Empowering The Bicycle Traveler

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A Great Little Idaho Hot Springs Route Ride

We are big on "just wander" styles of biking.  So far, the 2016 Idaho fall weather has been excellent for some nice weekend S24O rides.  The "start" of the Adventure Cycling Association's Idaho Hot Springs MTB Route is right out our door, but finding the time to ride the entire route in one big trip Read More

The wintertime (known to some among us as the "off-season") is a great time to experiment with your bike setup and few components can transform the ride of a bike like handlebars. Unlike many so-called "performance" upgrades that claim to offer weight savings, greater precision or improved efficiency, different handlebars change the way your body Read More

Please Come To Texas

In 2010 The Bike Hermit took his first bike jaunt in Texas.  Titled Texas Buckaroos, his adventure is well chronicled on crazyguyonabike.com.  Since then, I have heard about his trip pretty much Every Single Day; how amazing this part of Texas is, how friendly the people are, how we need to move to Texas, how Read More

Riding and Touring Off Pavement

If you follow any of our posts you have already noticed we aren't afraid of touring on dirt and gravel roads.  In fact in the last few years we have probably covered more miles on dirt than on pavement... AND we cover most of them on loaded touring bikes. Certainly, riding a fully loaded touring Read More

Death Valley Bike Trip, 2013

My happy little trip to ride bikes on lightly traveled roads and to commune with the hermits of yore in the silence of the Death Valley desert is completely ruined. The last few days of December is one of the busiest times here and the campgrounds are full, while automobiles (bumper to bumper at times) Read More