Join photographer and adventurer Emily Bei Cheng as she escapes the city grind and reconnects with nature by riding through the Marin Headlands. Her journey from the Golden Gate Bridge to serene trails showcases the power of nature in restoring balance and focus…
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Tacos and Touring Tribulations: Halfway to Oaxaca by Bike
Emily Bei Cheng and a group of friends spend the Christmas holiday bike touring in México. With a planned route from México City to Oaxaca, Emily reflects on why bike touring feels like a more genuine way to engage with the people and places they encounter along the way.
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Bikepacking Iceland Part Two: Finding our Way on Borgarfjörður Eystri with Gravel Bikes
Borgarfjörður eystri is unrecognizable from the Iceland I know. I have this mental image of Iceland: a black canvas of volcanic rock with broad strokes of green Icelandic moss. Yet, as we pedal into Borgarfjörður eystri, these expansive black and green landscapes yield to something entirely different. The color gold reigns king.
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Bikepacking Iceland Part One: Into the Highlands on a Gravel Bike
Is bikepacking in Iceland fun on a gravel bike? That’s the one question on my mind as the plane touches down for my 5th visit to the country. With “make do with what you have” as our mantra, my two friends, Daylen, Quinton and I wanted to see if the gravel bikes we already own would be up for the challenge. I found several fat bike trip reports but very few gravel bike trip reports online, so I pour over maps, make some educated guesses, and trust I’ll figure it out as the rubber hits the road.
