January 21, 2016

The Pedalshift Project 041: Bike touring lessons with Mysterious James

36 minutes

A chat about bike touring lessons learned with Mysterious James. MJ returns for the "bourbon soaked" after hours dance party (most of those things were not a part of the podcast) where we chat about our bike touring lessons and experiences. If you missed part 1, go check that out... Mysterious James and I started bike touring together, but he's taken it to a whole new level with trips to the remote corners of western Canada, Alaska, the Great Divide, South America and more.

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The Interview: MJ and bike touring lessons learned

Mysterious James on one of our first tours in Oregon

Part one of the interview on global bike touring

MJ's "bio" at uncommonlysilly.com

How we met

Learning which bike was for him (Surly LHT eventually)

Gear choices for expedition touring

Santiago’s bike district (!)

Memories of small places on big tours

How long is your limit for touring? Expectations.

Mongolia vs. Norway for 2016?

First time tourers in Patagonia

The accessibility of bike touring

The age demographics of bike touring?

Working from the road

Internet connectivity in South America

Using a GPS with no maps in South America

Power saving MJ mode

Connected vs. disconnected touring

Dynohub vs. extra batteries

Sun and heat are our enemies

Touring your lineage

Should vs. want to tours in North America

US Bicycle Routes + NYS/PA bicycle routes

Music

The Pedalshift Project theme is America courtesy of Jason Kent off his self-titled solo album. Check out his band Sunfields' album, Habitat, wherever cool music resides. I just heard Jason's new album and it is AWESOME. More info when that drops this spring!

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