Mysterious James checks in on his South American adventure, plus how to flip your pump from presta to schraeder and more connections than you can shake that bike pump at...

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It's official...
Roll on service is officially official between Chicago and DC!

Amtrak press release (PDF)

Cycle Oregon rerouted

First time in tour history, due to Oregon wildfires. More from Bike Portland.

Mysterious James South America tour update

New listener Ross checks in

James Hardy's Amtrak Express success story (original post on Amtrak Express)

FOTS Scott Mcalister Morgan with #statesivebikedin...

@pedalshift Two countries for a total of four states: CA, MA, HI and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. #statesivebikedin #countriesivebikedin

— Scott M. Morgan (@scottmacs) September 3, 2015

The Pedalshift Project theme is America courtesy of Jason Kent off his self-titled solo album. Check out his band Sunfields' new release, Habitat, wherever cool music resides.