4-Pack Bicycle Quarterly Past Editions

We’ve assembled these 4-packs of Bicycle Quarterly back editions, so you can read up on a particular topic. Of course, each Bicycle Quarterly includes many other interesting articles as well to give you many hours of reading enjoyment. Below is a list of the editions included with each pack.

Click on a 4-pack title below to add it to your cart.

You can also select any 4 magazines from the drop-down menus below to create your own 4-pack.

Our Best Rides:

• 45 (The Volcano High Pass Super Randonnée 600 km)
• 47 (The search for the Secret Passes)
• 53 (To the end of the road on Carbon Glacier)
• 55 (Cyclotouring the crest of the Cascades from Mount Rainier to Portland)

Japan Cyclotouring:

•  51 (Touring Hokkaido; Nihon Alps 600 km)
•  57 (Autumn Cyclotouring in Japan)
•  58 (Peninsula Cyclotouring; Otaki 100 km Mountain Bike Race)
•  60 (Peter Weigle Goes to Japan; Natsuko’s First Passhunt)

Titanium Bike Tests:

• 58 (Moots Routt and the toughest mountain bike race in Japan)
• 57 (Litespeed Gravel Bike on the search for the “Lost Pass”)
• 56 (Firefly titanium Enduro Allroad on the High Road to Mexico City)
• 51 (Jeff Jones on a Winter bikepacking adventure)

 Tire Performance:

• 43 (Summary of all BQ research on tire performance)
• 17 (Our ground-breaking roll-down tests)
• 36 (Do larger wheels roll faster over bumps?)
• 48 (Discussion with Panaracer: Making Supple Tires)

Bike Handling:

• 11 (Front End Geometry for Different Speeds, Loads and Tire Sizes)
• 31 (Wheel Size and Bicycle Handling)
• 38 (An Overview of Frame Geometry)
• 62 (Wheel Size, Tire Width and Handling)

Frame Stiffness and Planing:

• 24 (Double-blind frame stiffness experiment)
• 28 (More frame stiffness experiments with power meters)
• 35 (Measuring frame stiffness and the balance of the frame)
• 23 (Measuring fork blade flex)

General Bike Performance:

• 21 (Wind-tunnel testing of tires, fenders, bags, clothes, position)
• 41 (Generator hub performance test)
• 29 (Suspension losses quantified)
• 22 (PBP equipment survey: What worked and what didn’t)

Classic Bike Technology:

• 14 (Riding with Classic Cyclotouring Derailleurs)
• 16 (Riding with Classic Racing Derailleurs)
• 26 (Brakes: History and Function)
• 45 (Retrofriction and PowerShift explained)
• Note: Overlap with Best Bike Tests packs.

Classic Builders 1:

• 1 (Alex Singer)
• 28 (Jack Taylor)
• 14 (Goeland)
• 17 (Reyhand)
• Note: Overlap with Tire Performance and Frame Flex packs.

Classic Builders 2:

• 30 (Paul Charrel)
• 24 (Nicola Barra)
• 20 (Hetchins)
• 21 (TA)
• Note: Overlap with Frame Stiffness and General Performance packs.

Tandems:

• 7 (Tandem Special Issue)
• 5 (Paris-Brest-Paris 2005 on 1946 René Herse tandem)
• 36 (Fastest tandem in PBP 1956: history and restoration)
• 27 (The first diagonal, on a tandem, 1930)
• Note: Overlap with Tire Performance Pack

Build your own 4-Pack by selecting editions below: