Tag archives for touring
Found Online February 2011
Found Online is a collection of links to interesting articles and items we come across online. Most of these are also posted to our Facebook page (be sure to like our page) as we find them and are put here about once a month. Madison council approves deal to launch B-cycle bike sharing - JSOnline On a night when cycling…
Found Online – December 2010
Found Online is a collection of links to interesting articles and items we come across online. Most of these are also posted to our Facebook page (be sure to like our page) as we find them and are put here about once a month. Holiday Cheer by Bike Bell Schwinn has launched a Bell Choir Web site, featuring holiday songs…
DRBC Gets Exposure!
No, none of our illustrious board members have been recently featured on America's Most Wanted! The June 2010 issue of Adventure Cyclist, the magazine of the Adventure Cycling Association, did a nice profile of the DRBC in their "WayPoints" department on page 8 of this issue. The article titled "Driftless but not Aimless," was based on a short phone interview…
You Can Call Me Dummy
In the summer of 2008, Patrick and I had to sell our Tacoma pickup truck back to Toyota due to a recall. Knowing we would not want to jump into purchasing another truck right away, and also knowing that we had a new bike in mind, we took some of the money and invested in a Surly Big Dummy. If…
DRBC’s First S240
This weekend members of the DRBC organizing committee went on the group's first S240 ride. Four riders rolled out Saturday afternoon and returned Sunday afternoon to sunshine and wind. The ride included several first time bike tourers, one of which had never ridden outside of the city. Everyone had a great time and learned a bit about bicycle touring while…