Tag: bike touring

July 20, 2017

The Pedalshift Project 087: Emergency items for your next bike tour

I hope you never need (most) of them, but it’s always a good idea to consider these emergency items for your next bike tour… plus some good news from a US airline that might impact your bike touring and previewing my #heatindex overnight coming up!

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The Journal

#heatindex ride!

Hoping to get an overnight on the C&O… aaaaand it might be 100 degrees. So there’s that.

Gear Talk: Emergency items for your next bike tour

credit card battery (like this one)
extra bottle of water
mylar blanket
first aid kit
cell phone (or something that uses satellites like a SPOT or a Garmin inReach)
ICE card (card – bracelet examples)
weather radio (some even come with hand cranks and USB chargers)

Connections

Another 5 star… who absolutely gets it.

Alaska Airlines now flies bikes for $25 each way! Hat tip to Pedalshift Society member Mr. T for sending that along.

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July 13, 2017

The Pedalshift Project 086: The best bike touring saddles for you

The best bike touring saddles for you might not be what you expect. On this week’s pod, we tackle the tricky subject of what to choose for your seat.

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Gear Talk: The best bike touring saddles for you

Do I need an expensive saddle? No.
Should I get that Brooks saddle everyone talks about? Maybe.
Ho you sit matters… upright? down? in between? You’ll sit on different parts of the saddle, so the saddle shape matters.
Gel saddles will probably give you saddle sores because your sit bones will slough all over. Believe it or not, firmer is better
Speaking of chafing… my solution for saddle sores has nothing to do with the saddle.
Saddle libraries like Gladys Bikes in PDX are great resources, but your LBS is always a good bet.
Saddles are *very* personal choices.
I like my Brooks, but I don’t find it to be a game changer. Stock saddles may be ok for you… if they’re adjusted right so your sit bones are on them right based on riding position.
Resource: Cycling About on saddles

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June 29, 2017

The Pedalshift Project 085: Three great hiking traditions bicycle touring should adopt

On this week’s pod, three great hiking traditions bicycle touring should adopt. AT and PCT through hikers have more than a few great ideas to learn from!

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Three great hiking traditions bicycle touring should adopt

Inspired by following the adventures of 2017 AT hiker Brad of Bike Hike Safari and 2017 PCT hiker Dixie over at Homemade Wanderlust.

Bounce Boxes

Tips from a through hiker

Post offices in the US will hold packages for up to a couple of weeks using general delivery.

YOUR NAME
c/o General Delivery
CITY, STATE ZIP
Attn: Please Hold for Bicyclist
Estimated Arrival: DATE

Ship things you know you’ll need in town on a zero mile day (“normal clothes” for wearing around town and doing laundry) or bulk things you use but don’t want to carry a lot of (Dr. Bronners camp soap, toothpaste and other toiletries, etc.) or things that aren’t easy to get in the places you’ll be (very specific foods, etc.).

Best for LONG tours that have less access to larger towns.

Can ship the box ahead to the next spot, or just do it one time!

Trail Magic

I almost called the Pedalshift newsletter “trail magic” but decided against it since it’s such a part of hiking and not bike touring culture… but maybe that should change?

Trail Magic suggestions from the AT folks

Setting up food and drinks for people traveling through… sometimes a cooler of drinks, all the way up to a “feed” where everyone passing through can get a good meal from a bunch of grills.

Half-Gallon Challenge

Eating a half-gallon (!!) of ice cream (or rice dream perhaps if you’re not into dairy) at the halfway point of your tour. Maaaaaybe want to reserve this for longer tours rather than an overnight

A post shared by Heather Machelle “Lavender” (@tiltgravity) on Aug 14, 2016 at 2:46pm PDT

To celebrate hiking past the halfway point on the Appalachian Trail I followed tradition and accepted the challenge to consume half a gallon of ice cream, that around 2 litres. Afterwards my stomach expanded and my backpack didn’t fit, go figure. Would accept the challenge? #halfgallonchallenge #feelingfat #chocolateicecream #AT2017 #atclassof2017 #AppalachianTrail #thruhike #thruhiker #youknowyoureathruhikerwhen

A post shared by Brad (Shepherd) McCartney (@bikehikesafari) on Jun 17, 2017 at 5:41am PDT

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June 22, 2017

The Pedalshift Project 084: Bicycling Western Pennsylvania

I had an amazing adventure bicycling western Pennsylvania last week…. and on this edition of the pod, I tell stories all about biking the Great Allegheny Passage, the Montour Trail and the Panhandle Trail. Spoiler alert: it was hot.

