One of the things I make sure to have on my bike tours is a reliable camping stove. You just never know where you’ll end up on some of these bike tours when restaurants are not available. That is why carrying a stove is essential...
For the first item of review this new year, I finally had the chance to sit down and review the REI Flex Lite chair. I was gifted this chair last year for my birthday and was excited to try it out. When I finished my...
We humans like to categorize things. We like naming things or declaring that A is better than B. Black versus white. Hot versus cold. Surly versus Salsa. And now: bike touring versus bikepacking. When I first started to travel on my bike, it was called bike touring, but in the...
For the third year in a row, I am happy to present to you my annual mileage review. 2015 saw me traveling across Europe and down the Pacific Coast from Bellingham, Washington to Eugene, Oregon. I probably traveled to the most locations in 2015 compared...
It’s that time of the year when I reflect on my accomplishments in the past 12 months and foresee what I can do to make things even better in the following year. It seems like a cliché, but I feel that 2015 has been one...
For the second year in a row, I participated in this holiday ride around downtown Los Angeles. Beautiful decorations were admired. Hotdogs wrapped in bacon were indulged. Our festive group roamed the streets of Los Angeles with glee and excitement. The Eastside Bicycle Club (ESBC) has been doing this...
I received some emails this week from readers and one of them expressed an interest in finding out more about my cycling experience and how long I’ve been doing this. At first, I thought I may have covered this in a previous post but when...
Like many people, I am an optimist when it comes to planning a bike tour; I don’t believe that anything bad will happen. Because of my naive outlook, my expectations can be unrealistic as I’ve been told. That is why it is important to examine...
Well before REI announced their #OptOutside initiative, I had already planned a 3 day, 2 night bike tour to burn off that Thanksgiving dinner and avoid the Black Friday madness. So the idea to escape into Central California had been on my mind ever since...
