Empowering The Bicycle Traveler

Texas

NAHBS , Day One

As promised, here is a pic of  Tim O'Donell's fillet brazed road bike. We are right next to YiPsan Bicycles' booth. Renold has some good ideas. Especially the porteur/low rider front rack. The two side platforms on the front rack come off and attach to the lower stays to support panniers. A really clever solution Read More

There was new snow on the ground again this morning with more forecast for the rest of the week. I check the forecast for Texas and Louisiana and am pleased to see that temperatures are predicted to be in the 70's during the day and merely down to the 50's at night for at least Read More

Tour Preparation, Day One

I leave in one week so I am focusing on those items on the critical path. Items without which the tour cannot be accomplished and which have longer lead times. Item number one is a box to ship the bike. Rather than a softsided or other airplane friendly case I ordered a re-usable cardboard box Read More

"...now the sky is gettin' light everything will be alright I think I finally got the knack just floatin' and lazin' on my back I never really liked that town think I'll ride the river down just movin' slow and floatin' free this river swingin' under me wavin' back to folks on shore I should Read More

Deserts

"One of the qualities that draws me to deserts is their sparseness. I go to be scoured by their winds, purged by their silence, humbled by their searing sunsets. The desert dirt, which accumulates in the chapped cracks of my fingers and the pores of my face, brings me solace. It somehow stills the subtle Read More