A bike touring blog. Mostly about bikepacking and single speeds. By Montana Miller
So good to get back out and bike race. All photos by Colleen The Fat Cycle Challenge is a little 40 minute long fat bike race in Aspen. Good course, good competition. And since it's Aspen, there was some good money involved. Actually almost enough to pay my rent this month. No … Continue reading Fat Cycle Challenge
I loaded up my Pigsley with camping stuff (in some really nice Oveja Negra bags that I'm testing for the Dirt Rag) rolled out the door, and headed towards the Thompson Divide. 15 miles of dirt and pavement, then onto the snow. The last week of warm weather and sun melted and baked the snow … Continue reading Thompson Divide
A few days ago, I went up to Prince Creek for the first time in the snow. Then I went again, because it's awesome up there. Prince Creek is one of the main trail systems around Carbondale. I was only able to do one short ride up there once before the snow hit, but from … Continue reading Prince Creek
There's a full moon, still chairlifts. People shuffle up the mountain on skis, little spots of light bob in front of them. I get out of Randy's truck and unloaded my fat bike. Nine other riders squeeze tires to check air pressure, pull on hats and gaiters, flick lights on and off to make sure … Continue reading Sunny Nights
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
Snow removal is funny here. In Pittsburgh, even before it snows, PennDot's fleet of tri-axles are out dumping load after load of salt on the roads. Then they keep running, plowing and melting and turning everything into brown slush. And inevitably, people still bitch that they don't work fast enough. Here, they run a plow … Continue reading Packed Out
Now that we're getting into the winter season, I put a little time into getting my Pigsley ready for snow riding: A fresh 4.8 Surly Bud in the front and 3.8 Nate in the back are way better than the bald 3.8 Knards I had on there before. Working in a coffee shop out here … Continue reading Babbish Gulch
For the last few weeks it's been the shoulder season here, which means that the trails are too muddy to ride and there hasn't been enough snow to get up into the mountains (although it just dumped, and now the resorts are all opening up). So most of my miles have been commuting to work … Continue reading Dry Park Road
Birdley the Birdman of Charleston and I were supposed to go to Cross Country Nationals this weekend. On Tuesday, Birdley was riding real fast down a rocky hill in the forest outside of his nest. Then he woke up on the ground and his leg didn't work anymore. Surprisingly, his hollow avian bones didn't snap, … Continue reading Ohiopyle to Davis: Part 1
There were big plans in place for Hilly Billy. They didn’t work out. I left Ohiopyle in the afternoon when I got off, loaded up my fixed Cross Check with camping stuff, and climbed up the mountain outside of town. Then I spun down the other side of the mountain and my hub blew up. … Continue reading Hilly Billy Roubaix
Dirt Cruise 