** This topic is a bit dry and may be difficult to understand. I encourage you to ask questions or seek help at your local bike shop or bicycle repair collectives. When it comes to working on your bike, you can't substitute what you read...
[caption id="attachment_2056" align="alignnone" width="640"] Cable stops installed with cable wire splitters.[/caption] Change is part of life as you know. It is certainly not any different when it comes to planning for a bicycle tour. Especially one that involves traveling across Europe. As it turns out we are going...
This week I had the chance to meet with Harry to double-check on some logistics and check out gears. It looks like Harry is ready to roll with all he's taking with him to Europe. I have yet to sort my gearing out. I'm still...
Chances are you are reading this post because you are looking for a product review for a Salsa Vaya 3 and came across my 1000 mile review last year. In that post, I promised to write about my 5000 mile review once I hit that milestone....
If you haven't read the first part of our ride from Chino Hills to Joshua Tree, click here to catch up or watch our video here. Our story begins on Day 3 of our ride where we stayed the extra day riding around the Joshua...
Two weeks ago, I traveled up to Ojai for the first time in my life. I've never been there by bike or even by car, so it was a big treat. So when Chris from Topanga Creek Bicycles said he wanted to do another ride...
When Sang Hyun bought his bike a few week's ago at Topanga Creek Bicycle shop, the shop owner, Chris Kelly, told us about the next bikepacking / bike touring adventure. On April 22, 2014, Salsa Cycles was going to come out to Ojai to demo their...
News When Does a Cycling Boom Go Wrong? When Everyone Rides on the Sidewalk - Not all cycling boom is good. In the city Santiago de Chile, they are seeing a 20% increase in bicycle usage but this comes with a cost. Because their infrastructure was poorly...
News Bike Touring Seminar Videos - Our friend Erin Vasquez, blogs about the Bike Touring 101 videos on his FrontageRoads.com blog. He posted up 6 of the 7 videos available at the time. Be sure to check out video 7 as we go through...
