Comprehensive Guide To Bikepacking Racing: Learn Everything In One Book

The Top 10 Countries To Travel By Bike (According To 150 Continent-Crossing Cyclists)

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This Jones Plus Touring Bike With 29×3.0″ Tyres Will Conquer Almost Any Trail

June 11, 2016

moots snoots

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This Moots Snoots Fat Bike and Trailer for Antarctica is Wild!

November 22, 2016

fern chuck

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This Ultralight Fern Chuck And Matching Bag Set Is Unbelievably Lustworthy

March 25, 2018

Tandem Bicycle Touring: Everything You Need To Know

Tandem Bikes and Parts: Everything You Need To Know

Hase Pino Tandem: Info from Long-Distance Tourers

Review: Co-Motion Equator Tandem Frameset

Bike Touring Gear List

Bike Touring Gear List: Everything I Carry After 12 Years Around The World

Here's the bike touring gear list for my open-ended bicycle trip. It's been optimised for both liveability and durability.

August 17, 2024

Hills Are Not Harder Than The Flat, Says Science

pedalling cadence

Cadence: The Secret To Cycling Easily Up Hills

Low Climbing Gears On Your Road Bike: Seven Road Crankset Options

Lake Hume

Gradient Threshold: How To Calculate The Steepest Hill You Can Cycle Up

You’re Doing It Wrong: Hills Are NOT Harder Than Cycling On The Flat

Photos

Photo Gallery: Attempting To Cross Panama On Insane Backroads

Photo Gallery: Crossing Colombia feat. Tatacoa Desert and Los Nevados National Park

Photo Gallery: Finishing The Trans Ecuador and Cycling Into Colombia

Photo Gallery: Quilotoa Lake, Cotopaxi Volcano and the TEMBR To Quito

March 18, 2019

Mapping

mapout

Is MapOut The Best Smartphone Mapping App For Route Drawing and Elevation?

Smartphone Navigation: Import KML Routes into the Maps.me App

RideWithGPS: How to Create and Export Custom Routes For a Smartphone / Garmin