Tag: gear talk

November 25, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 264: Holiday Bike Draft 2021

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or so the song goes… so let’s gather ’round the Zoom and warm up with our friends from the Land of Sunshine and Bunnies at the Sprocket Podcast, and compete in our semi-regular bike draft! Armando, Joan, Aaron and I pick seven rounds of bike touring gear to see who has the best setup… just in time for the holidays!
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November 18, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 263: Guide to Cycling the C&O Towpath – Part 2

I’ve taken listeners on a bunch of rides on the C&O, but I’ve never really done the full guide to cycling it. In the second of two parts, we go section by section from DC to Cumberland. It’s an audio guide to cycling the C&O Canal towpath whether you’re a first timer of a full on expert.
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November 11, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 262: Guide to Cycling the C&O Towpath – Part 1

I’ve taken listeners on a bunch of rides on the C&O, but I’ve never really done the full guide to cycling it. In the first of two parts, it’s an audio guide to cycling the C&O Canal towpath whether you’re a first timer of a full on expert.

October 28, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 261: A Game of Chance Tour – Part 2

As I said last time… sometimes bad ideas go good, and good ideas go bad. And then there’s the latest bonkers idea of a tour I had… a game of chance. In the final installment, we learn preparation can sometimes be the key to a good tour, or it can mean you carry a lot in your panniers more for show.

October 21, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 260: A Game of Chance Tour – Part 1

Sometimes bad ideas go good, and good ideas go bad. And then there’s the latest bonkers idea of a tour I had… a game of chance. In the first of two parts, let’s see how random selection of route, direction and more makes for a tour. Where are we going – chance decides!

October 14, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 259: Fall 2021 Tour – A Game of Chance

We just got done with a tour, but it’s fall in my neck of the woods… so why not announce my Fall 2021 tour? On this episode I walk you up the mountain with Mookie and lay out how my next tour is really a big game of chance… Read more

September 30, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 258: Green Goblin Retirement Tour – Day 7 + Takeaways

The final day of the Goblin retirement tour featured a short ride, a three-bus journey from the coast to smokey, stormy and hot hot hot Medford for the flight home. A lot of moving parts… would I make all the connections? Plus… three big takeaways and an epilogue to the whole trip. Read more

September 23, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 257: Green Goblin Retirement Tour – Day 6

Day 6 of the Green Goblin retirement tour was the final day of cycling the coast, maybe saving the best riding for last. But I have a history of mechanicals a few miles from the finish line… would that bad luck continue? Also: a campground chat! Read more

September 16, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 256: Green Goblin Retirement Tour – Day 5

Day 5 of the Green Goblin retirement tour was a return to the tour that I had intended all along. But while my amateurish chain twisting fix was holding admirably, was my luck going to hold on long enough to complete the tour all on my fix? Read more

September 9, 2021

The Pedalshift Project 255: Green Goblin Retirement Tour – Day 4

Day 4 of the Green Goblin retirement tour meant the end of my extended stay in beautiful Newport. But would a snap decision that morning paired with my hack of a chain repair hold up for the ride south?
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