Green with envy over this green commuter? I’ll let Tyler explain:
I had my bike custom built by my cousin, Sam Densmore, of Cycles Densmore out of Cape Cod. I chose the color scheme and all of the features to fit me, my aesthetic, and my daily needs of a cycle. Then I was left with the hard task of finding accessories that complemented the utter BEAUTY of the bike he created. I found the Ortlieb [Back Roller Classic] Panniers and immediately knew they were not only a good functional fit for what I needed for my daily commute, but that they would match the spirit and the look of the bike perfectly.
Tyler’s bike is also outfitted with equally “flashy” Planet Bike, blue silicone Knog Beetle, and green SpokeLit lights. Better be toting a state-of-the-art theft-proof bike lock in that awesome pannier, Tyler!
Green Riders Kenny and Jamie’s “sustainable transport odyssey” from Thailand to Bali summed up:
Six weeks. Two bamboo bikes. A camera. A continent of environmental stories, struggles and successes. Plus, several thousand kilometers of twisted little roads stringing it all together.
These guys are really putting their Ortlieb gear, Kenda tires, and legs to the test. Support this eco-duo or just check out their route, blog, and video journey at greenriders.asia. Also learn about sustainable bamboo rigs, recycling, and community-based tourism.
GREEN Riders kick off at Thanyamundra Organic Resort with triathletes from from Thanyapura Sports Complex
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We’ve kicked off our 10 day summer sale on Ortlieb, Tubus and Racktime, running thru June 26″. Here is some bike touring inspiration in photo journal form from one of our customers Rick who purchased a full setup of Ortlieb bags and Tubus Racks from us for his Northern California bike tour that he took this April.
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We were really impressed to see these photos of Rudi’s very impressive bike touring setup. This is a very interesting example of utilizing the products together that we represent through 3 of our 4 specialty shops, BikeTrailerShop.com, BikeBagShop.com and BikeTechShop.com.
Greetings from Berlin, Germany. I have mounted a solar panel on my B.O.B. Ibex. Since I do a lot of camping and carry some electronics with me (GPS, phone, mp3-player, sometimes due to my job a laptop), there’s always the need to charge some batteries.
The rear two boxes carry two 7.2 Ah accumulators which serve as a buffer, a solar charger and the rest of the electronics like step-up/step-down converters for the different voltages I need.
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I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving celebrations. Now that you’ve fueled up on some good home cooking, like the rest of retail America, we are encouraging you to burn up all those extra calories in a buying frenzy. We’ve got a whole bunch of Black Friday thru Cyber Monday Specials underway. Here is a quick run through:
This photo, sent in from a customer in China has a whole smorgasbord of bike touring products including an Ortlieb RackPack XL which is one of our current holiday weekend shopping specials.
Our Vaude Sale continues on through next Tuesday, so I thought I’d post another contributed photo of Vaude bags on adventures. This Vaude Silk Road Plus Racktop Bag looks well purposed on a folding bike credit card tour.
In Herb’s words:
I just took a 3 day credit card tour of the Allegheney Gap Bike Trail from Cumberland Md. To Pittsburgh, Pa. I was able to carry everything that I needed on my folding bike. The rain cover came in handy.
Thanks for your recommendation.
Vaude Silk Road Plus on the Left
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Acep, sent in some great shots of what looks like it could be a rain forest bike commute, but is more likely some day tripping with a Vaude Seatpost Mounted Bag transporting his gear. We’ve got all of Vaude’s Cycling Bags on sale for 10 to 25% off thru Nov. 22nd!
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Last Fall about this time of year, our friend and famed world cycling tourist and journalist Cass Gilbert, rolled into Flagstaff for a visit. While he was here he and local touring fiends Megan and James went up to Southern Utah to do the 3 day White Rim Loop in Canyonlands.
They took some great photos along the way. Quite a few of the shots feature gear that we sell at
BikeBagShop.com including gear by
Ortlieb,
Vaude and
Extrawheel. CLICK on the photos and it will take you to the product that seems to stand out most in the photo.
Cass is constantly up to some adventure somewhere in the world. Check out his great writing and photography at his blog
www.whileoutriding.com.
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Kipchoge Spencer, one of the founders of Xtracycle and the longtail cycling movement has been doing some epic bike touring recently with his entire band, the Pleasant Revolution. The band travels by bike with all of their musical equipment, performing everywhere they go and spreading the word about living car free.
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