Enough of my tour journals, let's shake it up and bring in special guest star and longtime friend of the show, Pedalshift Society member Brock Dittus in on a tour of not the Oregon coast! Brock travels solo through some of the steepest riding in the state, fueled by fried spicy goodness. Would that be enough to handle the climbs and our old nemesis, wildfire smoke? Originally podcast July 13, 2023.

In the second of a two-parter, it's Pedalshift Tour Journals: Vol. 9: Olympic Peninsula! Join me and my trusty Brompton for 4 days of transit-aided bicycle touring from Washington, DC to Seattle to the Olympic Peninsula and wrapping things up in Astoria, Oregon. This week features a more-challenging-than-expected short mileage day, a visit to Kurt Cobain's riverfront hangout, and a long bridge serving as a finish line. Originally podcast March 29, 2018.

With my proper trail bike in the shop but a real need to get out for an overnight, I turned to a C&O newbie… my trusty 12″ wheeled, very orange Brompton as my chariot to an urban(ish) stealth camping overnight. Would the trail chew up the Brompton? Would my orange gear prove too, well, orange for stealth camping? If you can't get your adventure by the liter these days, may as well do it in sips… Originally podcast July 16, 2020.

In the first of a two-parter during winter break, it's Pedalshift Tour Journals: Vol. 9: Olympic Peninsula! Join me and my trusty Brompton for 4 days of transit-aided bicycle touring from Washington, DC to Seattle to the Olympic Peninsula and wrapping things up in Astoria, Oregon. This week features the machinations of getting from DC to a tent in the shadows of the Olympic Mountains (if there were, y'know… sun) and the first very soggy day of riding. Originally podcast March 22, 2018.

Every once in a while it's nice to look back on where it all came from – on this edition, we explore the evolution of bike touring gear from the beginning of the modern era in the 1970s through today's high tech enhancements to bikepacking and more. Plus, a nod to what the future might hold with new materials and tech to make bicycle adventuring more fun and accessible! Originally podcast June 22, 2023.

One more episode before we take a little winter break (with some great best of's!) we do our annual setting of goals. This year we mix in one non-cycling goal on top of the others. Hey if I hit all of these it's going to be a great year!

Continued fitness upgrades

Oh Canada!

New bike(s)

Ultralight gear and ultralight tours

A Brompton adventure

Seattle S24Os

Big toe dip: backpacking… Hoh Rainforest?

A transit-assisted adventure

A food and beverage-centric adventure

A ferry-centric adventure

Our very first live show of 2026 is also the inaugural live show from Seattle! On this episode we chat more in depth about Seattle biking adventures to come, both locally and launched from here, give a quick Brompton update, an even briefer ACA update, and then a bunch of questions in the live show AMA!

Thoughts on Seattle as a bike launching point

Local trails

Gateway to multiple adventures

Vancouver crossing loop

Pacific coast

Washington Parks

STP

SEA direct flights

Year round cycling

Brompton update

ACA Building Sale

Seems like the sale of the building is serving as a proxy on "do you like how things are going"

Conflates a lot of stuff, which makes sorting through a lot of the arguments to be tricky

Make sure you vote, and I think we all are hoping whatever ACA does in 2026 and beyond that it stays as a major voice in bike travel adventures!

So you've decided to relocate - congratulations! Now you have to figure out what to do with all of your bikes. Do you just move them all or is it time to rightsize your fleet? On this edition, we take a long hard look at my situation with a cross-country move. Do I move them all or is there a better solution?

• Moving long-distance as a forcing function for downsizing

• Applying "does this still serve me?" to bikes

• When sentimental value isn't the same as utility

• Overlapping bikes and letting go of duplicates

• Keeping the most flexible, all-conditions bike

• Rethinking an e-bike that isn't quite right

• Pulling parts, donating frames, avoiding bad resale math

• The Brompton as the ultimate utility / travel bike

• Donating vs selling bikes and why effort matters

• Downsizing now to make future bike choices easier

• Escaping n+1 without abandoning future upgrades

• Letting go to make room for more intentional riding