Biking Tidbits
This blog section includes general knowledge we have learned along the way. Sometimes it's helpful to learn from a beginner's eyes so this is documentation of all the new things we're learning about bike packing along the way.
Summer Shenanigans and Skeletons
A quick update on a recent overnight trip and a successful Pedalpalooza ride.
Fueling Up Between Pedal Strokes
As is true with day to day life, there are many ways to satisfy your caloric needs while on bike tour. Everyone is different but this is what works for us. I know…
Biking the Pacific Coast – What’s there to worry about?
We're finally about to embark on our Pacific Coast biking adventure. As we prepare to leave for our journey, I wanted to share some of our anxieties, so that hopefully we can look…
Tandem Style – The Pros and Cons of Sharing a Bicycle
They say that whatever direction your relationship is heading, a tandem will get you there faster. Now that Andrew and I have had our tandem for three years, I hope it’s safe to…
Moving to a Bike Friendly City – Portland Edition
So before moving here I knew that Portland was referred to as the Bike capital of the US, but I didn’t realize what a difference it would make. I’d say the biggest difference…
Learning to Ride a Bike as an Adult
So with the recent uptick in new bike riders on the street, I thought I would share some of my knowledge from the perspective of a fellow recent beginner. Learning as an adult…
Finding our Bike Style
A New Bike Persona? Since we haven’t been able to have too many trips recently I thought I would instead include a post about our most recent developments with respect to our touring. …
Meals on the Katy
For those of you who don’t know, Andrew is a vegetarian, so a little more thought had to go into our trip meal planning than your average backpacking cyclist. This is a brief…
How We Prepared for Our First Bike Tour
Being new to bike packing - we wanted to try and prepare ourselves as best we could. We will be doing our first multiday camping bike tour here in a few weeks. Here's…
Muddy Days – Musings from a Fair Weathered Weekend
Training post, and some lessons learned. most importantly, our newfound love for fenders
