Empowering The Bicycle Traveler

Advocacy/Awareness

Is It Weird To Ride A Bicycle?

".......because when everybody’s weird, no one is". -from New Belgium's fourth commandment of the Tour de Fat. Before I start let me say that I have nothing against the idea of raising money for good, bike oriented non-profits. Boise Bike Project, South West Idaho Mountain Bike Association and Treasure Valley Cycling Alliance are fantastic organizations Read More

Bike Touring and Riding Defensively

  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

New Theme

So....a couple of things: ......A new look for the site has been in the works for a while. While there has been no wailing to speak of, there has been some gnashing of teeth deciding how we want the site to look and how to organize it. And it's still a long ways from finished Read More

Bike Touring and Entitlement

The Path Less Pedaled made this video about how bike travel can help the economies of small town America. Sounds good in theory but I wonder how it works out practically. There is not a large volume of people traveling by bicycle. I know the whole idea of advocacy is to get more people to Read More

Use Your Bicycle!

On a recent overnight bicycle trip to Burgdorf Hot Springs I sat down with Paul to ask him about bike commuting...when he began, what logistical challenges he faced and about what he perceives as the benefits of riding a bike to work. We were "sponsored" on this trip by McCall Brewing Company in that they Read More