Back in the day there were not a lot of choices in lightweight backpacking or bike touring stoves. The bike hermit used (and still has) a Svea brand stove. Aside from being dangerous, unreliable, inconsistent, inefficient, heavy and difficult to use, that stove is great. Nowadays there is a better selection of stoves from which Read More
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The Bike Hermit didn't write this but he thinks it's funny. Actually, this was posted on the Touring pages of bikeforums dot net Easy to get lost for hours on those pages. Don't forget to come back! A Beginners Guide to Cycle Touring: How to prepare Step 1: Get a spagetti-strainer and several small sponges Read More
I have been researching other resources for Honjo fenders in preparation for adding them to the store and to supplement my post on touring bicycle fenders. I came across this article on Raymond Parker's VeloWeb. The web address is http://veloweb.ca (he's Canadian eh.) Very detailed and well photographed instructions there. While he is installing Honjo Read More
"One of the qualities that draws me to deserts is their sparseness. I go to be scoured by their winds, purged by their silence, humbled by their searing sunsets. The desert dirt, which accumulates in the chapped cracks of my fingers and the pores of my face, brings me solace. It somehow stills the subtle Read More
On my everyday bike I have been using a Power Grips Pedal Kit. These pedals use a unique diagonal strap to hold the rider's foot more or less in a stable position. A metal bracket screws into the holes on the front face plate of the pedal and secures one end of the strap. The Read More
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