Bicycle touring
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Bicycle touring is the taking of self-contained cycling trips for pleasure, adventure or autonomy rather than sport, commuting or exercise. Bicycle touring can range from single-day trips to extended
Expedition type bicycle touring Cordillera del Paine
Touring the countryside, 1887
Woman in bicycle clothes and buttoned on skirt that also can be used as raincoat
Supported bicycle touring holidays, such as the nine-day Great Victorian Bike Ride in Australia, can attract thousands of riders
Bikepacking
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Bikepacking is how a bicycle is packed for bicycle touring, and also refers to the adventure sport of long-distance unsupported cycle races. As with backpacking, lightweight packing is a popular topic
Bicycle touring
…The bicycle is loaded with food, spares, tools, and camping equipment so that the traveller is largely self-supporting. Mixed Terrain Cycle-Touring / Bikepacking Also called rough riding, cyclists travel over a variety of surfaces and topography on a single route, with a single bicycle. Focusing on freedom of…
Example of a bicycle set up for bikepacking
Hand colored slide of Anders Beer Wilse riding down a road from Filefjell to Lærdal in 1902, on a bicycle with a frame bag and a box in front
Bicycle with panniers mounted to the front and rear, as well as a top tube bag