Adventure Cyclist
Scenes from the Saddle
Earlier this fall, Adventure Cycling launched a story gathering campaign called Adventure Cycling is Everywhere. Why? Because bicycle travel, whether it’s touring or bikepacking, isn’t confined to a single location or experience. It’s a living, breathing movement that exists wherever cyclists dare to explore, and we wanted your stories to help prove it. Submissions are still open, but we couldn’t wait to share a few of those we’ve already received.
Which route do I take across the country? How do I decide? I have so little time in life for a big adventure, and this feels like my one shot. How do I make the most of it?
Ever wonder what it is like to ride around the world? Hollie Ernest has been chronicling her journey for Adventure Cyclist since 2024. In this edition of her column from the magazine’s Fall 2025 issue, she and her husband Tom have finally made it Spain … just in time for summer.
An Adventure Cycling membership doesn’t just support the country’s oldest and largest bicycle travel nonprofit. It comes with a slew of adventurous benefits.
An excerpt from Mathew Crompton’s bicycle travelogue Roads Toward a Supreme Fiction
A customizable off-road explorer that promises adventure.
A joint letter from Adventure Cycling’s board chair and its routes and advocacy coordinator
What happens when you gather together cyclists, advocates, makers, and storytellers to share knowledge, meals, and, of course, ride bikes in Colorado’s Front Range? You get Bikepacking Roots’ Rocky Mountain Bikepacking Summit (September 12-15).
Adventure Cycling’s brand-new Vancouver Crossing Loop traverses one of North America’s most culturally and ecologically diverse regions
It’s one thing to dream about a big bicycling trip and another thing to actually go out and do it.
This fruit can be so much more than a quick snack in the saddle
