A bike touring blog. Mostly about bikepacking and single speeds. By Montana Miller
This is the Big Boy. I like her very much. So first, why- in the last year I've been real taken with skateboarding. I couldn't imagine taking a winter off the board, but I still wanted to go bike touring. So I just needed to figure out a way to carry my skateboard on the … Continue reading The Big Boy
This is the stuff that worked well on the Colorado Trail, and the stuff that I screwed up. Defiant Zipperless Frame Pack- my friend Heavy Kevy is making these in Carbondale, and they’re better than pancakes for dinner. I can open the bag and get into it easily when I’m riding, and when I have … Continue reading Coloradical Trail- Stuff That Worked
End of the season, time to clear some stuff out. If you're interested in something, leave a comment or grab my email from the about page. Spanks. Surly Pugsley, size large. With Revelate Framebag- $1700 Specs: Rear wheel: Shimano Alfine 8 Internally geared hub, Marge Lite rims, Sapim Race spokes. Hand built Front wheel: Surly … Continue reading Yard Sale
Last weekend, the shop went down to Outerbike in Moab for some bike testing. Three solid days of riding a ton of bikes back to back on the same trails was really informative. End result- All bikes are fun, but I still like my bike best. But here are some thoughts on all the other … Continue reading Outerbike
The stuff. When it's all laid out, it doesn't look like much for a few weeks of living off the bike. But when I'm pushing it up a moutain road, it feels like a ton. All the bags were made by Lane and Monty at Oveja Negra in Leadville. I'm testing them for the Dirt … Continue reading Great Divide Pack List
Last week I did some wheel building. (Don't mind the toilet paper, we were out of napkins) Through the valve stem. And on the bike. A few of my friends in Pittsburgh have set up dynamos on thier touring bikes. And after hearing how well they worked, I figured that they made … Continue reading SP Dynamo and Exposure Revo
It's cold up in these mountains- not as freezing as someplace like Minnesota or Alaska, but still pretty chilly. Half of my commute is either at night or before sunrise, so I'm riding in temperatures right around or below zero (in American temperatures) everyday. I'm not sure what the wind chill factor is blasting down … Continue reading Riding Bikes in the Cold
Now that I've burned through a set of tires on both my Krampus and my Pugsley, I feel like I can make a good comparison. I've been riding the Pugs since last Feburary, and the Krampus since this July. Before I built the Krampus, I did most of my mountain bike rides on the Pugsley. … Continue reading The Krampus vs. the Pugsley
The Krampus is a pretty awesome rigid bike, but I was curious to see how it would do with some suspension. Unfortunately, the three-inch wide Knard wasn't even close to clearing my Reba RLT Ti. I've read on the interwebs that a Knard will fit in a Fox 34, but I don't have a Fox … Continue reading Krampus with suspension
I said in my last post that the Krampus is the bike I've been wishing for for a while. It's a fully rigid bike that's slack, comfortable, and sturdy enough to ride hard. When I moved down to Ohiopyle five years ago, I was racing and riding a Niner One9 with a steel fork. After … Continue reading The Krampus
Dirt Cruise 