During the summer of 2016, I was working the Trans Am bike tour for Adventure Cycling Association when I found myself in the town of Missoula, Montana with my tour partner. Throughout the tour, my buddy was talking about camping in a hammock and how...
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...
As soon as I came home from my Europe Trip last summer, I jumped online to look for a lighter and more compact tent. Don’t get me wrong, the tent I brought with me, the REI Quarter Dome 2, did its job. It provided me with...
Welcome back for part 2 of my “What’s In My Bag” video series. If you haven’t seen part 1 where I show you what I pack on a typical long distance bike tour, click here. This week’s video will show you how I pack for...
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...
Hydration is one of the most important things on a bicycle tour. When you’re bike touring in remote locations where water facilities are not very common, having a way to carry your water is very important. That is why I found the MSR dromedary bags...
Just writing that title is making me feel uneasy. I can't believe in about 2 weeks I will be in Europe and ready for my trip. Thankfully I have been doing things the past few weeks to prepare for it. So now it's time to...
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...
[caption id="attachment_1359" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Look up at giant redwoods[/caption] This is our 4th and last rest day before we make it into San Francisco. We couldn't have asked for anything better than what we've been given here at our campsite, being surrounded by groves of redwood...
