The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures

The Pedalshift Project 048: A Brompton California Bike Tour


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Back from my Brompton California bike tour, I share my thoughts

on the adventure!

 

The

Pedalshift Project 048: A Brompton California Bike
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The Journal
A Brompton California bike tour...

The Ride

  • MJ is a great riding companion
  • Pearl rode like a champ although it took a couple of days to
  • get the hang of touring on it.
  • Weather was largely outstanding with one exception
  • If you like coastline, do yourself a giant favor and ride this
  • section (and add on the section from Leggett Hill south to SF too
    while you're at it)
  • If you don't like minimal shoulders and proximity to cars, skip
  • this one.

    Highlights

    • Succeeding on a tour with a Brompton - I'm far from ththe
    • first, but I realized I picked a challenging ride for a first
      one!
    • Hanging with MJ again
    • Meeting Tim of north 2
    • north
    • Plaskett Creek to Morro Bay -- best day of riding ever? Plus
    • TAILWINDS!
    • Zero mile day in Big Sur
    • The views
    • Lowlights

      • Losing a day of riding due to rain (but also a highlight)
      • The Bonk
      • Breaking in the Brooks on a tour
      • Blowing a gig of data on GoT ep 1. C'mon! ;)
      • Having to gatecheck Pearl on the return flight
      • Lessons

        • Glad I brought the minimal stove... Will always bring something
        • for coffee because I like having the option every morning.
        • Rain gear... Forget forecasts beyond a few days as they're for
        • entertainment purposes only. Be prepared - we had light
          wiNdbreakers only and were fortunate not to have been caught in the
          heavy cold rain like others were. Bring it every time there's a
          chance for rain on your tour, and that's most of the time for most
          tours!
        • Offline maps - particularly like MapOut on iOS - added in the
        • route and had the sliver of maps in my phone for those sections I
          had no signal. Worked great. 
           
          Next tour

          Doing the far end of the C&O next weekend... No Tour

          Journals for this one since it's on the shorter side but I'll be
          taking pics and working on some cool upcoming things for Pedalshift
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