The OYB Bag --The World's Only 5-Way Bag!
December 23, 2007 - [$37, postpaid in US] The 5-Way OYB Bag is ready for action! Get yours now! Cheap! (Other leather-canvas daybags are $80-100. And do much, much less.) Click on the PayPal button to the left under the picture!
[News note! Patches are back! We're ready for action!]
The OYB Bag is approx 4"x8"x10" and is the only bag that converts ... > More Info > Purchase
The Recumbent Bicycle! --only book on 'bent world $20.00 (inc. S/H) Purchase |
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Atomic Zombie's "Bike Builder Bonanza" How-To Book $20.00 (inc. S/H) Purchase |
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Velo Vision: includes JP's Dock Porter story! : ) $10.00 (inc. S/H) Purchase |
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The OYB Bag --The World's Only 5-Way Bag! $37.00 (inc. S/H) Purchase |
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From OYB HQ...
AllBike News
Welcome to the HQ for Hard-to-Find Indy News, Stories & Good Things to Buy!
February 08, 2008 - Hi! I'm Jeff Potter and I run this popsicle stand. AllBike is the indybike offspring of the OYB Media Empire (Out Your Backdoor). Here you'll find stories and links to all kinds of biking. All bikes under one big tent! What you won't find is self-ostracization. The AllBike angle is that bikes and bike cultures are connected to each other and to oth... > Read Article
Free Sample OYB! ...& Secret Gift!
September 07, 2007 - OK, just to show you that the web isn't everything and that PAPER rocks, too, I'm offering a FREE SAMPLE issue of OYB to anyone who ... is willing to pay the postage.
Just click the PayPal order button and it'll only bill you $2 which covers most of the postage.
The freebie is big, tasty issue #8. It's not the newer thick issue #10 but I wa... > More Info > Purchase
Austrian Rucksack: light'n'snappy!
September 06, 2007 - [OUT OF STOCK. Will try to get more by 5/25.] Here's a sweet rucksack for those who like a classy vintage look.
It's a rare Austrian military surplus backpack / rucksack.
It's quite a bit lighter in weight than the Swiss daypack for the same size.
I also like it that it has 2 rear pockets. (I just used this pack for a week at deer c... > More Info > Purchase
OYB #10 -- for indy bike culture...and much more!
November 14, 2005 - The long-awaited, biggest-ever issue of OYB is IN THE HOUSE!
It has to be about the only magazine of authentic, informal, do-it-yourself, indy adventure and outdoor culture. It also gives descriptions for all the books, mags, videos, music, and drygoods projects I'm doing. It's a combo thing, which is why I call it a "catazeen."
I've written... > More Info > Purchase
Swiss Army Daypack
September 30, 2005 - ($40) Here's a neat and very rare daypack to add to the line-up. It's mil-sup and built to highest quality. Classic Swiss "salt'n'pepper" canvas with leather straps. Size: 18x14x5. Weight: 3 lbs. Large outside pocket.
NOTE: I won't put OYB patches on these anymore (unless requested). It's a bit silly as I don't modify them. I supp... > More Info > Purchase
Swiss Army Rucksack: classy, rugged, rumpled
September 16, 2005 - [$50.] Tired of hightech fabric and sporty bright colors in your outdoor stuff and everyday gear? Me, too. (Well, there's a time and place, of course.)
Here's a high quality, leather and canvas rucksack that'll break in (even more) just fine to your new rumpled wool lifestyle. (It's also very rare and hard-to-find.)
It's 18" tall, 14" ... > More Info > Purchase
OYB Anthology! ---Indy action galore
July 16, 2005 - [$20] I've been pushing the OYB Anthology on the back-issues page but really it deserves its own attention. Darn, this thing is full of amazing stories and artwork. It's the first 8 issues of OYB bound together as a nice perfectbound paperback 8.5x11" book. 200+ pages. I'll see if I can find an index to the stories in it. Uh, there are a lot. And s... > More Info > Purchase
Yet Another Huge Race: the Tour Divide
July 03, 2008 - Ever since the start of the Great Divide Race there's been a fascination with the WHOLE of the Divide. The GDR goes 2500 miles from the north US border to the south US border. But the Divide respects no borders. So I believe that from the beginning some GDR racers have started way up in Banff, Canada, so they could say they rode the whole divide.
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Ultralight Bike Bag Maker Supplies GDR
June 20, 2008 - Jeff at Carousel Design Works is on to something big!
He's totally swamped right now, though. He's making custom bike touring bags for the racers of the upcoming GDR (Great Divide Race). He said about half of them are on his stuff.
He also has his first major media unveiling coming up. (Oops! Scooped! You read about him here first!)
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Big Sale on Vintage Bike Books!
June 20, 2008 - I just marked most titles about 25% down.
These aren't collectible books per se. They're just the best bike books ever. Today as much as ever.
...And, yes, they're also hard to find and prized by those who have them. So they're collectible, too.
But the reason I stock them is because of their relevance to cycling. Today.
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George the Cyclist: global tourist, letter writer, film lover...
June 15, 2008 - George Christensen has been cyclotouring for decades, spending a good part of each summer wandering around the world on a bike and writing to his email list a couple times a week.
I've mentioned him here before. His email list is a fun thing to get. Now he has a blog. (That I've helped him set up.)
Every year he makes sure to follow the Tour ... > Read
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Strike while the urban bike is hot...
June 03, 2008 - Bikes are really cool right now. Downtown. All good, as far as I can tell.
In the past couple years there's been a big push to show that bike blends with all tech. Urban bike culture is on the forefront of this push.
Tooting my own horn, OYB has been pushing the intersection of bike, style and everything else since, what, 1991. But mostly b... > Read
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Tall Bike & Chopper Action
June 03, 2008 - Tall bikes and choppers are key parts of the urban bike scene. They say "think outside the box" and "make your own fun." They're all homemade at this point. Well, there are production semi-choppers out there and I think there are a couple bike builders now making tall frames but this has to be rare in an already rare scene. The funny thing is that ... > Read
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Nifty Bike Girl Pop Music Video
June 03, 2008 - Is this a superpop band or indy or what? I have no idea, but the biking animals are pretty neat, stylewise...
It reminds me of an old "Dirt Rag" magazine cover...anyone remember that?
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a Quote...
"You write the laws and I'll write the music, and we'll see who runs this country!"
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