A cyclist guide – Hwy 11 from Thunder Bay to Kenora
The purpose of this blog post is not to give you every single detail about this route as there would be little point in pedallling it anymore. The purpose is mainly to give some detail on food and...
The MEC Experience
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...
Everything you ever need to know about what to pack and how much to pack on your bike tour
Bad decisions make for good stories Did you know that there are cyclist like Mark Beaumont that break world records biking around the world? Did you know that there are cyclists that bring a guitar...
35 Days On The Road
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...
Breakdown of my bike build
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 in review for other cyclists
Newfoundland is an amazing province. I can't recommend enough for everyone and anyone to go there; especially by bike. I am not convinced that I would necessarily recommend Newfoundland when I went...
Free Hot Showers!
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...
What I learned in my first week bike riding Newfoundland
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...
Winter Camping and Biking
“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...
How did you pick your bike?
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 it alone
To bike alone or with a partner or a bunch of people. Depends on the person you are. If you are an introvert like me who has pretty much always been alone then that is simply how you do things and...
How did I pick my 55,000 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 hours researching this part of the bike ride. My route is probably at least...
21 Crazy and Not So Crazy Ways I Saved Money For This Bike Ride
The truth of the matter is that I am cheap; really cheap. In fact I have had some of the most stubborn cheap Dutchmen I know call me the cheapest Dutchmen they have ever met. 1) Gave up driving a...