Best of Pedalshift 093: Fast Forward Your Bike Tour (With Brock Dittus)

Friend of the show Brock Dittus chats about a past adventure, giving us all tips on how to fast forward your bike tour with mass transit!

Originally podcast September 21, 2017. Read more

June 24, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 247: Brompton Touring Hacks Revisited

The Brompton is an amazing bike and people are constantly coming up with new hacks that will benefit touring. On this episode, I cover five new things I’ve been seeing. PLUS… Mysterious James and me reunite!

June 17, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 246: Exploring the Avenue of the Giants by Brompton

Hey, I’m on the road! And I got the great privilege to explore the Avenue of the Giants in Northern California’s redwood country by Brompton. Listen as I take you along for the ride!

June 10, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 245: Caleb and Marilyn Living by Bike

A chat with Caleb Werntz, a filmmaker who has overcome homelessness by learning to live on a bicycle for eight years of epic tours alongside a calico cat named Marilyn. We talk challenges, COVID and Marilyn’s origin story.

June 3, 2021

Best of Pedalshift 140: Doing Laundry on Bike Tour

You can’t escape the grime when you’re on a long trip, so on this episode of the Best of Pedalshift we cover many of the different ways to do laundry on bike tour.

Originally podcast October 25, 2018. Read more

May 27, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 244: Preventing Theft on Your Bike Tour

Avoid catastrophe and think about preventing theft before your next bike tour. On this episode some thoughts and tips on keeping your bike and gear safe.
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May 20, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 243: Exploring Assateague by Bike

Exploring Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague, VA by Brompton. I spent a few summers as a kid in this area, and even though it’s grown up from a sleepy hidden gem into a more robust tourist destination, that comes with better bike infrastructure too. Can we bike all the way to the beach? Read more

May 13, 2021

Best of Pedalshift 139: Dealing with Loose Dogs on Tour

What’s the most controversial subject in bike touring? No not bike helmets… no, not earbuds… it’s how to deal with loose dogs on bike tour! On this episode, I give my two cents on how to deal with an angry canine that interrupts your pedaling.

Originally podcast October 18, 2018. Read more

May 6, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 242: Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience

We are live baby live for the first live show of 2021… an update on the LACROSSE! plus summer touring and ask me anything! Read more

April 29, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 241: The Microcamper Project – Part 2

Can a person (me) who is barely competent with tools build out a very strangely shaped 4-door sedan (“it’s not a sedan… it’s a LACROSSE!!”) into a comfortable sleeping pod slash microcamper? Join me on a journey into good intentions, lack of patience, mostly level and somewhat square woodworking , and the birth of a micorcamper built for bike touring. Probably. Maybe.
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