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  • Best Bike Racks For Cars Without Hitch – Car Trunk & More

    Best Bike Racks For Cars Without Hitch – Car Trunk & More

    Packing the car for a getaway but want to take your bikes with you. You need a bike rack solution to take your bike on some rad adventures. Maybe you don’t have a car with a hitch mount or you are just looking for ways to transport you bike other…

  • How Many Litres For Bikepacking – Bikepacking Capacity

    How Many Litres For Bikepacking – Bikepacking Capacity

    If you’ve read our article explaining what to take bikepacking your next question may well be how big do your bags need to be to hold all this stuff? What capacity will your ideal bikepacking setup need to be? Can you just strap your 80 litre backpacking bag to your…

  • Gravel Bike Vs Drop Bar Mountain Bike

    Gravel Bike Vs Drop Bar Mountain Bike

    What really is the difference between the two? Is it just marketing hype? Maybe you are new to the gravel scene and haven’t even heard of a drop bar mountain bike. What are drop bar MTB’s? Drop bar mountain bikes fit somewhere between gravel bikes and a mountain bikes. Put…

  • Top 8 best bikepacking bags

    Top 8 best bikepacking bags

    In this post we are going to discuss the top 8 best bikepacking bags, that you can use for your next cycling adventure. These products are great quality, durable and highly rated by many customers. Bikepacking bags Price Ortlieb Bikepacking Seat-Pack $179.95 Moosetreks Bike Handlebar Stem Bag  $24.99 Ortlieb Frame…

  • Niner RLT 9 Steel Review

    Niner RLT 9 Steel Review

    This is one of the most adventurous gravel bikes you can get on the market today and it is one of those bikes that gets me excited every time I get the chance to talk about it. Right off the bat if you dig the classic aesthetics of smooth, supple…

  • Best Winter Bike Helmets To Keep Your Head Warm

    Best Winter Bike Helmets To Keep Your Head Warm

    Riding during the colder times of the year? Or do you live in a rather cold location? Is making the plunge to purchase a winter bike helmet worth it? That’s what we are going to cover in this article and by the end we will have suggestions for some of…

  • Winter Bike Commuting – Everything You Need To Know

    Winter Bike Commuting – Everything You Need To Know

    Wanting to continue that work commute during winter? But worried if it is even a good idea? Is it doable? As the temperatures drop and conditions become less desirable for cycling. It is easy to make the decision to stop riding during winter and instead take the car. But if…

  • Best Fat Bikes Under $2000

    Best Fat Bikes Under $2000

    In this article are the best fat bikes money can buy under $2000 for your next bikepacking adventure. After doing some research for this article to see what other bloggers are writing about. There was nothing but crap fat bikes with the worst, cheap components. That is something you don’t…

  • How To Live In The Woods Without Getting Caught – Detailed Guide To Wild Camping

    How To Live In The Woods Without Getting Caught – Detailed Guide To Wild Camping

    Wild camping is one of the best things about bicycle touring. The bike also helps in getting you to stunning untouched environments making for the most perfect camping spot. But how do you live in the woods without getting caught and raising any suspicion with others? As long as you…

  • Best Cycling Backpacks For Commuting & Adventures

    Best Cycling Backpacks For Commuting & Adventures

    Here at Cycle Travel Overload we love adventures across countries, powered by nothing more then the energy you exert when pedalling a bicycle! Although backpacks are not considered all that popular with this type of riding. As when bikepacking or bike touring wearing a heavy backpack can cause sweat and…