Bike Commuting — Ad-van-tures

21 Seriously Cool (and Useful) Gifts for Cyclists, Bike Tourists, and Adventurers

Finding the perfect gift for the cyclists in your life can be difficult. That’s why we wrote this guide with our favorite cycling gear for riding, commuting, and bike touring. These 21 gifts are sure to be things that will make a cyclists smile, but also gifts that they will actually use while biking. Our gift guide ranges from small gifts and stocking stuffers to bigger gifts for the cyclists you love.

How to Stay Safe While Bike Touring

Bike touring is one the most exciting ways to travel. Propelling yourself with your own muscles is extremely liberating. You can travel farther than you can backpacking, but you also get a more intimate, slower experience than on a road trip in a car. Unfortunately, bike touring comes with it’s own unique problems and dangers, particularly if you will be riding on high-speed roads with narrow shoulders. Here are some steps you can take to stay safe while bike touring.

Let’s Talk Padded Bike Shorts for Bike Touring

Your bike shorts are probably the most important item of clothing that you will bring with you on a bike tour. A quality pair of padded bike shorts can save you a lot of grief on long days in the saddle. We review Men’s and Women’s padded bike shorts and tights from Aero Tech Designs, and discuss some other strategies for avoiding saddle sores and pain when bike touring.

Why Two Wandering Souls Decided to Make a Home in Montana

What happens after vanlife is over? How do two nomads go back to the real world? Big news from The Vanimals! We moved to the Last Best Place, Big Sky Country, The Treasure State! Marvelous Montana! Read more about why we are going back to being stationary, why we picked Montana to make our home, and why we are enjoying stillness after 18 months of full-time travel.

How to Charge Your Devices While Bike Touring

There are a lot of creative ways that bicycle travelers have devised for keeping their devices charged while touring. This summer when we biked around Lake Superior, we opted for a dynamo hub to generate power while we were riding. From the dynamo hub, we charged portable power banks from Outdoor Tech so that we could charge our phones, camera, or Garmin watches at night when we weren’t riding.