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The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures
The Pedalshift Project is a series of conversations, thoughts, and experiments on bicycle adventures. It's the companion show to Pedalshift.net, bringing stories from the road, interviews from fellow bike tourists, plus tips, tricks and ideas on how to tour more. Let's shrink the world by bike.
Episodes
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresMysterious Oregon Coast 2025 Part 3
Mysterious James and I emerge from our three-night Cannon Beach odyssey to accidentally unlock our cycling superpowers, turning a modest Tillamook target into…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresMysterious Oregon Coast 2025 Part 2
Day two and three of the Oregon Coast tour evolve into an epic quest for an elusive bicycle part. Is this a mere repair mission or a saga worthy of Greek…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresMysterious Oregon Coast 2025 Part 1
Day one of an Oregon coast adventure - what could possibly go wrong? As Mysterious James and I began our journey from Astoria after navigating July 4th rental…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresMysterious Oregon Coast 2025 Preview
We are so back.... on the Oregon Coast with the Mysterious James for another round of two-wheeled mayhem. Ten days, 360 miles, zero expectations, and maximum…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresBest of Pedalshift 321: East Coast Greenway
Despite living on the east coast, we spend a whole heck of a lot of attention on bicycle adventures on the west coast, right? Well, it's time we changed that!…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresLake Ontario 2025 Takeaways
Six days, two countries, multiple ferries, and one very stubborn e-bike brake magnet later, the Lake Ontario circumnavigation attempt has wrapped up in ways…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresLake Ontario 2025 - Part 7
What was supposed to be a triumphant border crossing and final push from Niagara Falls back to the starting point became something entirely different when…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresLake Ontario 2025 - Part 6
Transitioning from from the peaceful Toronto Island back into the urban sprawl of southern Ontario is a bit of a record scratch I'll more thoroughly experience…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresLake Ontario 2025 - Part 5
Toronto! The biggest city in Canada beckoned with its record shops, high energy and criminally underrated cycling on the islands off shore. With a basketball…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresLake Ontario 2025 - Part 4
This portion of the trip was always going to be a question mark - what kind of biking will there be? Will it be fun? Will I be looking too much ahead to more…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresLake Ontario 2025 - Part 3
So the ebike is a brick in the back of my Rav4, but it still works like a normal bike, so let's keep going! But a sudden realization may provide the solution…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresLake Ontario 2025 - Part 2
Episode 404? Isn't 404 a website error? Well part 2 of the Lake Ontario adventure corrects for the very serious 404 we had with the ebike. Still a mystery, but…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresLake Ontario 2025 - Part 1
Folks, if you've followed this pod for any length of time you know my bike adventures usually have a component that goes sideways. But has it ever happened…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures402: Lake Ontario 2025 Preview
After years of circling this ride (pun intended) it's time to do a lap of the lake that I've lived near for a big chunk of my early life. Would it have been…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures401: LA Metrobike Adventure
What happens when you've only got one day in Los Angeles, a conference that demands your physical presence, and a red-eye flight back home? You grab a…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresSpring Break: Filling in the Blanks Part 2
Part 2 of 2. My three day weekend tour was about to be washed out by the remnants of yet another hurricane rolling through the area. And since the C&O isn't…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresSpring Break: Filling in the Blanks Part 1
They say you only live once and some people shorten that up to YOLO, turn that into a verb and make questionable decisions. Sometimes that's a pathway to…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresSpring Break: Clean-Up Tour Part 2
I'd ridden an ok amount that year, but to be honest, as the year was winding down I realized there were two spots I always hit that I haven't been to yet. So I…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresSpring Break: Clean-Up Tour Part 1
I'd ridden an ok amount that year, but to be honest, as the year was winding down I realized there were two spots I always hit that I haven't been to yet. So I…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresSpring Break: A Game of Chance - Part 2
As I said last time… sometimes bad ideas go good, and good ideas go bad. And then there's the latest bonkers idea of a tour I had… a game of chance. In the…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresSpring Break: A Game of Chance - Part 1
Sometimes bad ideas go good, and good ideas go bad. And then there's the bonkers idea of a tour I had… a game of chance. In the first of two parts, let's see…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures400: Celebrating 400 Episodes [Live]
Four hundred episodes into this project, we gathered together on April 11, 2025 for a live show to celebrate the occasion. On this edition I revealed a new…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures399: Cycling US National Parks in 2025
It's planning season for spring and summer tours! But if you're in the US or planning a bike adventure here, there's some real question marks about our…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresBest of Pedalshift 287: Gifts Ideas for a Person on a Bike Tour
We're often asked what you should get someone into bike touring… but what about a gift for a friend or loved one who is literally in the middle of a bike tour?…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures398: Florida Coast Takeaways
The Florida adventure is in the rear view mirror but I have so many lessons learned from this trip… and I'll share a bunch of them with you here on the…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures397: Florida Coast Part 4
The previous day's winds having ebbed, it was time to ride a full day again. And with grayer skies and the winds more at my back than my face, day 3 got things…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures396: Florida Coast Part 3
The previous day's winds having ebbed, it was time to ride a full day again. And with grayer skies and the winds more at my back than my face, day 3 got things…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresBest of Pedalshift 290: Beginner Mistakes
