Entries Tagged as Cheap
The Road to Pescadero
Posted by Jerome Lissmann | Tags: California , Cheap , Routes & Rides
A couple of weeks ago my friend Auston and I went for a bike ride down the coast. We left the city with no particular destination in mind. The plan was to head south on Highway 1, ride all day, and get a lot of sun.
Biking to Ski Hollowtop Peak, Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
Posted by Chris Bangs | Tags: Cheap , Montana , Routes & Rides , Winter
The forecast for the weekend was almost perfect for bicycling in February, in Montana. Our plan was to ride from Bozeman to the tiny cowboy town of Pony, 55 miles away. There we would set up camp and stash the bikes in the forest, in order to climb and ski Hollowtop, the highest peak in the Tobacco Root Mountains. This would be the third peak in my 7 Summits Of Bozeman project, a five-month plan to climb and ski the highest peak in each of the seven mountain ranges that surround Bozeman -- completing the entire project 100 percent human-powered, traveling only by bicycle, by foot, and on skis.
First Bikepacking Overnight: San Bernardino National Forest
Posted by Alex Barnett | Tags: California , Cheap , Routes & Rides
Awhile back I started researching different types of riding, and soon discovered bikepacking when I ran into a guy at an event who sells gear for that activity. He and his wife actually rode the Continental Divide on mountain bikes. This, of course, led me to the Internet to find out all I could about bikepacking, which wasn’t too much. But I found it so interesting; it made me think back to my days in the Marine Corps with all the adventure and camaraderie. I started talking to my buddies about bikepacking and they expressed a general interest in it.
Bike Camp! Waterbury and Middlebury Gap
Posted by Nic Anderson | Tags: Cheap , Routes & Rides , Vermont
Although we have been biking forever, this was the first bike camping/touring ride for our party of three: The Dashingly Handsome Nate, the Ever Laughing Red, and myself, the Ginger Kiwi. The plan, a 2.5-day loop from Burlington, Vermont, south down Route 100, over Middlebury Gap, and back up Route 116. Easy, right?
West Fork Butte Lookout: An Overnight in the Sky
Posted by Casey Greene | Tags: Cheap , Historic , Montana , Routes & Rides
When I wrote that post a month ago, I had no idea I’d get myself into this kind of a lookout trip. In fact, I didn’t even know Nathan and I would be riding fat bikes up to the West Fork Butte lookout a few days ago
Cape Cod Bridges and Bays
Posted by John Sullivan | Tags: Cheap , Massachusetts , Routes & Rides
To feed the monster -- the need to tour, that is -- Saturday morning Brandon and I will leave Fairhaven, Massachusetts, for the back road journey to the Cape Cod Canal. We will cross the Bourne Bridge, ride the cape side of the canal to Sandwich, and tent camp at Shawme Crowell State Forest. We were going to go Friday, but I have my high school reunion that evening.
Lake James, North Carolina
Posted by Julie White | Tags: Cheap , North Carolina , Routes & Rides
Each year my in-laws spend a week at a friend’s house in Jonas Ridge near the Blue Ridge Parkway. Jim and I usually go spend a night with them and I often will ride my bike up there or back. This year I decided to do a short tour there with an overnight at one of my favorite North Carolina State Parks. Wednesday morning dawned bright and sunny. The forecast for the next two days was sunny, warm, and only a 10 percent chance of rain.