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I really really really really really (really) encourage you to go to pedalshift.net rather than this page. Lots more bike touring, bicycle touring, adventure cycling, bikepacking... whatever we're calling it these days... there.

Nov 26, 2020

In the first of a two-parter, join me and my trusty Brompton for 4 days of transit-aided bicycle tour from Washington, DC to Seattle to the Olympic Peninsula and wrapping things up in Astoria, Oregon. Part one features the machinations of getting from DC to a tent in the shadows of the Olympic Mountains (if there were,...


Nov 19, 2020

Extending the Life of Your Touring Bike
 
Housekeeping: Hey, people listen to this thing!? I'm told the last 30 days we ranked in a bunch of cool countries:
 
  • Position 9 in the category Places & Travel (New Zealand)
  • Position 12 in the category Places & Travel (Finland)
  • Position 14 in the category Places & Travel...


Nov 12, 2020

Time is opening up a little bit for me for the next couple of months so I'm spending some time winter bike tour planning, one locally and exploring if there is a safe and responsible way to get a warm-weather location ride in January or February.

The Journal: Winter Bike Tour Planning

All Weather Ride?

I might seek out...


Nov 5, 2020

Fall bike touring is my favorite kind of touring… just hopping on a bike, hearing the crunch of the leaves under the tires and enjoying the cool temperatures inside a warm tent. This episode I chat about my 2016 mini-tours on the C&O plus ideas for winter rides I still may tackle! Originally podcast October 14,...