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JULY 2015
Vol.42 No.6
$6.95
RIDING
WITH ZEKE
18
CRUISING
CROATIA
26
OFF THE
BEATEN PATH
IN SPAIN
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Sit Back
and
Relax
RECUMBENT CYCLE-CON 2015
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ADVENTURE
CYCLING
ASSOCIATION
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A ARON TEASDALE
Letter
from the
Editor
THE FEEDBACK LOOP
Positive or negative, it’s useful and enlightening
we received a healthy amount
of feedback regarding the cover
photo on our May issue, taken
by Aaron Teasdale, featuring
his wife Jaqueline and their
sons Silas and Jonah riding on
an unpaved country road in
Nicaragua. None of the riders are
are wearing helmets, which drew
a couple dozen letters (you can
read two representative examples on page seven).
Regular readers will note that we rarely feature photos
of helmet-less riders in the magazine or other publications.
That’s a result of our long-standing policy (adventurecycling.
org/helmets)
on the use of bike helmets in our magazine
images and our other organizational publications. More
than 97 percent of all images in the magazine feature
helmet-clad riders, a higher percentage than you will find
in just about any other major cycling magazine. When we
do feature photos of helmet-less cyclists, it’s because we feel
those images are truly unique and convey
adventure
cycling
— getting away from it all and experiencing landscapes,
communities, and people through pedal power.
However, with this cover image, we probably stepped in it,
primarily because we included young people, which we have
rarely ever done. It’s been a good seven or eight years since
we’ve reviewed our photo policy, and staff and Board are
doing that right now. Most of the feedback we received was
related to the young riders and I can tell you now it is very
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AS SOME of you might guess,
likely we will change the policy to exclude photos of helmet-
less young people. We’ll keep you posted and we appreciate
all your feedback, whether it’s criticism or kudos.
We also received quite a bit of feedback to my May issue
editor letter in which I discussed the future of both the
print and digital versions of
Adventure Cyclist.
Most feedback
made it clear that readers don’t want to see the print version
disappear — some even saying they wouldn’t renew their
Adventure Cycling Association membership if we went to
a digital-only format. These emails had me scrambling to
revisit my letter to make sure I didn’t make a statement to
that effect, and much to my relief I didn’t.
But we will be producing some online features that we
hope will knock your socks off. If we (and you) like the
results, these will be the basis for our next steps to provide
Adventure Cyclist
content in an enjoyable digital format. The
printed magazine and digital formats should not be viewed
as an either/or proposition but as a symbiotic relationship
that will allow us to publish a broader range and larger
number of compelling stories in more flexible compositions
and less constraining time frames. That’s a mouthful of
jargon, but it’s also accurate.
But again, we are not even considering an end to the
print version. As I closed my letter in the May issue, “… the
print version remains king and I’m convinced will be for
many years to come.”
Michael Deme
Editor-in-Chief,
Adventure Cyclist
editor@adventurecycling.org
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Michael Deme
editor@adventurecycling.org
MANAGING EDITOR
Alex Strickland
astrickland@adventurecycling.org
LEAD DESIGNER
Cassie Nelson
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Dan D’Ambrosio
Patrick O’Grady
Willie Weir
Jan Heine
June Siple
Josh Tack
COPY EDITOR
Phyllis Picklesimer
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
Rick Bruner 509.493.4930
advertising@adventurecycling.org
JULY 2015
Volume 42 Number 6
ART DIRECTOR
Greg Siple
gsiple@adventurecycling.org
ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG
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contents
JULY 2015
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.
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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
are interested in submitting a
story or article to
Adventure
Cyclist,
please visit us online at
adventurecycling.org/submit
for further information and
guidelines.
features
Recumbent Cycle-Con.
by Bryan J. Ball
SIT BACK AND RELAX
10
OFF THE BEATEN PATH
➺
A dispatch from
IN SPAIN
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Whether on the
CURRENT ISSUE NOTES:
“When it comes time to search for
great imagery to accompany our
annual look at non-diamond-frame
bikes, we find ourselves with an
embarrassment of riches thanks in
large part to a single shooter. Dennis
Coello somehow manages — in
between a packed schedule shooting
Civil War reenactments and other
historical events — to hit it out of the
park with recumbent riders every
time. In fact, lately Dennis is batting
1.000, as his images have graced
multiple
Adventure Cyclist
covers as
well as the front of our Cyclosource
catalogs and many pages of our tours
book in the last year.”
– Alex Strickland
Managing Editor,
Adventure Cyclist
EXTRAORDINARY ZEKE,
PART 2
18
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Riding alongside a
young bicycle traveler as
he heads for the Canadian
border, the author finds
inspiration from one of his
fans.
by Willie Weir
well-traveled Camino
de Santiago or among
the minor ranges of
Central Spain, the Iberian
Peninsula has a strong pull
on the traveling cyclist.
by Larry Rice
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RIDE BIKES, DRINK
BEER
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as a ‘middle finger to bike
thieves and bikes built
overseas.’
by Dan D’Ambrosio
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REEB bikes were born
CYCLING CROATIA
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into the crook of the deep-
blue Aegean Sea.
by David Lamb
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Sublime cycling tucked
OUR COVER:
Riding through the Iowa farmland
during the 2014 Register’s Annual
Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa
(RAGBRAI).
Photo by Dennis Coello.
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This Month Online
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For more
Adventure Cyclist
related
content, be sure to visit our website at
adventurecycling.org/adventure-cyclist.
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DEPARTMENTS
08
Waypoints
09
Companions Wanted
46
Classifieds/ Marketplace
51
Open Road Gallery
LETTERS
03
LETTER
from the
Editor
06
LETTER
from the
Director
07
LETTERS
from our
Readers
COLUMNS
14
Road Test
Bryan J. Ball
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CELEBRATING
YEARS
GET READY FOR A PARTY
Adventure Cycling has a huge
slate of special events, stories,
and more to kick off our 40th
anniversary celebration in 2016. Visit
adventurecycling.org/40th
to see
what’s in the works and start planning
to celebrate!
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