Bike tours are typically classified as supported when a vehicle travels with the biker carrying all of their gear, or self-sustained when all gear is packed up each morning and pedaled with the rider to the next location. Given that we aren’t sponsored riders, and that we prefer the idea…
I have a hard time doing nothing. The tiny voice in my head nags me if I’m not moving, doing, or somehow being productive. After 29 consecutive days of bike touring 1300 miles, however, even my inner drill sergeant was ready for a rest. Tyler and I embraced the break…
We rounded the top of the ridge to catch a glimpse of the San Francisco skyline. The impressive view was intensified by our lack of civilization for the last month. We rode down side streets and dedicated bike paths following Greg, our guide who had taken a break from his day…
We arrived at Devil’s Lake State Park at about 9 pm with aching muscles from the long ride and numb hands from the mist that had settled on the shores of the lake. It had been our hardest day by far, and as I lay in my sleeping bag thinking…
There are a few things you figure out quickly when you are living on a bike. 1. Whatever you need will always be in the other pannier (bike bag). Even though there are only two of them, there’s a 20/80 chance that the rain jacket, charger, etc. is in the…
The sun felt warm, too warm, against my skin. The black asphalt radiated heat onto my legs. I shouldn’t be able to bike in February at 8,000 feet, but when life gives me bare winters I shall bare my legs, in spandex. The three-day president’s weekend allowed my boyfriend Tyler…
