02 Dec Lumos Helmet Review (Video)
In this video, I walk you through setting the helmet up with the remote and showing you how the iPhone app works with it. I also show you what it looks like riding at night with it and several other features....
Author: Johnny Lam
30 Nov Do You EFI?
When I was co-leading the Trans Am trip this summer, there was a Swedish couple who was determined to ride the entire length of the Trans American bicycle route. They are what we call EFI-ers or folks who ride Every F*#&ing Inch or to put...
25 Nov Aftershokz Trekz Titanium Unboxing (Video)
Here is another unboxing video of the Aftershokz Trekz Titanium wireless headphones. So what's so special about these headphones? Instead of delivering sounds directly in your ear, it sits right outside of your ear allowing you to listen to your music and be aware of...
23 Nov Two Wheels and One Dream
About a month ago, I was approached by a young college student who wanted to write about me and my dream for a class assignment. She is the daughter of a close friend to my sister so I happily obliged. As a result, she wrote one of...
18 Nov Lumos Helmet Unboxing (Video)
My first unboxing just happened and this is a good one. I am checking out the highly anticipated Lumos Helmet. This helmet features LED turn signals as well as the standard front and rear lights. Rear light even works as a brake light when you're stopped. The box comes...
16 Nov 2013 Salsa Vaya 3 – 10,000 Mile Review
This post is long overdue as it should have been published in July or August. Because I haven’t really been too vigilant in tracking my mileage on my 2013 Salsa Vaya 3 this year, the 10,000 miles milestone wasn’t apparent until I started looking at...
10 Nov What I Wear (Video)
So what do you wear on your bike tours? Here is what I wear when I am on and off the bike. Yup, that's it for a 1-week or a 9-month bike tour. We even tickled our creativity a bit by making our first stop-motion video on...
04 Nov How I Make Money Bike Touring
On April 17, 2014, I announced that I was leaving my full-time career to pursue other bike touring related endeavors. Fast-forward to present day, 2 ½ years later, you’re probably wondering how I make money bike touring. Even if you don’t care, I want to...
30 Oct Ride Report: Ventura / Santa Paula / Ojai
If you were to tell me when I started this MeetUp group almost 2 years ago that I was going to have 17 people on one of my bike tours, I would have had a hard time believing you. Heck, I’m still having a hard time...