Biking Guide

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Biking Photos

Feature Articles

• Mexican Hideouts
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  La bicicleta tranquila: where the singletrack and vino tinto flow
• GORP - Bicycling/ Mountain Biking - Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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• New Zealand on a Whim and a Pannier
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  Me, myself, and bike on a 1,253 circumnavigation of the South Island
• GORP - Biking - Sawtooth National Recreation Area - Idaho
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• GORP - New River Gorge National Scenic River - West Virginia - Thurmond to Minton Trail
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Trip Ideas

• Hike/Bike Copper Canyon
  Mexico's Top 20 Adventures
• Spinning Uluru
  The monolithic Ayers Rock gets some respect
• Bike Finger Lakes Wine Country
  Best of New York
• Cycling Kerry
  The Back Way
• Spins and Spas
  

Practical Advice

• Be the Sag Wagon
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  How to pull off a bike tour on your own two wheels.
• Bike Touring: A Packing List
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• Bike Touring: A Packing List
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• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Fix a Flat
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GORPTravel Trips

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  Bitterroot & Sawtooth Rambler
  Timberline Adventures
  from $2895, 9 days
  The rugged alpine summits of the Bitterroots and Sawtooths, the gentle beauty of the Bitterroot and Salmon River Valleys, the surreal setting of...
  
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  San Juan Islands Biking - Luxury Inn to Inn
  Terra Trek
  from $880, 2-6 days
  Nestled in the northern Puget Sound between the snowcapped Cascade and Olympic Mountain Ranges sits a verdant archipelago called the San Juan...
  
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  Canada Mountain Biking
  Global Adventure Guide
  from $3999, 10 days
  A fly-in, bike-out mountain bike expedition crossing the Coast Mountain range in Canada from north to south. ...
  
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  Southern California Desert Escape
  Undiscovered Country Tours
  from $1770, 6 days
  For years, we have been searching the state for the ideal location for a Winter bicycle tour. The weather had to be warm and dry, of course. The...
  
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  Biking New Zealand's Nelson Lakes
  Pedaltours
  from $1950, 7 days
  We start with a magical ride around the Marlborough Sounds coastline, to Nelson Lakes National Park, and then it's down spectacular Buller Gorge to...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Cycling
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things related to cycling.
• Rock Steady
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  This year’s trail bikes are lighter and more forgiving than ever. We tested the best.
• Women’s Cycling Gear Essentials
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• Bike Derailleur Innovations
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  A radical shift
• Bike Commuting Gear Essentials
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Fitness

• The Rowbike
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  Video
• Saddle Up
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  Spring is here. Time to wipe the cobwebs off your bike, oil your chain, and kick your fitness into a new gear. Here's how.
• The Crazy Bet
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  Win a $6,000 Custom Made Frame Set!
• The Master Plan
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  A sport-by-sport guide to everything you need to excel.
• Century Rides
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  Choose one of these 15 road rides from around the country and start training.

Active and Adventure Travel Guides

Biking Destinations

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