Hobbled Travel Plans
July 16, 2019
We had really planned to rev up travel this spring and summer. Unfortunately, most of our travel has taken a hit this year due to leg injuries. … More Hobbled Travel Plans
Category: Gear
And Then We Accidentally Bought a House
June 14, 2018
We decided it would be best to reclaim our dog and begin looking for a new home sooner than we expected. … More And Then We Accidentally Bought a House
Surprise Adventures in Cycling
January 22, 2018
I’ve often wanted to visit Google headquarters and throttle all the engineers who worked on Google Maps. … More Surprise Adventures in Cycling
I Got a Brand New Pair of Cycling Shoes, You Got a Brand New Bell
March 20, 2017
We’ve adjusted our gear to accommodate riding in Europe. We aren’t carrying camping/cooking gear. So, maybe only 30 pounds of gear each instead of 55. … More I Got a Brand New Pair of Cycling Shoes, You Got a Brand New Bell
Cycling Across the US – A Three Minute Video Overview
October 29, 2016
Each day I would record about half a dozen segments of video and later pick a 2 second snippet to represent each day of riding. … More Cycling Across the US – A Three Minute Video Overview
What to Wear to a Cross-Country Bicycle Trip
September 14, 2016
In photos we always seem to be wearing the same clothes because we ARE always wearing the same clothes. … More What to Wear to a Cross-Country Bicycle Trip
Shaking it out in Texas Hill Country
April 12, 2016
Our shake out rides in Texas Hill country are both a chance to see some wonderful countryside and our first real rides fully loaded with ~60 pounds of all our gear – clothes, camping gear and other miscellaneous stuff. … More Shaking it out in Texas Hill Country
These Bikes Were Made for Touring
March 3, 2016
When you look at one of our bikes it looks like it only has one gear. There’s no derailleur and the chain doesn’t wrap around different sized sprockets. Do we really only have one gear? Of course not! … More These Bikes Were Made for Touring
About our bikes
October 14, 2015
Until recently, my uneducated view of bicycles was that they fell into a small set of categories: road bikes (your typical 10-speed and 21-speed), mountain bikes, and then speciality bikes (cruisers, tricycles, etc.). I’d never even heard of a touring bike. Chances are you’ve never heard of one either. Yet swapping out our road bikes … More About our bikes
Itinerant Philosopher 