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Nick Runtsch pauses while crossing a rocky streambed in Bavaria, Germany, on a tour of Europe with his father, the author, in August 2019.

The Japanese Odyssey Ultradistance Bicycle Ride is Underway

Recap following day one of a 1,700-mile…

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Bicycles, Cycling, and Adventure

A Bike Built to Go the Distance in Japan

Randy Runtsch in Bicycle Trekker

The author built this Trek 720 touring bike in 1982 while stationed with the US Air Force at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. He rode it on his first bicycle tour of Minnesota in 1996. In 2014, he retrofitted the bike with new components, shown here, and rode it on a tour of Western Europe in 2014. Sadly, its frame broke on that tour. It rests in a landfill near Versailles, France.

Ride With Me — Chapter ~17: The Beginnings of My First Bicycle Tour of Minnesota

My first long bicycle…

Randy Runtsch in Bicycle Trekker

Ride With Me — Introduction: The Center of My Cycling Universe

Bicycles are not only a form of…

Randy Runtsch in Bicycle Trekker

The author’s son, Nick Runtsch, arrives at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

Mountain Bike Racing, Rocky Mountains, and Adventure

Tour Divide 2022 Update Number 3–Day 15

Randy Runtsch in Bicycle Trekker

Tour Divide route, somewhere near the race start in the Canadian Rockies.

Tour Divide 2022 Update Number 1— Hour 72

Many of the 186 riders have crossed from Canada into the…

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The Tour Divide 2022 Mountain Bike Race is Underway

My son, Nick Runtsch, is among a field of 186…

Randy Runtsch in Bicycle Trekker

Bicycles and Bicycle Touring

My First Bicycle Tour

For me, nothing compares with the…

LucianoSphere (Luciano Abriata, PhD) in Bicycle Trekker

In the Swiss Jura mountains

Biking in deep snow

A snowstorm recently hit Switzerland…

Randy Runtsch in Bicycle Trekker

The author during the 1200km Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) in France in 2015The author takes a break on the 1200 km Paris-Brest-Paris ride in France.

Bicycles, Randonneuring, and Adventure

Randy’s Rules of Randonneuring — Essential Tools of the Road