Empowering The Bicycle Traveler

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Alaska’s Lost Coast

Lost Coast Trailer from Eric Parsons on Vimeo. In 2008 Dylan Kentch and Eric Parsons rode and carried and rafted with their singlespeed bicycles across 300 miles of wild Alaska coastline from Yakutat to Cordova. If one were to look at this on a map and/or Google Earth they might not think it possible. But Read More

Bike Touring, Keeping It Simple

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

Bike Touring and Clothing

What are the basic essential articles of clothing needed for a successful bike tour? Obviously it depends on the season and local climate. My last three trips have been in late winter in the southern and southwestern US. Still, it can get cold...down to 25 degrees in Marathon Texas last year. And rain and even Read More