I'm doing Red Lodge and Bear Tooth on the way home. I try to do it every year. Charles Kuralt of 'On the Road' fame from the 60s claimed this to be the most beautiful stretch on road in America.
I just mounted some Apache cases sold at Harbor Freight (model 4800). Then on Ebay I found coyotetrips.com that had a great mounting system. You can carry your luggage in a motel but more importantly remove for servicing the bike.The cases work great for my needs but are smaller at 24 liters of...
Weight is more a problem of body fat. Bicyclist are the worst at going after a titanium frame that shaves a few pounds but beats the crap out of you because it's to rigid. I have not lost enough weight to worry about reducing the S10's extra poundage. For you fit as a fiddle riders I am jealous...
Pricing is often directed by state laws. Here in Denver the price is as advertised. In AZ or CA the advertised price is not worth looking at. You call and ask for the "out the door" price and it can be plus $2,000. Missouri is also a good price to gauge what to pay elsewhere.
Network news stated Denver has the second worse air quality in the world as result of the wildfires.
First I think all of our hearts collectively go out to California residents that are losing homes.
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You can still ride southern Colorado (depending on wind patterns) and...
I have a set of Mosko Moto 35 liter bags to trade for hard panniers. They are like new, I got them with a bike that had 1700 miles on it and were unused. They were new in 2017 and came off a BMW f800gsa.