This is the text of an email I sent to a customer who asked some questions about what makes a good touring bike: A touring bike should be about comfort. Typically the tourist is not going to be doing too many short, hard efforts or sustained efforts in a paceline. Rather the tourist is concerned Read More
On The Bike is a bike fit service collaborating with Boise State University's Center for Orthopaedic and Biomechanics Research. We met Benjamin Stein, the man behind On The Bike when he stopped into Bike Touring News World Headquarters (BTNWH) a few months ago. We asked if we could come see his operation and write a Read More
Anybody with a computer and an internet connection can have a blog. A cynic might assume that since the entry barriers are so low bloggers might be shallow and narcissistic and their blogs trivial and insignificant. And since traditional journalism has fact checkers and editors it is, in theory at least, reliable. What's to certify Read More
There are two occupants in the grey Honda Element and as they drive past me the passenger shrieks some sort of primal scream. I don't think it is meant as encouragement to me. I don't think I did anything to irritate these people, but maybe I did. Maybe I forced them to slow down Read More
Not precisely "handlebar" bags these Ostrich bags are supported on the platform of a front rack and secured at the top either to the handlebars or by a bracket known as a decaleur. In my opinion the advantages of this style of bag are several: -The center of gravity is lower than a bag attached Read More
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