News When Does a Cycling Boom Go Wrong? When Everyone Rides on the Sidewalk - Not all cycling boom is good. In the city Santiago de Chile, they are seeing a 20% increase in bicycle usage but this comes with a cost. Because their infrastructure was poorly...
[caption id="attachment_779" align="alignnone" width="640"] Last day of work, 4/17/14.[/caption] I made the announcement at work and on Facebook that I was leaving my full-time job, and in the last few weeks, many people wanted to know what were my future career goals or plans. It also...
News Your First Overseas Bike Tour: A How-To Guide - Something we'll need in the future when we go on our first overseas bike tour. This general overview goes over how to go on your first oversea tours either with a tour company, on your own,...
“The only thing constant in life is change” - Heraclitus When I graduated from high school many moons ago I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I was the first in my family to go to college at the time so...
News 6 Freeway Removals That Changed Their Cities Forever - Fascinating look at 6 freeway removals that changed their cities forever! Gizmodo shows us the before and after effect when a city decides to remove its freeway. The results across the board is a richer community...
[caption id="attachment_718" align="alignnone" width="819"] Salsa Vaya fully loaded at the campsite.[/caption] Last fall, I decided I wanted to learn more about bike touring professionally and begin tracking every one of my milestone rides, so I started this blog. I also decided that I should be trained...
That was the question I had a few months ago when I signed up to be a LCI. This was the League of American Bicyclist's national program to allow me to teach bicycle safety to the public. But before I can become a LCI, I...
News Bike Touring Seminar Videos - Our friend Erin Vasquez, blogs about the Bike Touring 101 videos on his FrontageRoads.com blog. He posted up 6 of the 7 videos available at the time. Be sure to check out video 7 as we go through...
http://youtu.be/Lux5HGC7AeA Last September, Sang Hyun and I went on our last bike tour together. We spent 4 days riding from Burbank to Cachuma Lake and back. Here are the blog entries for more details of our trip if you would like to read more about our...
