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Category Archive: Bike Adventures

Photos and updates from my bike touring expeditions.

Winter is for Cycle Touring, or How to Have Fun When it isn’t Raining…

Winter is for Cycle Touring, or How to Have Fun When it isn’t Raining…

Several years ago I convinced good friend and Metrofeits designer/builder Jamie Nichols to help me get ready for my first transcontinental ride with a nine …

 

Pack it up! Touring checklist…

Pack it up! Touring checklist…

Well, I’ve decided to make an actual checklist of stuff to bring along. Enough wondering if I’ve forgotten something… Here’s what I came up with: Tools & …

 

Taking the ride… nothing wrong a little help along the way.

Taking the ride… nothing wrong a little help along the way.

I used to be absolutely against the idea of doing any part of a bike tour by anything but bike. With an exception for planes, of …

 

Camping Here: Unofficial guide to roadside rest.

Camping Here: Unofficial guide to roadside rest.

A great thing about touring unsupported is that you never know where you’re going to sleep that night. Like travelers since prehistory, the night’s lodge …

 

From the journal: Mediterranean Therapy Day… cont’d

From the journal: Mediterranean Therapy Day… cont’d

…As I continued, the coast crept closer on my left, until I could once again see the calm blue sea in the distance. I was …

 

From the journal: Mediterranean Therapy Day part 1

From the journal: Mediterranean Therapy Day part 1

From the journal… Discoveries and misadventures from my pedaled past. If you’ve got some travel stories of your own, send ’em in! I woke feeling somewhat …