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
I remember riding through downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada on my first self supported bike tour with homemade rear panniers which, when the bike hit a rough patch, bounced around and came un-hooked from the rack. Luckily they didn't fall completely off because the gang of homeless men accosting me from a vacant lot as I Read More
Back in the day there were not a lot of choices in lightweight backpacking or bike touring stoves. The bike hermit used (and still has) a Svea brand stove. Aside from being dangerous, unreliable, inconsistent, inefficient, heavy and difficult to use, that stove is great. Nowadays there is a better selection of stoves from which Read More
The Bike Hermit didn't write this but he thinks it's funny. Actually, this was posted on the Touring pages of bikeforums dot net Easy to get lost for hours on those pages. Don't forget to come back! A Beginners Guide to Cycle Touring: How to prepare Step 1: Get a spagetti-strainer and several small sponges Read More
Those who know me know the bike hermit is a beer drinker with a cycling problem. But I think that is a common thread. It appears that many fellow riders appreciate a barley sandwich or two at the end of a riding day. Or any day. So I thought I would post these videos of Read More
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