Biking & Camping

This post was originally written and posted in November 2021 and last updated in November 2023. Most everyone documents an adventure in some way for different reasons.  Some people document for...

There are many very good reasons to bike tour with a trailer.  In this post we will explore 18 reasons to bike tour with a trailer.  But if I didn’t know better, I would say there truly is a...

Stealth camping on bike tour, this is perhaps a bit of a controversial topic.  Some people believe that it is wrong to camp on someone’s property without permission.  I can’ really argue that...

I wanted to take a moment to thank Kirk R Davis for reaching out and asking me some interesting questions.  If you have a few questions of your own, please feel free to reach out and I will do my...

Bike touring has it's challenges.  But this is where the memories are made.  This is my “what you don’t see” blog post.   You get to see all the beautiful photos and videos I post.  But there are...

Consider a better bike route through western Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta.  Get yourself off the TransCanada Highway and see a whole other side of Canada. A better bike route through western...

The purpose of this blog post is as a cyclist guide for Ontario's Hwy 11 from Thunder Bay to Kenora.  But not to give you every single detail about this route as there would be little point in...

Bike touring is hard on equipment.  Bike touring in the winter is even harder on gear.  I needed the right bike and the right gear and I needed to be able to count on my provider.  There was only...

Have you ever wondered what to pack on your first bike tour?  This is the "everything you ever need to know about what to pack and how much to pack on your bike tour" blog post. "Bad decisions make...

I didn't know what to expect Honestly I thought the first 6 months of this ride would suck.  I had no expectation of enjoying this part of the ride at all.  I just told myself suck it up and get...

I thought I would do a break down of my bike purchase costs.  I know there are few bike geeks out there.  One favor though, please don't waste my time telling me how you could have saved me $5...

Newfoundland is an amazing Canadian province, and even a more amazing province by bike.  Enjoy my cyclist guide to Newfoundland. I am not convinced that I would necessarily recommend Newfoundland...

I wish I knew this before my first tour.  Looking for free hot showers across Canada and USA? Showering at campgrounds gets pretty expensive depending where you are camping and often the reason you...

November 21, 2019 It's not my first bike tour; but it has been eight years.  And that being said this is a completely different ride. But what I have learned is that Newfoundland is all up and...

 “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing” - Sir Ranulph Fiennes I have been doing a little research on winter camping and biking.  I have read a few blogs and watched a...

Back in 2011-12 when I was doing the bulk of my research for this bike ride there was one bike in particular that was on my radar - the Surly Long Haul Trucker.  The Surly Long Haul Truck is kind of...

Biking touring by yourself or with a partner or a bunch of people largely depends on the type of person you are.  If you are an introvert like me who has pretty much always been alone then that is...

How to plan your bike tour route.  And how did I pick my 50,000 kilometer route? Picking my route was probably my most enjoyable part of planning my ride.  My guess is that I likely spent 100's of...

A lot of people ask and wonder how is it possible to afford to go on a multi year bike trip.  Well these are my 21 crazy and not so crazy ways I saved money for this bike ride. The truth of the...