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Thedrivetrain $6.95 APRIL 2015 Vol.42 No.3 A publication of ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION The Drivetrain Dilemma 13 PLUS SIZE: GOING BIG WITH 29+ 16 RIDING SECRET SLOVENIA 30 FINAL MILE: PAUL HARVEY & SERENDIPITY 58 Cyclists’ Travel Guide GARMIN AD Headed for the heart of the redwoods. Then decided to seek out a vineyard worth a second visit. This one’s now marked as a favorite. Edge® Touring: GPS navigation with maps made for cyclists Not every adventure has a well-defined destination. With Edge Touring, you can take all the detours you desire without ever getting a paper map out of your pack. Preloaded bike maps let you search for a point of interest near you and start building your adventure from there. When you return home, upload your ride to Garmin Connect™ to relive it or share with friends and family. Learn more at Garmin.com/touring ® ©2014 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Edge Touring 21728 Edge Touring Vineyard Ad-AdvCycling.indd 1 5/14/14 11:17 AM EDITOR LETTER Letter from the Editor TIMELY TOPICS A new approach to the Cyclists’ Travel Guide ➺ WE’VE published many a the Northern Tier Bicycle Route had received 6,012 views, roundup of touring bikes and one of only four films on the channel to cross the 6,000 covered the process of buying them view mark, but we’re expecting the second film, Adventure pretty thoroughly in the recent Cycling Montana — TransAm to out perform the first film by past (you can find those versions a significant margin. As an aside, and this is mostly for the here: adventurecycling.org/ guys out there, the film that appears below Adventure Cycling adventure-cyclist/online-features/ – Northern Tier is titled Between the Parks: Missoula to Flathead touring-bike-buyers-guide) but Lake and has received more views than our first film and I’m we’ve decided to take a different pretty sure I know why (bikinis maybe?). Don’t do it! We tack in this Cyclists’ Travel Guide. have a long way to go to stake our claim to the most-viewed We’ve been hearing from readers title because another film, Experience The Rut: Episode 2, has and bike builders that it’s increasingly difficult for them to spec received over 15,000 views to date, but I have faith in Adventure touring bikes with drivetrain components that provide proper Cyclist readers to take us over the top. Come on, people, you gear ratios, especially in the lower end for climbing on a loaded can do it! Show those runners what cyclists are made of! touring bike. It would be easy for us to think that the bicycle industry just doesn’t care about our corner of the market — Michael Deme that sentiment has prevailed for years — but since there are Editor-in-chief, Adventure Cyclist more touring, bikepacking, expedition, and trekking bikes [email protected] being built than ever before, and bike travel in all its forms has been a solidly growing segment, we thought it would worth CORRECTIONS: investigating what’s happening from the industry point of view. ►The Dec./Jan. issue misidentified the highway on the In Dan D’Ambrosio’s “The Drivetrain Dilemma,” we hear from cover photo. It is U.S. Route 396 in California. builders, product managers, and industry heavyweights about the current state of affairs in this regard. We’re hoping better ►The March issue’s announcement of Bicycle Route 66 in understanding will lead to better purpose-built bikes. Let’s the Waypoints department incorrectly called a stretch of dream together about that. highway in Chicago the “Miracle Mile.” Michigan Avenue in By the time you read this issue, the second short film in downtown Chicago is known as the “Magnificent Mile.” our Adventure Cycling Montana series should be available ►2015 Photo Contest winner Anna Poltorak’s name was on Epic Montana’s YouTube channel (youtube.com/user/ misspelled on the caption of her winning image. EpicMontanaChannel). As I write this, the first film about EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CONTRIBUTING WRITERS COPY EDITOR Michael Deme Dan D’Ambrosio Phyllis Picklesimer [email protected] Patrick O’Grady Willie Weir ADVERTISING DIRECTOR MANAGING EDITOR Jan Heine Rick Bruner 509.493.4930 Alex Strickland [email protected] [email protected] June Siple Josh Tack ART DIRECTOR APRIL 2015 Greg Siple Volume 42 Number 3 [email protected] ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG 03 04 ADVENTURE CYCLIST APRIL 2015 ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG 05 VOLUME 42 ∞ NUMBER 3 ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG contentsAPRIL 2015 30 is America’s only magazine dedicated to bicycle travel. It is published nine times each year by the Adventure Cycling Association, a nonprofit service organization for recreational bicyclists. Individual membership costs $40 yearly to U.S. addresses and includes a subscription to Adventure Cyclist and discounts on Adventure Cycling maps. For more information about Adventure Cycling Association and Adventure Cyclist magazine, visit