Tag Archives: Equipment

How To Get Sponsorship For Your Cycle Tour

By Tom | Published: August 12, 2010
When plan­ning an exten­ded cycle tour, many people go in search of cor­por­ate spon­sor­ship. Some come back empty-handed. Some are suc­cess­ful. But let’s be real­istic: In the world of exped­i­tions and cor­por­ate spon­sor­ship, bike trips are small fry. Let’s approach the topic on this premise. Andy and I man­aged to pro­cure product spon­sor­ship for most [...]
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Extrawheel Voyager Single-Wheel Trailer

By Tom | Published: July 27, 2010
Mon­go­lia was the first ser­i­ous out­ing for the Extrawheel Voy­ager trailer, which I’ve been tak­ing on rides with me for the last year or so. Five weeks in such chal­len­ging off-road con­di­tions really pushed the trailer to its design limits. I’ve col­lec­ted my thoughts on the trailer, which Andy and I helped to develop through [...]
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Mongolia: The Cream Of Adventure Cycle-Touring

By Tom | Published: July 3, 2010
In 2006, Andy and I took our mountain-bikes up to Inverness and spent a week rid­ing an off-road route to Fort Wil­liam, which we had put together from detailed Ordin­ance Sur­vey maps. We made a lot of mis­takes — car­ry­ing all of our kit in heavy back­packs, rely­ing for a good night’s sleep on a [...]
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The Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook

By Tom | Published: May 6, 2010
One of the most valu­able resources I had when pre­par­ing to make the leap and begin cycle tour­ing was the Adven­ture Cycle-Touring Handbook. In fact, I’d say that it’s respons­ible for my ideas becom­ing any­thing more than just ideas.
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How To Build The Perfect Expedition Bike (Part 4)

By Tom | Published: April 29, 2010
(If you just got here, you might want to start at Part 1.) If you’ve been fol­low­ing this series, you’ll now have a strong, cap­able exped­i­tion bike, but nowhere to put your tent, cam­era, food, clothes, or any­thing else you might need on a long cycle tour/bikepacking trip.
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