Dirty Freehub has joined Bikepacking Roots in their Love Where You Ride campaign. Love Where You Ride (LWYR) is a two-part resource that offers cyclists the skills and tools needed to both minimize their impact on the landscapes they ride through and have a positive impact on the communities they interact with along their way. In partnership with Leave No Trace for Outdoor Ethics, the 7 Principles of Leave No Trace are presented for adventure cyclists out on single-day and multi-day rides. The Positive Impact Practices share ways to engage with communities while out riding in a way that helps create a positively impactful user group of adventure cyclists.
In this episode, we sit down with Tony Bixler, the President of Local Ocean Seafoods, a popular restaurant and fish market in Newport, Oregon. Tony shares the story of how Local Ocean was founded in 2005 by Laura Anderson and Al Pazar, focusing on sustainable, local seafood from the Oregon coast. He discusses the restaurant’s changes to […]
Does this mean smile and be happy and listen to some tunes as you ride? Or is it something else? Something bigger than just self? In today’s episode, we talk with Kait Boyle, who is the Co-Founder of Bikepacking Roots and the creator of the Love Where You Ride […]
Kait Boyle, the Education and Events Director of Bikepacking Roots joins us again to address questions about backcountry hygiene; peeing, pooping, and proper disposal.
In this podcast, we talk with Kait about how cyclists can minimize the spread of invasive species, where we should and shouldn’t camp, and dive into the the nuances of campfire use.
Bikepacking in bear country, what should you do with your gear that will attract bears? Wet trails, what are the best practices for Leave No Trace? Kait Boyle returns to answer more of your questions.
A thought-provoking interview about bikepacking racing etiquette and preparation with Kait Boyle. She returns to answer more Leave No Trace (LNT) questions. We dive into the summer’s events surrounding the large number of SAR rescues on the Tour Divide 2022, how to apply Leave No Trace to “front country” […]
