Here is some bike touring inspiration in photo journal form from one of our customers Rick who purchased a full setup of Ortlieb bags and Tubus Racks from us for his Northern California bike tour that he took this April.
Bike Touring
Rudi's Techno-BOB Trailer Wonder
We were really impressed to see these photos of Rudi’s very impressive bike touring setup. This is a very interesting example of utilizing the products together that we represent through 3 of our 4 specialty shops, BikeTrailerShop.com, BikeBagShop.com and BikeTechShop.com. Greetings from Berlin, Germany. I have mounted a solar panel on my B.O.B. Ibex. Since…
Seamus's Suspicion of Ortlieb's Motives
We generally prefer the Ortlieb Ultimate 5 Classic and Plus handlebar bags in the medium sizes. The large just seems a little too large. But it seems that our customer has figured out the main reason why Ortlieb developed the slightly larger version of this bag. I love to ride my bicycle. I also like…
Xuzhou's Bike Touring Smorgasbord for Black Friday Sales
I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving celebrations. Now that you’ve fueled up on some good home cooking, like the rest of retail America, we are encouraging you to burn up all those extra calories in a buying frenzy. We’ve got a whole bunch of Black Friday thru Cyber Monday Specials underway. Here is a quick…
Herb's Vaude Silk Road Plus on Tour
Our Vaude Sale continues on through next Tuesday, so I thought I’d post another contributed photo of Vaude bags on adventures. This Vaude Silk Road Plus Racktop Bag looks well purposed on a folding bike credit card tour. In Herb’s words: I just took a 3 day credit card tour of the Allegheney Gap Bike…
Acep's Vaude Off Road Trunk Bag in the Indonesian Rain Forest
Acep sent in some great shots of what looks like it could be a rain forest bike commute, but is more likely some day tripping with a Vaude Seatpost Mounted Bag transporting his gear.
White Rim Bike Tour
Last Fall about this time of year, our friend and famed world cycling tourist and journalist Cass Gilbert, rolled into Flagstaff for a visit. While he was here he and local touring fiends Megan and James went up to Southern Utah to do the 3 day White Rim Loop in Canyonlands. They took some great…
KickStart the Pleasant Revolution's Band on Bike Tour Documentary Production
Kipchoge Spencer, one of the founders of Xtracycle and the longtail cycling movement has been doing some epic bike touring recently with his entire band, the Pleasant Revolution. The band travels by bike with all of their musical equipment, performing everywhere they go and spreading the word about living car free.
The Bike Touring Survival Guide
We’ve heard about a new bike touring bible on the market under the title The Bike Touring Survival Guide. Looks to be a very informative read if you’re gearing up for a big bike touring adventure.
Don's Parrot on a Bike Rack
Don sent in this great photo of his parrot adapter stand perched on the back of his seatpost rack. With the parrot dominating the rear storage of the rack, it looks as if Don has to ride a bit heavy loaded with a milk crate on his Old Man Mountain Rack and an Arkel handlebar…
Todd's Cold Springs Rack on Surly Pugsley
Todd stopped by the shop to brainstorm the best setup for an Old Man Mountain Rack on his Surly Pugsley. While we do offer a Cold Springs setup to fit the Pugsley, Todd wasn’t impressed with the setup and had some ideas for improving it. We brainstormed the idea back and forth a bit and…
Surly BOB at Joshua Tree
Another satisfied customer: “I received my BOB Yak trailer and immediately hooked it to my Surly LHT and headed into Joshua tree national park for a test ride. I live by the entrance. Love it!”
2nd Annual Lt. Col. Raymond T. Rivas Memorial Ride
Andrew Rivas sent in these photos of a memorial bike tour. We got to know Andrew when he came by the shop to get outfitted for his first tour last year with a Wandertec BONGO Trailer. “These are some pictures of the Second Annual Lt. Col. Raymond T. Rivas Memorial ride from Flagstaff to Las…
Campfire Cycling's Pannier Upgrade Center
You’ve still got time to gear up for that summer bike tour trip you’ve been doing. Here’s a customer that’s been touring so long that he had to upgrade his panniers when he rolled through town. He was setup with Ortlieb Front and Back Roller Classics mounted to a Tubus Duo Front Rack and Tubus…
Leon Mccarron – The Cycling Reporter – Completes 14,000 Mile Adventure
Leon Mccarron completed his epic tour on March 5th in Honk Kong having ridden 14,000 miles from New York. Leon is a film maker who decided to set out on this bicycle tour with the goal of plenty of video and film along the way. The tagline of his voyage “1 rule – I can’t…
Epic Tours (Roundup)
As most of you know, BikeShopHub is the publisher of UtilityCycling. In the past, we’ve covered a lot of epic tours over on our sister site, but we are now going to be switching gears (oh puns…) so to speak and BikeShopHub will now be taking over the reporter position.
The Hills Are Alive Tour: Sights of 'The Sound of Music'
Recently, a Montague rider named Hernani Cardoso undertook a journey from Austria to Bulgaria after being inspired by the amazing visuals from The Sound of Music. The trip was long and somewhat difficult, but in his online interview with Montague Bikes, Cardoso recalls the details of his trip with clarity and enthusiasm.
Sarah Outen: Circumnavigating Solo by Bike and Boat
Sarah Outen, a citizen of London, England plans to ride and paddle her way across Asia, the Pacific ocean, North America, and then back to her hometown across the Atlantic in a two-year tour. Her journey is scheduled for April 1st, 2011, but she’s already begun to prepare with strict training regiments and getting her gear together.
Open discussion: Bike Panniers or Bike Trailers?
Here at the Campfire Cycling we love both bike panniers and bike trailers for our commuting and touring needs. Some of us swing more to one side then the other, but we want to know which one you prefer and why? Check out this article we wrote awhile back discussing this very dilemma, Panniers VS….
A Little Old School Throwback
Once in awhile it is good to remember where we came from; to not forget our roots so to speak. Randall was kind enough to give us a little look into the past with some photos of him and his wife on a 1200-mile bike tour in Oregon and Washington in 1981. For me personally,…
Bike Touring Season in Full Swing
On my way home from work, I stopped and chatted with this fellow who was prepping for the next leg of his journey heading out of Flagstaff. I couldn’t help by notice his well traveled Jandd panniers. He mentioned that he’d noticed that CrazyGuyOnTheBike.com is reporting 25,000 cyclists currently out on a bike touring adventure…
Worldwide Ortlieb Panniers
Our friend Cass Gilbert sent us this inspiring picture of these well traveled Ortlieb Panniers. I’m not sure what the story is behind them, but they are inspirational. For more bike touring inspiration, check out Cass’s blog, While Out Riding.
Bike touring the Gila Mountians Part III, Bike Set Up
Welcome back to the amazing journey two friends had in Western New Mexico and how that journey provides a great platform for discussing the important points of preparing for and enjoying a bike tour. Last time in part II John and I climbed up the Mogollon, a gnarly 5000 ft climb up Bursum Road to…