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The Journal: Bicycling Western Pennsylvania

Route

A 5-day adventure that includes the full Montour trail, a hefty helping of the Panhandle Trail and a through-ride of the Great Allegheny Passage. Nearly 300 miles. It was hot.

Highlights

Segment riding the Montour to completion
Big help from Dave at The Tandem Connection in Hendersonville… huge help with a weird rear flat
Through riding the GAP fro 150-0
Wildlife, except the rattlesnake
Exploring Pittsburgh off the beaten path
Hammock lounging every night
Camping every night (but getting showers the last 2!)

Lessons Learned

Sugar isn’t always you friend, until it is.
Hydrate and block the sun
Lighter is better
Frame bags are dope

Pedalshift Tour Journals Volume 8: Western Penn… coming soon!

Full gallery of pictures from biking Western Pennsylvania.

Gear Talk

A Partial Fairing?

Connections

Another 5 star review from @pedalingpair and feedback on the Ohio route from Pedalshift 082.

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Music

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June 15, 2017

The Pedalshift Project 083: Tips for Dealing with a Wet Tent

On this week’s pod, tips for dealing with a wet tent on bicycle tour… from how to pack a wet tent to drying the tent out, and more.

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Gear Talk: Wet Tent Edition

If you camp, you probably camp in the rain at some point. But how do you deal with a wet tent on tour? I have tips, many tips… English tips. (late 80s movie reference)

– Make sure the tent is properly waterproofed to begin with. Seam seal that tent and tarp if it’s older than a few seasons. Some do it every year.

– Choose where you pitch if you can. Under trees seems like a good idea at first, but a rain shower that ends overnight continues to drip on you under trees. Ditto if the spot you’re in will have a foggy morning!

– Scenario 1 – it’s not raining in the morning and you’re in no rush. Shake off as much wetness as you can. If you have a camp towel (you should! they’re great!) wipe down the surfaces. Take the tarp off and angle the tent under as much sun and wind as you can get. Put it on its side if necessary. Dry it totally and throughly. If you can’t, roll it up with the wet side out and bungee to the rack so it can dry as you pedal. Pack it up when you get a break and the tent is dry.

– Scenario 2 – It’s raining still. Hard to shake off that much wet, but do what you can. Segregate the wet tent from other things as much as possible. It’s best not to pack a wet tent in a waterproof bag, even in the rain. Exception: If the inside of the tent is still dry and there’s steady rain that would make it wetter if carried outside. Roll the tent up so the dry side touches the dry and the wet touches wet. Keep the dry on the outside if going in a bag, on the inside if there’s dry weather coming that day and you have a shot of airing it out as you ride.

Hammock person? You probably have it easier… pack up under the fly and keep it dry. Worry about the tarp after you shake it out.

More tips from ultralight hikers.

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June 8, 2017

The Pedalshift Project 082: Biking Lake Erie to the Potomac

The June tour I was supposed to do and the June tour I’m going to do… two very different things! On this week’s pod, we explore a draft spur to the Eastern Express for biking Lake Erie to the Potomac River: Cleveland to DC! Plus, the trip I’m actually tackling next week!

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The Journal: Biking Lake Erie to the Potomac

An update to Episode 079 on the Eastern Express!

– The route has changed to take advantage of some better routing (check it out)
– I discovered an alternate spur I was *going* to try out this week that started literally on the shores of Lake Erie and ending in DC… but some work stuff popped up and I needed to postpone. But let’s talk about it!

PLEASE NOTE: this is a route I have not personally ridden. For the road portions, please be aware the route could, in fact, suck.

