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Jun 29, 2023

In January I set up some fitness and bike touring goals. Six months later, have I completed any of them or am I really behind?

Midyear Bike Touring Goals Check-In

Health/Fitness
 
  • Drop the weight
HELL YES... not quite at full goal, but mostly there.
 
  • Weigh in at least every other day all year (unless...


Jun 22, 2023

Every once in a while it's nice to look back on where it all came from - on this edition, we explore the evolution of bike touring gear from the beginning of the modern era in the 1970s through today's high tech enhancements to bikepacking and more. Plus, a nod to what the future might hold with new materials and tech...


Jun 15, 2023

Another C&O bicycle adventure is in the books... but as always, I learn something with every tour. On this edition, the takeaways from the 2023 return to the C&O, plus a peek at what's ahead this summer on The Pedalshift Project!

1 - The C&O Naysayers have less to naysay as the surface improvement expands
 
2 - Get...


Jun 8, 2023

After a restful night at Huckleberry Hill, it was time to ride back to DC. But a beautiful Sunday on the C&O usually means a crowded trail... would that slow down my ability to get home?
 
See you next episode for takeaways!
 
Statistics
 
Miles biked 64
Gnats consumed 8000
Pennyfarthing encounters 2
Low water...


Jun 1, 2023

In part one of a two episode Best of Pedalshift extravaganza, Brock and Adele Dittus, formerly of The Sprocket Podcast join The Pedalshift Project!  we discuss our epic mistakes — our bicycle touring eff ups, if you will. (Except we use the actual eff-word, so listener beware!) Revisit and dip into the nostalgia with...