REVIEW: Marin Nicasio Plus
I’m going to be honest. It’s hard for me to get excited about budget bikes. There are too many compromises with components. Their geos and handling characteristics err on the side boring to appease the…
A Guide to Watercolors and Bicycling (#BikePainting)
Taking a small and compact watercolor kit on a bike ride or bike tour has become one of my favorite analog pleasures. It forces me to slow down after a long day of touring or…
Ochoco Overlander – Gear Run Down
One of the challenges of bikepacking is finding bags and gear that work on your specific bike and terrain. In this video I go over what worked and what didn’t work so well for me…
Review: Bearclaw Beaux Jaxon
Bearclaw is a small bike brand based out of Michigan focusing on titanium off pavement bikes. The Beaux Jaxon is an interesting mashup between a gravel bike and a plus bike. Different from a mountain…
Ochoco Overlander
The Ochoco Overlander is a semi-supported bikepacking event put on by the folks at GoodBikeCo in Prineville, Oregon. Based on Sarah Swallow’s Back Country Explorer route, it provides a more accessible way to experience the…
Review: SOMA Wolverine
The SOMA Wolverine in many ways has been the proto-adventure / gravel bike. A little ahead of its time that it has been forgotten in the stream of the latest and greatest. In this video,…
Our First Live Stream!
We’ve been curious about live streaming for the last few months and finally took the plunge! On our first live stream Russ builds up a review bike from Thesis Bikes. Things didn’t quite go as…
How to Pronounce Pannier
Pannier is one of the most mispronounced words in the bicycling lexicon and its origins are often misunderstood. Where does the word come from? Is it a French or English word? What is the correct…
New Route Guide!
We often get asked where our favorite place to ride is. To this end, we are creating a series of digital route guides for those that hate planning and just want to ride. Our first…
Gravel Idaho
In this video we ride the inaugural 3/4 Minus Cykeltur gravel event in Sandpoint, Idaho. It is early season for us in Montana (heck we got snow STILL just a week ago!) and with low…