Empowering The Bicycle Traveler

Our Trips

Owyhee Uplands Backcountry Byway

A picture says 1000 words. Here's a bunch of words. It would be impossible to describe this trip otherwise. Thanks to all the participants and to the photographers and videographers. The Great Owyhee Uplands Bicycle Tour from Tad Jones on Vimeo. More information on the BLM site Read More

Day One Tuesday, April 17 Boise to Celebration Park - Total distance; 43 miles I stare at the 22 oz. Rogue Dead Guy Ale for about five minutes before deciding not to buy it because I don't want to carry it the rest of the way to Celebration Park, and surely there will be be Read More

Taking it slow in the Hagerman Valley

As the Bike Hermit is deep into his remodeling project, Sky King jumped at the chance to do some great slow pedaling with the ladies.  This turned out to be a perfect way to enjoy spring weather, work in bird watching and be reminded that life is about the journey, not the destination. Lisa, Julie Read More

Owyhee Uplands Bike Tour

"a primitive and unconfined type of recreation" Customer and friend Wendell came in the other day with his new Salsa Fargo "adventure" touring bike. As we were talking about places to go with such a bike he mentioned the Owyhee Uplands Backcountry Byway (which sounds much better than the local name of Mud Flats Road) Read More

Leave My Blues at Home

View Larger Map Sometimes it feels as though everyday is a brand new kick in the teeth. I'm no different from anybody else. We all have our own personal Mt. Everest to climb and sometimes it feels like we are on the Hillary Step....our oxygen bottle has quit working and our crampons are loose. From Read More