I watch YouTube videos sometimes. I admit it. Actually, I watch them more than sometimes...it's sort of like crack cocaine to me. And I watch everything. From comedians whose entire body of work seems to exist only on YouTube, to old episodes of Iron Chef (the original, Japanese version of course) to videos about gangsters Read More
Bike Touring Tips
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
Well, I definitely don't want a Rube Goldberg approach to bike touring. I prefer the K.I.S.S approach. Small, light, simple and multi purpose are useful metrics for equipment choices. Like the survivalists say: the more you know the less you need. Of course for the items which need to be readily accessible when on the Read More
Dear Bike Hermit, You're the coolest and this blog is the best. I want to be just like you so I want to get a super-cool King Cage Behold Tool Pouch. But I want to know what you carry in yours. Thanks, and keep up the good work Les in Tuscaloosa Les in Tuscaloosa, There Read More
In bike touring, as in life, one needs to plan for the worst and hope for the best. The middle of nowhere is nowhere to be with a broken spoke without a little bit of know how and prior planning. Breaking a spoke is one of those rare occurrences but it does happen and the Read More
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