By the time you'll be reading this post, I'll be headed eastward out of Boise with thirty-some other weirdos on a counter-clockwise loop central Idaho known as the Smoke 'n' Fire 400. You've probably already seen all the stuff I'm carrying with me. Now I'd like to share some of my hopes, dreams and plans
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Greetings! I'm a new voice here so I'll briefly introduce myself. My name is Ryan King and I'll be riding the inaugural Smoke 'n' Fire 400 bikepacking race with the support of the good folks at Bike Touring News. I've done a small handful of rides like this, including the Oregon Outback in May of
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Interbike OK time for the annual Interbike trade show in Las Vegas and for my annual rant about the bike "industry". Why is every bicycling publication, product and advertisement focused on performance? I logged into my show planner on the Interbike website to search for products and companies in the Navigation/Maps/GPS category since that seemed
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When asked how to get between Boise and Mountain Home on a bicycle without riding on I-84 and without riding the Old Oregon Trail, which is dirt road, I haven't been able to give a good answer. Until now. From Bike Touring News to the eastern most exit off of I-84 it is 14 miles
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So we found the Bear Pete Trail and rode it. Here's proof. Watch for the new page with links to posts with current-ish conditions of these routes. The page link will be in the right column. Bear Pete Trail from Aileen Frey on Vimeo
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