Empowering The Bicycle Traveler

Traveling

The so-called paleo diet or caveman diet is a low carb high protein diet claimed by some to be a good way to lose weight. It has some proponents in the bicycling world too. One needs to be careful when considering extreme changes in their diet or just extremes in general. Bike touring is very Read More

How Much Food Do You Take On A Tour?

Every person has different specific nutritional needs. Some basic ideas about fuel for muscles during and after exercise cannot be easily disregarded. There is some noise being made in the cycling world about the so called paleo diet which poo poos the need for carbohydrates in the form of grains and potatoes. This may be Read More

Sky King’s take on Austin

While much of our time in Austin was spent inside at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, we did get out and about a bit.  Most of these photo's were taken with my phone but thought it would be fun to give you a little view of some of the things we saw. I must Read More

Two Cycling Bloggists and Tourists

At NAHBS in Austin we met Russ Roca and Laura Crawford, the couple behind The Path Less Pedaled and The Epicurean Cyclist They are in the middle of an "open ended journey" and they are doing it on bicycles. When we saw them they had their Brompton folding bikes with them preparing to ride the Read More