adventurecycling.org or call 800.755.2453. SUBMISSIONS INFORMATION: Adventure Cyclist accepts stories, articles, and photographs for publication from various sources. We publish stories about bicycle travel and other recreational cycling subjects but do not cover competitive cycling. If you features are interested in submitting a story or article to Adventure Cyclist, please visit us online at adventurecycling.org/submit CYCLISTS’ TRAVEL SLOVENIA: THE for further information and guidelines. GUIDE 12 EUROPEAN CYCLING ➺ From tech to tips, get GEM YOU’VE NEVER ready for your best year of CURRENT ISSUE NOTES: 30 “This year’s Cyclists’ Travel Guide riding yet. HEARD OF feature is a little bit different from ➺ It has the mountains of past editions. Last year Nick Legan 13 THE DRIVETRAIN DILEMMA 52 (who reviews gear on p. 20) wrote a Switzerland, the coastline lllllby Dan D’Ambrosio fresh take on a Touring Bike Buyer’s of Greece, and it’s cheaper Guide outlining some of the latest and greatest bike options. Instead 16 PLUS SIZE by Casey Greene than Italy. But can you find 14 of revisiting that platform for the it on a map? by Carolyn Bys second year in a row, we’re shooting 17 to provide a breadth of helpful IN PRAISE OF BIG RUBBER and Tyler Robertson insight that goes beyond gear. This llllllby Alex Strickland is anchored by a piece from Dan D’Ambrosio looking at the drivetrain 20 BIKEPACKING GEAR EUROVELO 54 issues that are keeping product managers up at night and filling ➺ When finished, the online forum threads. Dive in, get your 22 2015 TRAVEL BIKES EuroVelo network will pass season started, and we’ll see you through 42 countries. out there.” 24 SOLO CYCLING: A WOMAN’S – Alex Strickland This is how they do it. Managing Editor, Adventure Cyclist LLLLPERSPECTIVE by Steph Mann by European Cyclist OUR COVER: 26 BICYCLE TOURING IN THE Federation Steven Hayford rides through western Montana on Day 1 of 61 on Adventure LLLLDEVELOPING WORLD Cycling’s North Star tour in 2014. iiiiiiby Damian Antonio Photo by Greg Siple. 06 ADVENTURE CYCLIST APRIL 2015 58 This Month Online ➺ For more Adventure Cyclist related content, be sure to visit our website at adventurecycling.org/adventure-cyclist. GEARED UP You’ve read the Cyclists’ Travel Guide, checked the maps and planned the trip, now make sure you’ve got the right gear at adventurecycling.org/0415-gear. DEPARTMENTS LETTERS COLUMNS 10 Waypoints 03 LETTER from the 48 Road Test 40 Annual Report Editor Patrick O’Grady Novara Mazama 56 Life Member Profile 08 LETTER from the Director 52 Fine Tuned Final Mile 58 Josh Tack 60 Marketplace/ Classifieds Avoiding Flats 66 Companions Wanted 67 Open Road Gallery NOVARA MICHAEL COLLIER MAZAMA 48 RIDE2RECOVERY Wide bars, wide A 500-mile ride down the Pacific tires, and a price that won’t leave Coast with a group of wounded your wallet thin. veterans is moving in more ways $1,099 than one. Michael Collier joins the California Challenge and glimpses the power of cycling and the human spirit at adventurecycling.org/calichallenge. @TheBicycleStory: Cool pics of 1973 Nat Geo feature on touring from @BicyclingMag: Route Alaska to Argentina feat. @ 66 Bike Route maps are advcyclingassoc founders available now! Thanks to simplicityvintagecycles. everyone who supported @advcyclingassoc! com/2012/10/01/cycling- in-print-iv/ ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG 07 Letter from the Director APRIL 2015 Volume 42 Number 3 adventurecycling.org MISSION Adventure Cycling Association inspires and YOUTH MOVEMENT empowers people to travel by bicycle. AREAS OF FOCUS Provide the premier tools and inspiration for people to travel by bicycle. Expand ... and another membership record and integrate bike travel networks for North America. Create the best possible conditions for Adventure Cycling for bicycle travel. HOW TO REACH US To join, change your address, or ask questions about membership, visit us online ➺ HEADING into spring, I got at adventurecycling.org or call two jolts of energy. The first was 800.755.2453 or 406.721.1776. EMAIL learning that Adventure Cycling [email protected] set another record for membership SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS at 47,538. Kudos to Membership Adventure Cycling Association P.O. Box 8308 Director Julie Huck and her team, Missoula, MT 59807 but also to you for being part of the HEADQUARTERS Adventure Cycling Association largest cycling member nonprofit 150 E. Pine St. in North America — and special Missoula, MT 59802 thanks to those of you who have STAFF joined as Life Members. Jim and Keilan Sayer doing an interview with Teen Radio EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Jim Sayer The other jolt was a more (from Santa Barbara, California) at the Youth Bike Summit. [email protected] youthful kind. For the first time, I CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER attended the national Youth Bike Summit outreach to youthful audiences to inspire Sheila Snyder, CPA in Seattle.
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