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Let Them Melt: A Shoulder Season Adventure over Kennebec Pass
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A Guide to Bicycle Travel
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Quitting: A Cyclists Guide to Graceful Exits
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Baja Cape Loop: Itinerary and Route Guide
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2024 Baja Divide Route Guide Update
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Bikepacking for Couples Part II: Strategies for Experiencing Joy and Managing Conflict
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Bikepacking for Couples Part I: Lost on the Bolivian Salt Flats, A Story
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This Adventure Cyclist Turned Her Love of Bikes Into a Career
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Routes that Tell a Story: Cuenca Los Ojos
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Adventures in Baja

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Here is a tiny glimpse of some of my favorite local places in Southwest Colorado and Southern Arizona that are available to be sold through the current provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” for a mandatory sell off of 3 million acres of p
Two days circumnavigating the Lower Dolores River Canyon aka Colorado’s best kept secret. How lucky we are to have access to such an incredibly mesmerizing place in the Four Corners. 

More on this route and special/complicated place soon!

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I’m excited to announce on World Bicycle Day that @fjallraven_na and I will be heading back to @sbtgrvl this June.
 
In a time when nearly every day marks some kind of holiday, I was surprised to learn that World Bicycle Day was only offic
Nine years ago, I flew to Durango, CO, to meet up with @ultraromance and Adam for a week+ tour to Emporia, Kansas, for the 2017 edition of @unboundgravel. I was in charge of the route and plotted us straight over Elwood Pass out of Pagosa Springs, in
I’ve been so busy packing and unpacking for the move back to Durango that I only just pulled my bike out of its box from Sweden. As I took in the mud and grime—the smells, sights, and memories from the @fjallravenofficial Ride Out event l
I’m so excited to be on this long ride with Fjällräven (#brandpartner) and to celebrate a new chapter together with Hoja. 

It’s not every day that you see a respected outdoor brand like Fjällräven partnering with a cy
It’s that time of year again…spread the word 🙏

🌸 Sarah Swallow’s Spring Cleaning Patio Sale 🌸

Saturday, April 19 | 8:30 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. 
(or until everything is gone!)

📍 Blenman-Elm Neighborhood, Tucson, AZ

Come by f
We just wrapped up our 5 week tour with a final leg bikepacking across the Canary Islands.

For this stage, my younger sister Mary joined us. We’ve been sharing bike (mis)adventures for over 15 years—riding together, working in bike shops
Some final moments from our tour in Morocco.

Since I last posted, we spent our final days riding from Zagora to N’Kob through the Draa Valley—a historic corridor of date palm oases, ancient kasbahs, and vast desert landscapes that have b
Ten days into our tour in Morocco along the Route of the Caravans—since we last checked in, we’ve pedaled from Tagmout to Foum Zguid, dipped into the Sahara, and climbed back into the Anti-Atlas through a series of remote canyon oases tha
Moments from the last four incredible days along the Route of the Caravans in Morocco, riding from Tafraout to Tagmout.

The sun is bright, the high desert expanses are as desolate as they are geologically stunning, and each canyon oasis is an unexpe
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Sarah Swallow's Logo by Mary Lytle

February 04, 2021

After years of back-and-forth and putting it on hold, Mary and I have finally landed on a symbol that represents the many different and ever-changing roles I play in my profession. Not only does this image represent me, but it also depicts connection; to the iconic Mustang Mountains that have inspired so many of my projects and collaborations, to making connections through linking roads for routes; to using those routes to connect me to self and my journey in life, and to making connections between people and places. 

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