Category Archives: Travel

Great Explorations

Guest poster Jeff Hemmel hits the hills over Thanksgiving. This past Thanksgiving I found myself in Asheville, North Carolina, the same place I had dragged my bike to several years back with mixed results. What I envisioned then were glorious … Continue reading

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Getting Away By Bike

It’s the coldest weather I’ve experienced in the 10 years I’ve lived in Texas.  My former homes in the Midwest are snowed in by the biggest snowstorm of the year.  I’m not thinking much about biking in these circumstances.  But … Continue reading

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Five Top Recommendations for Trail and Mountain Biking

Bike Noob has always focused primarily on the recreational road biker.  But it’s always a good idea to break out of the routine.  If that break out involves travel, guest poster Maeyahn Aguilar suggests some mountain biking destinations. As a … Continue reading

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Heresy

It’s heresy, I tell you. Away for a whole week in Hawaii (Maui, to be specific) and not one day of bicycling! The view from our hotel room. Yep, another lousy day on Maui. It’s not that we didn’t plan … Continue reading

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Thinking about mountains

Back in Austin after six days in the San Francisco area. We were blessed with unseasonably warm weather for January, and were able to get around with just a light jacket or even no jacket at all. There was only … Continue reading

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The island of horses and bikes

From time to time, I just get fed up with riding on roads with heavy motor vehicle traffic. Wouldn’t it be great to have a nice chunk of acreage all to ourselves? On our recent vacation to northern Michigan, we … Continue reading

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Biking the Old Mission Peninsula

Well, we’re back. A beautiful, breezy 62°F (16°C) when we left Traverse City, Michigan this morning. A face-slapping 100 (38°C) when we touched down in Austin this afternoon. And it appears the air conditioning is on the fritz at home … Continue reading

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