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DALMAC! --Best cheap vacation!
August 22, 2011 - So it's a bad economy and nobody has money, they say. (Except the 1%-ers.) Here's a getaway that's light on the wallet. 5 days with food/tent-space for $240. (4-day and other routes, too.) Aug 31 - Sept 4. You can still sign up, it looks like! If you've been riding and are in shape, hey, check it out!  > Read Article | Go to Website
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From OYB HQ... AllBike News
OYB has an eBay Store!
March 07, 2011 - I've launched an eBay store for OYB. I've had the Outyourbackdoor username there for a few years, which I've used to sell luggage, books, magazines and other goodies. Heck, Martha and I have been eBaying since it started and we together have 1000+ sales with a 100% rating since, like, 1994. But I've ramped things up there, with over 100 items...  > Read Article

Donate! Help the OYB cause...
March 06, 2011 - I've had several people recently ask how they can support the OYB cause. I've been relying on my offerings of great books'n'goodies that you can't hardly get anywhere else as being the best way. "Money for stuff" is the only way I can understand making a living. But I can accept that OYB *stuff* isn't right for everyone. Also, I don't want to ...  > Read Article

Let's See Your Comments!
December 01, 2010 - Each of our OYB articles is now followed by a brand new, easy to use "Reader Comments" section, hosted by the 3rd party provider, Disqus. If you have a reaction to the story or had a similar experience or a tip to pass on, please do! (No more tricky registering via my Forum.) The OYB Forum is probably disabled right now, but really you should fe...  > Read Article

OYB Wall Calendars?
November 30, 2010 - What if each year I started offering Wall Calendars in the various main OYB themes? That is, diverse, candid, indie presentations of... *outdoor activities (w/ XC ski come winter!) *DIY fun in Michigan *bike culture *traditional seasonal outdoor subsistence sport (hunt, fish, trap, bow, gun, dog, snare, atlatl, flint, osage, net) *XC ski ...  > Read Article

OYB 10---Print Window to Modern Folkways
September 02, 2010 - [$6 postpaid.] This biggest-ever issue of OYB is a great way to get a full-figured view of the OYB scene! (I thought I was out of stock, but I just found a couple dozen. What fun! First come, first served...) The OYB "catazeen" has to be the only magazine of authentic, informal, do-it-yourself, indy adventure and outdoor culture. It also gives d...
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Hard-to-Find Indy News, Stories & Good Things to Buy!
April 27, 2010 - AllBike makes hard-to-find indie bike culture media available and keeps good old books alive. 100% of your purchases goes to support bike heritage & lore outreach. 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 b...  > Read Article

Should OYB & Company go Non-Profit?
April 23, 2010 - That's what I'm wondering. This is an educational cause, after all. Sure, I sell some things, but that's to support the Indie Outdoor culture and heritage outreach. I've always thought to just keep the whole thing simple, but maybe going Non-Profit would make the OYB mission clearer to the public. ? I've always thought that folks knew when they bou...  > Read Article

Potto Raid 2012 Report & Pics
January 24, 2012 - The 7th Annual Potto Raid resulted in a broken ski and some bumps'n'bruises, but it's still the funnest, most challenging and most scenic XC ski race that nobody knows about. It also has the best prizes to fees ratio. Well, it's unbeatable there since the fee is zero, but the prizes are just plain dandy: Quality microbrew sixers! ...And various...  > Read Article

Get Cold to Stay Warm
January 20, 2012 - How to stay warm this time of year? It can be tough. But there seems to be a knack to it. The main feature of the knack, as far as I've learned it, is that the first 15 minutes can be real cold and painful ... and that's OK. The key being: don't give up! Don't think "I'm not cut out for this," or that you're dressed wrong. If you're dressed rig...  > Read Article

Thrifty Rackless Bike Luggage from Military Surplus!
January 09, 2012 - So didja know that a dozen different new and old-style military bags make great bike bags? Here's a big report on what I've discovered along these lines... (If you know a magazine that would like to publish it, lemme know! I've tried a bunch. No bites. Seems like a cool, original topic to me, though. You know, none else like it.) First, as y...  > Read Article

Jumbo Modular Fanny Pack
January 02, 2012 - [$40 mailed in the US. Non-US extra.] This is a big super-versatile fanny pack. You could easily carry 10 pounds of gear in it for an all-day hike, say. Spare clothes, lunch, some gear. Carry a bladderbag above it for yer water. It also attaches to the back of either Modular Field Pack, which is neat. Details: Constructed of rugged tactic...
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Best Way to Regain Lost Legs?
December 26, 2011 - OK, it's been a couple months since I did much riding. And for the past year I've ridden half of what I did the previous year. And the previous year was a fairly low point itself for mileage and effort because just a couple years earlier I had ridden a couple times a week with both kids in a trailer, in addition to weekly club rides. And those trai...  > Read Article

What's in a Name? --"Trail" or "Adventure" Skiing?
December 22, 2011 - I've been thinking that to give XC skiing a shot in the arm, a jumpstart, that it needs to be busted open, wide open. But how? And what do I mean, anyway? Right now, nearly all XC skiing is considered to be done on wide, groomed trails. And ski-skating has the reputation for being the fast'n'fun side of XC. That's cool except for the fact th...  > Read Article

We Like Nite Bike Ride
December 12, 2011 - [UPDATE from 11/24/11. I finally made a picture of a memorable scene I saw when I looked back down the trail during our night ride. Nobody had a camera, so I had to make an oldschool to provide some art.] We've been having a local neighborhood Tuesday Nite mtbike trail ride this fall. But last night I wandered an hour away and hooked up with a ...  > Read Article

Here's a Quote...
"The less you are, the more you have. Everything the economist takes from you in the way of life and humanity, he restores to you in the form of money and wealth. And everything you are unable to do, your money can do for you. But although it can do all this, it only desires to create itself. "
— Karl Marx