As we wind down 2021, we went LIVE BABY LIVE once again with your questions all about bike touring (and a few that weren't) plus I revealed most of my first tour of 2022. At least I know kind of where I'm going, like, regionally... and stuff? This was originally streamed December 10, 2021 before an audience of sophisticated and tasteful people. Live Baby Live

(PS where do I get this? INXS of course. And yes, I know it's not what they pronounced, but ¯_(ツ)_/¯ ) 

First Tour of 2022 First tour of 2022 is... central FL! But what route? Still hashing out options! Original plan was fly to Tampa and take the same route to Central FL as past years New plan (maybe?) - drive down in the LACROSSE! with the dogs and Kimberly, celebrate our anniversary first and then do some kind of two day ride West to east? Same route or take some of the trails that run much further north of my classic route? WORK IN PROGRESS   Bike? Very likely the Brompton no matter what I anticipate needing a fast forward in a Lyft or Uber on the Orlando side because I'm likely doing a day or so at WDW and as I've mentioned before, the Mouse is not digging on the bikes. Too bad.   Lodging? TBD. I currently have a hotel in Lakeland set up (did Airbnb last time... was nice, but COVID makes me want hotels this go around) If I change to the trail route, I may consider camping IF we do the drive.   Weather? Gear? January is usually pretty nice... can be cool, can be warm. It's a bit of a crap shoot, but I can assure you it's better than DC or WV Will prepare for rain and if I'm doing any camping, will be using my modified Brompton touring setup unless the conditions seem dodgy, inc which case we'll do the tried and true Path Less Pedaled style backback trick (but again, only if we drive)   Am I ever going to do a tour that isn't one I've done before? I'll answer that with a question... when is this pandemic going to ease the eff back?   Sidebar... this is all pandemic-willing. As we sit here on 12/10/21 Omicron variant seems like it might be a thing, so we'll see. I am boosted, so I feel pretty confident, but if the variant and the vax doesn't mesh, I may rejigger elements of this.   I'm very excited for this ride. AMA

Just some of the questions asked...

Are you going to do a tour outside of the US in 2022?   Is the Green Goblin unretired?   Whatever happened to bikepacking - are you still considering that?   I want to do my first bike tour, but I'm scared of going by myself. What's your tips?   What's the best way to avoid chaffing on tour? Pedalshift Society

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Music Music

You've been hearing about Jason Kent and his music for many fine episodes. Sunfields has a new album available NOW, AND Jason has a new solo album coming this year, AND his first solo album is now streaming on Spotify, including America, the Pedalshift theme. Go listen! And Jason is doing live events in and around Montreal, so go listen LIVE too!

https://soundcloud.com/sunfields