Traveling and adventure on two wheels
Overnight, it had rained quite a lot, and my brand new MSR tent did not keep the water out, so not only was the tent and rainfly wet, but so were our sleeping pads and sleeping bags. I’ll be giving MSR a call about this tent when I get home!
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We got woken up in the middle of the night with the wind blowing and rain, with our tent fly flapping around like crazy. Out we jumped into the cold, wet night and battened down the tent, putting in all the guy lines and pulling everything tight. 10 minutes later,
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After a fairly late night of campfire tending, we were a bit slow getting ready to go in the morning. The bicycle tourists in the site next to us were up at 8:00 and gone by 9:00, while we weren’t ready to hit the road until nearly 10:00. The plan
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With such a nice, warm day before, overnight came with a good amount of dew to dry off the tent, and it took us quite a while to get all packed up and ready to go. While cleaning up, we ran into a bike touring couple who had ridden over
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With the crazy wind of the previous day over and done with, it was time to rest, relax and recuperate in Summerside and at camp. After a nice sleep-in, we had breakfast at camp, and rode the quick 8km (5mi) into town for coffee, pastry, food, and beers by the
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Chris and I got an early start to our day, enjoying the massive selection of complimentary breakfast our hotel had to offer. We were well-fed and ready to roll out at 9:00 sharp. Our day started with some bike troubles and we both needed some adjustments after our hasty bike
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With all my bike touring gear packed up in cardboard boxes, I was off to SFO to catch my plane to Canada. After some faff checking in my previously-used camp stove, I was waiting on my red-eye flight to Toronto. A quick layover later and after a bit of a
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As I posted previously, my second bike tour was to be a group tour with my brother and some friends who had never been on a bike tour before. In fact, of the four of us who were to go, I was the only one who had ridden more than
Continue reading »I’m starting to plan a short tour with a few friends who’ve never done a bicycle tour before. They were looking for a guide that covered the essentials needed to try out bicycle touring without breaking the bank, so here we go! This gear is a must for any bicycle
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Going into my first bicycle tour, I did a lot of research into the ideal gear to use and bring. For anyone considering a self-supported bicycle tour, I thought I’d put together a list of the gear I used, and for some of it, let you know why I brought
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