I watch YouTube videos sometimes. I admit it. Actually, I watch them more than sometimes...it's sort of like crack cocaine to me. And I watch everything. From comedians whose entire body of work seems to exist only on YouTube, to old episodes of Iron Chef (the original, Japanese version of course) to videos about gangsters Read More
Hermit’s Workshop
Dear Bike Hermit, You're the coolest and this blog is the best. I want to be just like you so I want to get a super-cool King Cage Behold Tool Pouch. But I want to know what you carry in yours. Thanks, and keep up the good work Les in Tuscaloosa Les in Tuscaloosa, There 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
Steel can rust. More in some climates than in others. And rust will form when water, or water vapor, and air are both present and available. What does that mean for a steel bicycle frame? I have two steel frames, one is 40 years old and the other is 18 years old. Both have been Read More
Somewhere I've heard the sentiment that youth might be wasted on the young. Sometimes I wonder if that doesn't apply to pure dumb luck as well. When I was a good deal younger than I am now I was touring in New England. Just outside of a small Vermont town, as I started up a Read More
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