Adventure Cycling Association

Being a newer cyclist doesn't mean you can't try out bike touring. Claire's advice for women and female-presenting cyclists is to start with a beginner-friendly route like the C&O Canal and GAP Trail. 

In a brief moment between Czechoslovakia occupations, a young cyclist finds freedom. 

For Fairlight’s do-it-all touring bike, there’s some magic in those steel tubes. 

This summer, Vamos Outdoors Project was able to offer their first bikepacking experience over the course of three days, with help from an Adventure Cycling Association mini grant.

A cyclist not easily intimidated by challenging riding meets a formidable match in a blizzard-condition ascent of Loveland Pass

Finding gifts for your friends and loved ones can be stressful, but we’re here to help with our annual Geared Up Holiday Bonanza. 

A 10-day group ride from Manhattan to Montreal helped one cyclist appreciate the rhythms of cycling, the camaraderie of other cyclists, and the awe of things we often overlook. Oh, and kazoos. There were plenty of kazoos.

Camp Spokes is a free summer camp program for girls and gender-variant youth to learn about bike mechanics, safe cycling in urban and mountain bike settings, and sustainable DIY projects. This is a trip recap of their first overnight ride down the Virginia Capital Trail, which was helped make possible with an Adventure Cycling Association Minigrant.

We eat a lot on bike tours, but it’s not only about the food. Ask someone about a recipe, and you are asking them about their lives. Food is not simply our fuel, just like bicycles are not only our mode of transport. Both are a way to appreciate and truly get to know the place we are working so hard to travel through in the first place.