For Cumberland to Hancock, check out the Pedalshift Guide to the C&O!

Thoughts: the tricky and question mark sections I was willing to be a guinea pig for are the road sections between the Ohio and Erie Towpath and Tappan Lake, and then from Tappan Lake to Steubenville. Apparently Steubenville is a bit of a hot mess, so much so that the Eastern Express now avoids it. That said, it connects so well with the Panhandle Trail, avoiding a lot of miles, I was going to give it a shot.

Ohioans? Any thoughts?

Next week’s alternative tour

I have fewer days than I’d like, but I want to get a gander at the Steubenville situation… so I’m taking a train to Connellsville, biking to Steubenville, then turning back and taking the GAP back to Cumberland and possibly the C&O from there. Depending on how long all of this takes I’ll be getting another fast forward home.

Intentions
– Creating the beginnings for a Pedalshift Guide to the GAP!
– A daily checkin for newsletter subscribers (look for an email Sunday for details)
– Recording more than the checkin with the possibility of a new Tour Journal
– Pics and more on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Next week…

How to deal with a wet tent on tour… hopefully the advice isn’t prophetic for my ride

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You’ve been hearing about Jason Kent and his music for 79 fine episodes. I got news for ya. New. Sunfields. Album. This August.

May 18, 2017

The Pedalshift Project 080: Paring down your gear and keeping things charged on bike tour

Let’s talk gear. If you’re like me, you probably carry too much, “just in case.” On this episode, I talk about my recent attempts to whittle the weight down. Plus, strategies for keeping things charged on bike tour!

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Pedalshift Guide to Bicycling the C&O

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Gear Talk: paring down and keeping things charged

Paring down your bike tour gear

Experiment: What’s the bare minimum for me balancing comfort and gear I own? Can I get into fewer bags?

Answer: yes!

tent

sleeping bag

pad

pump

spare tube

multitool

spork

spare shirt

spare underwear

spare socks

toiletry bag (incl. ibuprofin, caffeine and electrolyte pills)

hat

helmet

batteries and cable

iPhone

water bottles or bladder

wallet

Fits in 1 pannier, 1 compression bag (Brompton – NO BACKPACK NECESSARY!)

Fits in 1 compression bag and one rack bag (Safari) – adding a frame bag to try it out

No stove, no kit – all food is grab and go (a stove and kit *does* fit though)

Includes the rack bag so it can be easily broken down and carried/checked

Helmet. Would likely just clip on outside of the rack bag.

Keeping things charged on bike tour

Keeping things charged – beyond batteries and dynohubs, where to plug in?

Coffee shops
Restaurants
Gas stations
Grocery store eating areas
Outside – look for plugged in things and check behind. Often there’s a free outlet (soda and vending machines, lights, signs, etc.)

Connections

Hey Tim,

Just wanted to share that the weather and my schedule finally aligned so that I was able to get my first bike overnight under my belt. Not anything super exciting, but did a good 46 mile ride from my house to John Bryan State Park near Yellow Springs Ohio, and then back the next morning. I didn’t really explore the park at all, I was pretty beat by the time I got there, so just cooked some dinner and got a fire going and relaxed at the campground.

Lessons learned:

1. My legs aren’t as strong as I thought they were! I’m used to fairly flat roads here in central Ohio, but the last 10 miles to the park had some rolling hills coupled with a pretty good headwind, and I ended up having to hop off and push my bike up the last steep climb into the park.

2. Make sure your bike fit is really dialed in before a loaded bike trip. This was my first real long ride on this bike with it loaded with all my gear, and I started getting some pretty bad knee pain on my way home the second day. After checking some adjustments I ended up tweaking the saddle position a bit, so hopefully that will solve it.

I have some more pictures up on my instagram @goingforabikeride , but here are a couple.

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May 11, 2017

The Pedalshift Project 079: The new Eastern Express Route alternative to the Trans Am

Planning for a June tour… someplace… I stumbled upon a brand new tour option: the Eastern Express Route is an alternative eastern spur for the Trans Am route, starting in DC. It includes the C&O, the GAP and Katy trails and we chat with the person who did the heavy lifting (and cue sheet creation!) for this amazing new option.

