[caption id="attachment_225" align="aligncenter" width="580"] LA to Coralville, Iowa Map[/caption] On November 6 - 9, I will be traveling to Coralville, Iowa to attend the National Bicycle Tourism Conference. This will be my first bicycle related conference so I am very excited! The conference is split...
[caption id="attachment_216" align="aligncenter" width="373"] iPhone[/caption] I love my Apple iPhone 5 like the next guy. Some tour riders view an iPhone, or any other smart phone, as a must-have tool, while many riders feel that riding with a smart phone ruins the experience of being one...
[caption id="attachment_206" align="alignnone" width="717"] Sang's unpacked stuff.[/caption] One of my favorite things to do before I go on a bicycle tour is planning out what I need to bring and how I should pack most of my stuff on these adventures. I was told or read...
Volunteering for C.I.C.L.E. (Cyclists Inciting Change thru LIVE Exchange) has been a real passion of mine for the past few months. It started with the Tour da Arts Ride at Santa Monica Museum of Arts on August 18, 2013 where I decided to become a ride...
[caption id="attachment_155" align="alignnone" width="798"] Sunrise at Carpinteria State Beach 9/27/2013[/caption] This last day of our bicycle tour was the longest day, distance-wise. We opted to take the inland route instead of the more popular coast route. It would prove to be a fruitful decision as we...
[caption id="attachment_140" align="alignnone" width="614"] Johnny's Salsa Vaya's cockpit.[/caption] Our 2nd night of this bicycle tour was spent fending off raccoons from our food pannier. This day also brought on a new level of pain as we climbed up Refugio Road which was a local dirt road...
[caption id="attachment_129" align="alignnone" width="819"] Sunrise on Emma Wood State Beach.[/caption] With Day 1 in the books, we moved on to the second (and toughest) day of our 4-day tour. Even though this day had the shortest mileage, we also had a 26% grade climb at one...
[caption id="attachment_116" align="alignnone" width="678"] Our route overview[/caption] As promised in the previous post, we are publishing a new ride report of our most recent bicycle tour last month. Without further adieu, here is Day 1 of our 4 day, 3 nights adventure from Los Angeles through Santa...
[caption id="attachment_102" align="alignnone" width="537"] Getting ready for my first bicycle tour.[/caption] The beginnings of my riding adventures started with a tour I did in 2009 up to Cachuma Lake near Santa Barbara, CA. Thinking back, that was an incredibly daring adventure especially considering that I only...
