I mostly ride cyclotouring bikes, and they work very well for me. But I’m always curious about other bikes. Years ago, I ordered a custom-built steel road bike with 23 mm tires to find out what that feels like. I’ve ridden a few modern carbon gravel bikes for Bicycle Quarterly tests, but I’ve… read more

As holiday and year-end preparations are winding down, it’s a great time to head out and spend some time away from it all. That’s the idea behind the Good Night 2025 Bikepacking Overnighter. In collab with bikepacking.com, we invite everybody to slip away for a quiet night under the stars sometime between the… read more

It’s no secret that we love classic bikes at Rene Herse Cycles. In fact, classics are one reason Rene Herse Cycles was reborn in the Cascade Mountains. Jaye Haworth and I rode a 1946 René Herse tandem in the 2003 Paris-Brest-Paris—and received the trophy for the fastest mixed tandem. Of the 15… read more