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Followup

Hey, the C&O Guide has *lots* more in it now!

Segmented into about 10 mile chunks
Adding descriptions over the rest of the spring
Embedded maps
Embedded campsite video reviews
More to come!

The Journal

West coast touring options for June?
Vancouver Island
Multimodal Oregon/Washington tour
Brompton or no?
Eastern Express as another option? C&O->GAP-> and beyond. Hooks up with the Katy eventually. Hmmm…

Reached out to the originator to get him on the show!

The Interview: The Eastern Express Route with Frank Mortiz

Frank Moritz, is a veteran Adventure Cycling tour leader, instructor and board member, and completed the initial research to create an “eastern express route” addition to the legendary TransAmerica bike route. This new route provides a welcome option for TransAm cyclists to bypass the severe mountain climbs and nasty dogs that confront cyclists in southwestern Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and southern Missouri on the eastern half of the existing route. It also replaces three major high-altitude climbs in Colorado with one gradual and scenic climb to the Continental Divide. Amazingly, almost 600 of the 2,100+ miles of this route are on dedicated bike/pedestrian paths, towpaths, or rail-trails.

Questions

Your background in bike touring, including your work with ACA
Your thoughts on the Trans Am route as it currently is routed in the east
It’s one thing to develop an alternate route, but quite another to do ALL of the great work with cue sheets etc. for the Eastern Express… what motivated this?
What is the plan for the route – it feels like this is a “public beta” and you’ll be doing some refinements after comments this year.
What can Pedalshift listeners do to help with this process?
Any other recommendations that might be different from “the usual” routes out there in the US?

You can learn more about Frank and the Eastern Express Route at easternexpressroute.com.

Connections

Where are you listening?

I hope you are well! I listened to a podcast where you where curious about from which countries your listeners are from. Well, I’m from Sweden (Stockholm) and I really enjoy listening to you. Keep up the good work! – Paula in Stockholm

Data!

Perhaps not too surprising… most of you are in the United States. All 50 states listen (even Wyoming – someone has to be last, but you’re beautiful and windy Cowboy State listeners!) and the top states are:

Oregon (wonder why?)
California
New York (Empire State!)
Illinois (biggest surprise?)
Texas (everything’s bigger)

International

UK (about 25% the US DLs)
Canada (about 7% – c’mon Canada!)
Australia (4%)
Sweden (1.4%)
Ireland (my people! 1.3%)
New Zealand
Germany
China
Netherlands
Japan

Also hear from members of the US military who listened while stationed in Afghanistan and elsewhere… hey, if this dopey little show about riding bikes helped pass the time while you were serving, trust me when I say it is literally the least I can do.

Thank you all for listening! If you’re listening from exotic spot (well and exotic spot for me) drop a line or leave a note in the comments! Bonus points for calling the Pedalshift voicemail!!

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Music

You’ve been hearing about Jason Kent and his music for 79 fine episodes. I got news for ya. New. Sunfields. Album. This August.

April 27, 2017

The Pedalshift Project 078: More Bicycle Touring Music with Anna, Brock and Aaron from The Sprocket Podcast

Part two of a crossover episode celebrating the 350th Sprocket Podcast, we revisit the popular bicycle touring music playlist in all new categories. Maybe a few songs for your next tour!

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Bicycle Touring Music II: Electric Boogaloo

The playlist courtesy of all the totally legal uploads on YouTube:

First song to play in camp after a long day in the saddle

Tim – FC Kahuna, Hayling (low energy) Stars, The Night Starts Here (high energy )
Brock – Mute Math – Blood Pressure or Black Keys – Lonely Boy
Anna – Solange – Junie
Aaron – Sonic Youth – Teenage Riot and Blitkrieg Bop by The Ramones

Most embarrassing song I like to play on tour… so embarrassing I may not put it on speakers, just earbuds

Tim – Sugar Ray, Falls Apart. (I’ll be leaving now.)
Brock – Shakira – Empire
Aaron – Montell Jordan this is how we do it
Anna – Justin Bieber – Sorry