I used to do a beginners series on the show (and hope to do another again) but never did a whole show on "don't make the same mistake I did." So, on this…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures395: Florida Coast Part 2
There are few rules in bicycle adventures, but I am a firm believer in the one that says you do not taunt the bike touring gods. Day 1 was a breeze, I said!…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures394: Florida Coast Part 1
The first day of the Florida Coast adventure starts from the cooler air of Jacksonville, carrying me south through a series of beach towns on the way to a…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures393: Florida Coast Preview
My annual tradition of a winter ride in the sunshine state continues! Unlike past years, I'm shaking things up with the start and focusing on a coastal ride…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresBest of Pedalshift 292: Touring Bike Essentials
I ride three different bikes for touring, and each one has plusses and minuses depending on what kind of ride I'm looking for. But if you're new to bike…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures392: eBike Range Test Takeaways
So I successfully rode 75 miles on a single charge of my eBike battery (with a little bit of a top off!). What did I learn from the adventure and what does it…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures391: eBike Range Test Part 1
On this episode we ride from my cabin to Cumberland, MD on the C&O towpath to see if we can squeeze 75 miles out of my eBike battery! With only one real…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures390: eBike Range Test Preview
On this episode we turn the page back to last fall when I did a secret mini tour with a big purpose… to test the range of my eBike battery on the C&O trail!…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures389: 2025 Bicycling Goals
On this edition of the pod, we kick off 2025 with the intent to make it a year of celebration in a time of loss for me. But celebration is more fun, so let's…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresBest of Pedalshift 270: Winter Fitness and Bike Maintenance
With a bunch of snow and ice on the ground where I'm at, it's a good time to focus on things that will help bike tours coming after the thaw. On this episode…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures388: Pedalshift Holiday Spectacular 2024
Shifty Saves the Holidays! It's an annual tradition around here that we celebrate the holidays with my senior executive producer and best buddy Shifty the Elf…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresBest of Pedalshift 231: Exploring Bikepacking
I'll admit, I've been bikepacking curious for a while. As my touring continues to expand and evolve I'm thinking more about bikepacking options and I thought…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures387: Ask Us Anything with Mysterious James
A repodcast of Pedalshift Live from December 6, 2024 featuring special guest Mysterious James and YOUR questions for a big round of Ask Us Anything. Huge…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures386: NoDak Northern Tier Adventure Takeaways
Back from North Dakota and the bike-adjacent adventures with national parks, bison and Bromptons... I've got some takeaways to share! Housekeeping Live Show!…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures385: NoDak Northern Tier Adventure Part 4
The final day of the NoDak adventure (finally?) explored the beauty of Medora, North Dakota, on bike, reflecting on the unique experience of cycling the…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures384: NoDak Northern Tier Adventure Part 3
A frosty start leads to adventure, navigating through Theodore Roosevelt National Park! From a sub-freezing camping morning to a literal standoff with a bison…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures383: NoDak Northern Tier Adventure Part 2
Starting from Fargo and driving clear across North Dakota, I had little to prepare me for what awaited on the western edge of the state. But would I see the…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresBest of Pedalshift 174: Bicycle Touring Etiquette
We all want to do the right thing, hopefully, and within any community there's an unwritten code of conduct for proper behavior so we can all get along. On…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures382: NoDak Northern Tier Adventure Part 1
On this episode, we start the long journey to bike in the badlands of North Dakota… it turns out, perhaps the biggest reason I haven't had a chance to visit…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures381: NoDak Northern Tier Adventure Preview
I'm going to North Dakota and I am unreasonably excited about it! For years I have been stuck at 48 states visited (and for real, not just airport states) BUT…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures380: eBike Shakedown Takeaways + 2025 Adventures
So, the ebike works… and my confidence is up! What were my takeaways from the shakedown ride and what are the kinds of rides I'm considering for 2025 and…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures379: eBike Project - Shakedown Ride
On this episode, I take my new ebike on its first shakedown ride to test its capabilities, from battery life to chain tension to, well… does this thing work?…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresBest of Pedalshift 137: Fall Touring (Live)
Originally recorded live from Hedgesville, WV, this episode of the Pedalshift Project includes the (semi-doomed) 2018 fall tour reveal and gear tips for your…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures378: E-Bike Project - Shakedown Preview
On this edition, we preview a short but momentous little overnight adventure on my brand new ebike… we'll discuss goals and strategies, plus recharge options…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures377: eBike Project - The Build
In this episode, follow an in-depth, step-by-step journey of transforming a surprisingly decent Ozark Trail mountain bike into the first Pedalshift e-bike (n=3…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures376: Oregon Coast Remix Takeaways
The remix is in the rear view mirror, but as always I like to look back and discuss takeaways from every trip. On this edition, ten takeaways from the Oregon…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel AdventuresBest of Pedalshift 010: Pacific Coast 2014
In the summer of 2014, I took 6 weeks to ride the Pacific coast from Victoria, BC to the US-Mexico border. I recorded a 2-5 minute audio entry every day for…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures375: Oregon Coast Remix - Part 6
Sometimes journeys have distinct ends and sometimes those endings are a little more flexible. In the penultimate episode of the Oregon Coast Remix we mash…
The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures374: Oregon Coast Remix - Part 5
A short but challenging ride up and over the Seven Devils would be the last days of cycling for James and I on this adventure, but the remix theme gave us new…