A year ago, I began planning a bike trip. I planned to ride from Great Falls Montana to Bozeman Montana, but plans don’t always go as expected, “you’ll have this” as The Bike Hermit would say. So instead, on August 3rd, I found myself, on my bike, riding across Oregon towards the unincorporated community of Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
Saturday we decided to reconnoiter a potential overnight bike trip. East of town is a reservoir surrounded by a patchwork of state, federal and private land blanketing the foothills. Riding for about 15 miles from our front door on the highway and green belt put us at the top of the dam at the lower Read More
Like any good hermit, the Bike Hermit is constantly attempting to simplify. And why go on a bike tour if not, at least in part, to enjoy being unencumbered by unnecessary external superficialities, and by too much gear? The Italian impressionist Carlotti said"Beauty is a summation of the parts working together in such a way Read More
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