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
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
One of the great things about being involved with Bike Touring News is the opportunity to live vicariously through the people we meet. Soon (next month), Asa will fly to Europe with his bike for a year long "literary pilgrimage". We got a chance to talk to him first about his planning and preparations. Find Read More
" ....mixing with people is wonderfully appropriate. So are visits to foreign lands........mainly learning of the humours of those peoples and of their manners, and knocking off our corners by rubbing our brains against other people's." - Montaigne Traveling by bicycle puts one literally at the ground level. We are subject to all of nature's Read More
In bike touring, as in life, one needs to plan for the worst and hope for the best. The middle of nowhere is nowhere to be with a broken spoke without a little bit of know how and prior planning. Breaking a spoke is one of those rare occurrences but it does happen and the Read More
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