Last weekend we offered free shipping on all orders placed in the Bike Touring News Store. We also sent out an email blast to local customers about "Fatbike Sunday". While we sold no fatbikes we did have a pretty good response and some people who were paying attention and came into the store got some Read More
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In a previous post I compared and contrasted the Surly Pugsley and the Pug Ops. The Moonlander is Surly's fattest fatbike with mammoth 4.8" Surly Lou and Bud tires with 120t.p.i. (25% bigger than the Pugsley tires) on 100mm "Clown Shoe" rims. In order to make room for the fatter tires the Moonlander's rear triangle Read More
This guy, Pat O'Bryan, has a complete understanding of the blues. This is in Terlingua, TX. outside of Big Bend National Park....outstanding music is only one of the reasons Texas is a great place to tour! http://youtu.be/irY-tr2TJ54 Read More
In an earlier post I talked about cable actuated disc brakes on the Long Haul Trucker. Surly rolls out bikes in new colors each year (or so). They continue to sell bikes in the previous year's colors until they are gone. For 2014 the new Disc Trucker color is burgundy. We just finished this bike Read More
The Ultralight Bike Mirror is made in Germany by D+D Oberlauda and is a consistent best seller in the Bike Touring News store... for good reason; not only is it lightweight (about 2 oz./57 grams) but it will attach to virtually any handlebar. Instead of being inserted in the end of the bar it attaches Read More
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