Kyle Newman spins a wicked yarn about the skeleton riding a penny-farthing tattoo on his left leg.
Newman and his wife Haley Gowland own the CoHo Hostel in Conway and perform as the musical duo Food for Bears. During his bachelor party last year, friends and family rode a section of the bikepacking Vermont Gravel Growler Route and stopped at breweries.
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