Shipping vs. Flying with Your Bike
Is it better to ship your bike ahead of time with a service like BikeFlights? Or, should you try to fly with your bike with something like the Post Carry Co Transfer case? We are…
5 Tips for Bike Touring and Traveling as a Couple
2019 marks our 10th years a PathLessPedaled! For over a decade Laura and I have been riding bikes together and going bike touring together. While things go smoothly these days, that wasn’t always the case….
First Look: Blackburn Elite Outpost Bikepacking Bags
Blackburn has upped their bikepacking game with their new Elite line of bags. In this video, I take a first look at their upgraded handlebar harness, frame bag and seat bag. One big change across…
4 Ways to Have Fun on a Bike (Without Racing)
When we first got into cycling a decade ago, there were few options presented to us at bike shops other than racing or a beach cruiser. When we asked about bike touring, we were often…
PODCAST: What is Bike Fun?
We’ve fired up our podcast again and in this episode we interview Ayleen Crotty, a long time Portland “bike funnist.” We talk about the idea of bike fun, how it developed in early Portland as…
Downsides of Endless Travel
The “dream” is to sell everything and travel forever, right? In this video, I talk about something that doesn’t often get discussed and that is the downsides of endless travel. We were fortunate enough in…
Flying with a Bike (Part 1)
This year, one of our New Year resolutions is to travel more. To help facilitate that, we recently got a bike case to review from Post Carry Co. We’ve flown with Bromptons before, but never…
Learning from Failure (Lessons from a Dirty Kanza DNF)
It’s hard to ignore, but a big portion of 2018 was defined by our DNF at Dirty Kanza. We entered the event with a lot of enthusiasm, hope but with also the realistic expectation that…
Favorite Gravel Bike of 2018!
In 2018 we rode, filmed and reviewed over 25 bikes with a focus on finding the most “supple” / versatile bike. We rode everything from high end gravel, custom steel to a budget steel. What…
The Supple Spreadsheet
I don’t usually get excited about spreadsheets, but this is pretty cool. We reviewed 25 gravel bikes in 2018. Lots of Youtube viewers requested a spreadsheet to organize all the data in one place so…