Author: Codey Orgill
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Best Budget Hardtail MTB For Bike Adventures!
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Are you looking for a budget friendly hardtail mountain bike for your next bikepacking adventure? Maybe you are new to the world of bikepacking and looking for that beginner bikepacking rig? Below is an ultimate list of bikes that would make great bikepacking bikes for some just getting starting. All…
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Wide Drop Bars – Should You Get Some?
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Having some wide drop bars on your gravel or adventure bike seems like the ultimate choice. I can only tell you from experience with 50 mm bars. I know they are not the widest options out there, but they just feel so right! But as more and more wider drop…
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New Surly Ghost Grappler Overview
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The all new drop bar bikepacking bike from Surly. Could this be the ultimate do it all drop bar trail bike? The Ghost Grappler fits nicely into an emerging category of drop bar off-road ready bikes. This bike has the DNA of mountain bike geometry with drop bars. It’s easy…
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Complete List of 19 Bike Trailers For Bike Touring and Bikepacking
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So you are thinking about a touring or bikepacking adventure but you are wondering if you should get a bike trailer? You might be wondering if bike trailers are even really worth getting? Why should you choose them over a more traditional and popular racks and pannier or bikepacking bags…
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Trek Checkpoint ALR 5 Review, Overview, and Summary
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The Trek Checkpoint ALR 5 is Trek’s best-valued gravel bike in the various Checkpoint model lineup. For the price, it’s a high-quality build that holds up for long, rugged miles on roads, dirt, and even the most treacherous gravel. A gravel bike built for adventure. With its rugged design and…
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Best Gravel Bikes For All Types of Riding
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The trend has no signs of slowing down. The gravel bike market has filled a nice gap in our cycling community. Allowing you to push drop bar bikes to the limits of adventuring capabilities. Gravel bikes could almost be the perfect bike to do it all. Maybe! Maybe not! Depends…
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Bikepacking Hammock : The Only Guide You Need
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Considering I have a up and coming bicycle tour in Europe. I was thinking about changing things up and instead of sleeping in a tent maybe try and bicycle tour with a hammock. I have never really tried camping in a hammock at all let alone on a bicycle tour.…
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Ultimate List Of Carbon Gravel Bikes
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So you want a carbon gravel bike? Here at Cycle Travel Overload we are mostly about adventuring by bicycle. Carbon is not your most popular material for that. Steel or Titanium is more a go to. However carbon has its many advantages. The main one being weight reductions. Carbon is…
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Puncture Resistant Bike Tires – Everything You Need To Know
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Commuting to work with seconds to spare and hear that dreaded hiss. Exploring around some remote mountains and you hear that heart reaching pop. Speeding down the side of a country road and you hit some glass. Your heart sinks as you unpack your repair kit. These feelings can be…
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Complete List Of The Best Bikepacking, Touring & Adventure Cycling Podcasts
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Maybe you are looking for some podcasts to listen too while you wait out your next cycling adventure. Are you looking for a little inspiration and hear other like minded bike travellers talk about the thing you love most in life! That being cycle travel? Podcasts are a great way…