Coming in December… Saturday 12/7 3pm EST! 

 

 

The annual Thanksgiving show drops in a few weeks and there’s still time to get your input into the show. What are YOU thankful about in the realm of bike touring? Call the Pedalshift voicemail and add your voice to things… take a minute and tell everyone what you’re thankful for. Be anonymous if you’d like… also email in your thoughts or hit social media with them.

 

Why document?

• Let’s friends and family track your adventure
• Safety log
• Gives you something to look back on
• Maybe fodder for something else? 

Ways to share

• Blog/Writing
  • Old school. Especially good if you’re a writer more than a talker.
  • Tons of platforms that are free, but consider some of the bike tour specific ones like Cycleblaze, CGOAB, etc.
• Facebook
  • Broad reach, lots of people on it
  • Can limit exposure if you want
  • Check out PPP on FB. He does a nice job.
• Twitter
  • Great for immediate hits and also can include location pings
  • Low impact on your data plan
  • Microjournaling
• Instagram
  • My personal choice for micro journaling these days
  • Creates a visual map to go back to
  • Allows for some written material too
  • Autopost to other platforms
• Audio
  • I get a lot of questions on this, for perhaps obvious reasons
  • Yes you can get a professional recorder
  • iPhones are more than adequate for field recording
  • The white earbuds? Sneaky good mics!
  • Voice memo app is perfectly great and simple to use. There are others.
  • Record in the highest fidelity you can – compressing to mp3 in the field may save space, but you sometimes lose the ability to EQ properly.
  • Record a lot, edit at home
• Video
  • Not my priority, but always glad I have it
  • Takes SO. MUCH. TIME. to go through and edit
  • Vlog style versus doc style
  • Live broadcasts really aren’t worth the data hit and battery hit
  • Record in the highest quality you can – I get a bigger phone storage capacity expressly for this.
  • If you’re a drone pilot, be mindful of flight restrictions. Also… use sparingly?
• Content
  • Focus on people and experience
  • Know that touring alters perception… you may be surprised at what you document
  • Don’t over document. If the trip becomes more about that than the ride, you might regret it (caveat… if your primary reason is to make a doc of a trip rather than go on a tour and document it)
  • Know your audience… what are they interested in?
• Expectations afterwards
  • There are *so many* journals out there!
  • Ultimately this journal is a gift for you down the line to look back to