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GIVEAWAY
January 2009 · Volume 36 Number 1 · www.adventurecycling.org
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Win a Long Haul Trucker touring bike from Surly. You will also get a chance to ride
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Frank Sanford takes flight along a
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twisting five-mile descent in the
Garnet Range on the 2008 Cycle
Montana tour. Photo by Aaron
Teasdale.
Adventure Cycling Corporate Members
(left) Frank Lenz and friends on their
“ordinary” high-wheel bicycles.
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role in the success of our nonprofit organization. Our Corporate special projects and the creation of new programs. To learn more
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TEN TOP TOURS edited by Aaron Teasdale
A look at ten of the finest cycling destinations in North America by the cyclists who’ve rid-
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VENEzUELA: hIGhS AND LOWS IN ThE ANDES by Willie Weir
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Willie and Kat explore Venezuela and find a land ruled by beater cars where gas is cheaper
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