Many of you are knee-deep in snow and are thinking of ways to get yourself out there to run your errands. We are in full-swing of this year’s holiday season. Hopefully you’ve looked at my list of 10 gift ideas from last week and found...
[caption id="attachment_71" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Longtail touring bicycle.[/caption] I remember when I took my first bicycle tour on my Xtracycle back in 2009. You would have thought I was traveling for an entire month, but it was just a 4-day trip from Los Angeles to Cachuma Lake & back. I...
In this week's vlog episode, I go on another hike the Saturday after Thanksgiving weekend. We started our trip at the Vons in Claremont and made our way to the trailhead parking lot at around 5,000 ft elevation. We hiked up to the top of...
It's that time of year again! You’re looking for that one spectacular gift for the bicycle tourist in your life and you just can’t figure out what would be appropriate. Good thing I am here to help you out with some ideas! Let’s see if...
I have a confession to make. I have never attended a MeetUp event, but I just started my first MeetUp group. Now that I got that off my chest, let me tell you why you should overlook that one fact and join my MeetUp group, the Los...
In this week's vlog episode, I go on 3 different bike rides in the past 2 weeks and brought my camera with me. First trip is me riding down the Ballona Creek to Marina Del Rey on November 19, 2014. Second ride was an off-road...
[caption id="attachment_1750" align="alignnone" width="1024"] CicloSDias' 6th Street[/caption] When I was working on my travel plans for the National Bicycle Tourism Conference for November 5th to November 8th, I was reminded by someone in my social network that November 9th was the day of San Diego’s very...
One of the most crucial parts of bicycle tour is making sure you get back home safely. Having enough food, water and shelter is important for a bicycle tour, but if you don’t get to your campsite or return home, it’s all a moot point. Let’s...
I spent the weekend of November 8th and 9th in San Diego after the National Bicycle Tourism Conference. I went to my first CicloSDias in the Hillcrest area with my buddy Portlan. We explore the 2.5 miles a few times and saw some interesting things on...
