Podcast Episodes

Bike Adventure Goals Scorecard

Episode 421

Way back in January - and what feels like ten years ago to me - I set out a bunch of bicycle adventure goals for me in 2025. In a challenging year, I wasn't sure how I'd measure up but as I always li…

Published on 9 hours ago

Best of Pedalshift 249: Solo Touring Women

A chat with Sylva Florence, an experienced bicycle tourist and author of many things (including her blog The Sylva Lining) on touring as a solo woman, how people who want to be allies to solo women t…

Published on 1 week ago

The Ultralight Challenge

Episode 420

What if you could tour with just what fits in a single dry bag? No panniers. Just the essentials. On this episode, we take this as a challenge - borrowing from the ultralight backpacking folks, we cu…

Published on 2 weeks ago

A Game of Chance Revisited

Episode 419

We're bringing back one of the wackiest ideas in Pedalshift history — the Game of Chance! Using random number generators and the excellent Adventure Cycling Association routes, it's an unpredictable …

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Best of Pedalshift 295: Making Your Tent Stealthier

Stealth camping is a great skill to develop and a fantastic option to have for emergencies or maybe even your main overnight plan on a bike tour. But what if your tent is so bright it can be seen fro…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Mysterious Oregon Coast 2025 Takeaways

Episode 418

The Mysterious Oregon Coast adventure is in the rearview mirror, but we always like to peek back before moving on. On this edition we marvel at the fun we had on a fairly cursed tour of some of our f…

Published on 1 month ago

Mysterious Oregon Coast 2025 Part 6

Episode 417

A leisurely morning at South Beach State Park sets the stage for what should be the triumphant finale, but James's bike has one last surprise in store. Sometimes a cursed bike adventure is the best k…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Mysterious Oregon Coast 2025 Part 5

Episode 416

A well-rested morning in Lincoln City spawns what seems like a reasonable plan to salvage the cursed tour, but James's borrowed bike has other ideas entirely.  But with tubleless tire disasters forci…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mysterious Oregon Coast 2025 Part 4

Episode 415

The morning starts strong at Cape Lookout with perfect James and Tim weather, but what begins as a confident push toward Beverly Beach slowly unravels into mechanical mayhem and decision-making paral…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mysterious Oregon Coast 2025 Part 3

Episode 414

Mysterious James and I emerge from our three-night Cannon Beach odyssey to accidentally unlock our cycling superpowers, turning a modest Tillamook target into a shocking 52-mile triumph. It's the usu…

Published on 2 months ago