Empowering The Bicycle Traveler

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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

When asked how to get between Boise and Mountain Home on a bicycle without riding on I-84 and without riding the Old Oregon Trail, which is dirt road, I haven't been able to give a good answer. Until now. From Bike Touring News to the eastern most exit off of I-84 it is 14 miles Read More

Blues

This guy, Pat O'Bryan, has a complete understanding of the blues. This is in Terlingua, TX. outside of Big Bend National Park....outstanding music is only one of the reasons Texas is a great place to tour! http://youtu.be/irY-tr2TJ54 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

The Rights and Duties of Cyclists

90 percent of the Bike Hermit's trips around town are made by bicycle. He doesn't care if you ride your bike or not. He is not out to change the world or to save the environment. He just enjoys riding his bike and he truly thinks it's just as quick and infinitely more convenient than Read More