Wildcard: pick a category, name the song for said category

Song I most like to sing at the top of my lungs when no one is around – Tony Lucca, Devil Town (FNL soundtrack). Runner up: Johnny Cash, Ring of Fire.
First song for the night in the sleeping bag – Feist – Cicadas and Gulls
Worst song to be kept up at night by car campers across the way – Skynnard (anything); Three Dog Night (anything)
Prep for something you hate – Eastern Youth, The World Shatters and Resonates in my Ears
Zimpala – New Home
Chumbawumba – anything
Niki Minaj – Itty Bitty Piggy
Kelis- Bossy
Dirks Bentley – drunk on a plane
Tv on the Radio – Wolf Like Me

Bonus! Tim’s Sonic Youth story…

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Music

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April 20, 2017

The Pedalshift Project 077: Bike touring differently

Jeremy Mendelson joins the show to talk about his take on bike touring differently: from a bike touring focused lifestyle to vegan touring to riding little clown bikes and much more.

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The Interview: bike touring differently with Jeremy Mendelson

Jeremy Mendelson is a transit planner, geographer, traveler, bus driver, advocate and co-founder of TransitMatters in Boston. He’s currently working in Colorado for the winter season and as we’ll talk about in the interview, that’s more of a means to an end in his bike travel oriented life setup. Living a more nomadic life that serves his bike touring is just the tip of the iceberg for how Jeremy tours differently. He’s a longtime vegan, which we chat about, and a fan of touring on the little clown bike itself, the Brompton. Such a great discussion…

Questions

So much to chat about, but I think we should start by talking about your lifestyle… you describe yourself as living a semi-nomadic lifestyle. What was your journey to end up there?
How did you get into bike touring differently?
How does your perspective being a geographer inform your bike touring? Do you think you tour differently because of that?
Let’s dive into the vegan thing. I find everyone who is fully plant-based eaters or trending in that direction have a good story to tell about how they got there. What’s yours?
My experience is it’s not hard to eat totally plant-based almost anyplace, but in parts of the country (and the world) the tradeoff tends to mean having to eat a lot of processed stuff or sugary foods I would rather avoid. What’s your experience like and what do you do in “food deserts” on tour?
Having just finished a weekend tour, I found my ability to stick with my eating plan was always battered by (a) my sudden intense caloric needs, (b) my weird cravings and (c) availability. What’s your general plan when you tour to eat plant-based?
One of the big benefits I see with plant based eating on tour is cost savings… can you chat a bit about that?
Let’s shift gears and chat about your adventures touring on a Brompton. What’s your favorite part about touring on “the little clown bike”?
What gear do you tend to leave at home or pare down on when on the Brompton and how do you split it all up on the bike?
You’re a bus driver and transit enthusiast so you’re a natural to chat about fast forwards. How do you use them and what’s your favorite one you’ve ever done?
What’s next for you?
Read and listen more at criticaltransit.com.

Resources

Some further reading on moving more towards plant-based eating, because it’s a really personal choice and the information load can be a bit overwhelming:
- Is a vegetarian diet really more environmentally friendly than eating meat? (CNN) – some shades of gray on the issue.
- Diet for a Small Planet
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma

If you want to hear more about touring on a Brompton, check out Pedalshift Tour Journals Vol. 5: California Coast. Can a loaded Brompton handle the hills of Big Sur? An hour and 46 minutes of touring stories for 10 bucks… and it helps support the show! Here’s a preview:

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Connections

Another 5-star review over on iTunes!

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Seth Krieger
Marco Lo
Terrance Manson
Noah Schroer
Harry Telgadas
John Sikorski
Richard Killian
Chris Barron
Scott Taylor
Brian Hren
Mark Van Raam
Brad Hipwell
Paul Mulvey
Stuart Buchan
Todd Stutz
Mr. T
Roxy Arning
Nathan Poulton
And all anonymous and past contributors for helping make this show happen!

Music

You’ve been hearing about Jason Kent and his music for 77 fine episodes. I got news for ya. New. Sunfields. Album. This August.