90 percent of the Bike Hermit's trips around town are made by bicycle. He doesn't care if you ride your bike or not. He is not out to change the world or to save the environment. He just enjoys riding his bike and he truly thinks it's just as quick and infinitely more convenient than Read More
Asa thinks I'm an (expletive deleted) because I mock him for naming his bike Rocinante. But it's just because the Bike Hermit is a rough, illiterate man. And because I'm jealous of him. He is leaving next month for a year long bike touring trip in Europe. He is twenty something. Actually I am not Read More
Second in a series on bottom brackets. Numero uno is here. The newest (2012) Long Haul Trucker complete bikes come with the Shimano UN55 square taper bottom bracket which is an improvement over the UN-P.O.S. used in earlier years, but when asked what I might upgrade on a stock Long Haul Trucker I am likely Read More
At the risk of talking down to some readers and over the head of others I feel the need to explain the term "bottom bracket". According to Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Glossary a bottom bracket is: The part of the frame around which the pedal cranks revolve, also the bearings and axle assembly that runs through Read More
Nate was here to pick out a Long Haul Trucker this weekend. He rides a mountain bike with hydraulic disc brakes, and so he was a little bit unsure about what type of brakes would work best on a touring bike. According to what he had heard and his experiences, disc brakes: -are finicky and Read More
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