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The Pedalshift Project 073: Yoga for bike touring

The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures

Release Date: 03/16/2017

Best of Pedalshift 270: Winter Fitness and Bike Maintenance show art Best of Pedalshift 270: Winter Fitness and Bike Maintenance

The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures

With a bunch of snow and ice on the ground where I’m at, it’s a good time to focus on things that will help bike tours coming after the thaw. On this episode, an update on my winter fitness goals, what I’m doing to keep it going plus some ideas on winter bike maintenance. .

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The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures

Shifty Saves the Holidays! It's an annual tradition around here that we celebrate the holidays with my senior executive producer and best buddy Shifty the Elf celebrating the year that has been. This year, in a nearly all elf-driven plot, our guy Shifty finds the magic in 2024 to make the holidays special once again. Happy holidays all, and see you in 2025! 

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The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures

I’ll admit, I’ve been bikepacking curious for a while. As my touring continues to expand and evolve I’m thinking more about bikepacking options and I thought I’d share the process on the pod. Join me, won’t you? .

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The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures

A repodcast of Pedalshift Live from December 6, 2024 featuring special guest Mysterious James and YOUR questions for a big round of Ask Us Anything. Huge shoutout to the folks that came and made this one of the best live shows yet! 1. Top 3 Must-Have Items for Bike Touring • James: Once considered a cook set essential but now tours stoveless. Values minimal gear and adaptability. • Tim: iPhone (multi-use tool), foldable backjack chair, and positive vibes for motivation. 2. Best Place for Car-Free Living with Transit and Nature Access • James: San Francisco for its bikeability,...

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The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures

Back from North Dakota and the bike-adjacent adventures with national parks, bison and Bromptons... I've got some takeaways to share!   Housekeeping  Live Show! Friday December 6 at 9pm ET/6pm PT - topics TBA, and of course it’ll be the pod for the next week if you can’t make it live. Links and more at . Shifty the Elf fans? The Holiday Spectacular returns Dec 26th to close out the year!   Takeaways Folks, North Dakota is worth the trip! When checking a bike, pay attention to all the vulnerable parts that jut out and don’t shirk the corner padding Wild bison are worth...

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The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures

The final day of the NoDak adventure (finally?) explored the beauty of Medora, North Dakota, on bike, reflecting on the unique experience of cycling the Northern Tier Route. Beautiful views of TR NP, offbeat historical tidbits and some reflections and "what ifs" that prevented me from getting there earlier… all part of the adventure!     Housekeeping  We’re shifting the schedule around a bit here as we close out the year… we’re going to delay the final best of for 2024 so we can go straight through to finish the NoDak Adventure with no interruptions. But also… Live...

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The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures

A frosty start leads to adventure, navigating through Theodore Roosevelt National Park! From a sub-freezing camping morning to a literal standoff with a bison, listen in as we explore the unique challenges and rewards of fall adventures in one of North Dakota’s most scenic landscapes.   Housekeeping  We’re shifting the schedule around a bit here as we close out the year… we’re going to delay the final best of for 2024 so we can go straight through to finish the NoDak Adventure with no interruptions. But also…   Live Show! Friday December 6 at 9pm ET/6pm PT - topics...

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The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures

Starting from Fargo and driving clear across North Dakota, I had little to prepare me for what awaited on the western edge of the state. But would I see the bison that I low key really wanted to see, and would some discovered damage on the Brompton scuttle the bikey part of this bike adjacent adventure? Housekeeping We’re shifting the schedule around a bit here as we close out the year… we’re going to delay the final best of for 2024 so we can go straight through to finish the NoDak Adventure with no interruptions. But also… Live Show! Friday December 6 at 9pm ET/6pm PT - topics TBA,...

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The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures

We all want to do the right thing, hopefully, and within any community there’s an unwritten code of conduct for proper behavior so we can all get along. On this episode, we cover some of those rules of bicycle touring etiquette! .

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The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Travel Adventures

On this episode, we start the long journey to bike in the badlands of North Dakota… it turns out, perhaps the biggest reason I haven’t had a chance to visit North Dakota before is because it is tucked out of the way in the US northern plains. Maybe its remote nature is a part of its draw? Its largest city of Fargo is the gateway to the adventure… would it surprise me from the start? NoDak Northern Tier Adventure Part 1 Statisitics Miles driven 249 Miles biked 0 States visited 49 Number of campers in camp 1 Number of bikes in camp 1 (Mine!) Dashed expectations for a cowboy bar because...

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How do I class up this podcast? Easy... ask my better half to come on the show and chat up how great yoga is for bike touring! On this episode of the pod, we discuss yoga for bike tourists with Kimberly Wilson, founder and owner of Tranquil Space yoga studios in Washington, DC. Plus connections and more! Hey it's the direct download link for The Pedalshift Project 073: Yoga for bike touringThe Pedalshift Project 073: Yoga for bike touring 

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The Interview: Kimberly Wilson on yoga for bike touring

Kimberly Wilson is the founder of Tranquil Space yoga studios—named among the top 25 in the world by Travel + Leisure, designer of  TranquiliT lifestyle line, director of Tranquil Space Foundation, and author of five books {Hip Tranquil ChickTranquilistaTranquilologie,Tranquility du Jour Anthology52 Weeks of Tranquility Journal}.
 
Learn more at kimberlywilson.com and listen to her podcast, Tranquility du Jour wherever cool podcasts are podded.
 
Kimberly Wilson yoga for bike touring

Good resource mentioned

Pedal Stretch Breathe by Kelli Refer is broader than yoga for bike touring, but it's the best yoga and bikes zine out there!

Connections

 

Turns out we tied!

42-42-16 tie for Pedalshift and Sprocket

Bike oasis

Brock recommends this awesome GoFundMe to support the revamp of Newton Bike Shop's bike touring hostel The Oasis in the Grass Desert:
 
 

Cool pods and pics

Jeremy of Critical Transit shared a bunch of images and podcasts from his tour of New England... check them out! He's also a big Brompton tourer, with plans to repeat that ride with his "little clown bike" as I like to call them!

Pedalshift Society

A big thank you to all of the monthly supporters of the show! If you like what you hear, you can help me keep the show listener-supported while expanding the offerings. Five bucks, two bucks or even 1 helps with the costs of hosting the podcast and the website, and you can do it for a bit and cancel anytime. One-shot support is welcome if you’re not into the small monthly thing. Check it out and join at pedalshift.net/society. And society members please go to pedalshift.net/stickers and let me know where to send some Pedalshift stickers to you! On to the Society! Ethan Georgi Matt Buker Kimberly Wilson Caleb Jenkinson Cameron Lien Andrew MacGregor Michael Hart Josiah Matthews Keith Nagel Brock Dittus Thomas Skadow Michael Riscica Seth Krieger Marco Lo Terrance Manson Noah Schroer Harry Telgadas John Sikorski Richard Killian Chris Barron Scott Taylor Brian Hren Mark Van Raam Brad Hipwell Paul Mulvey Stuart Buchan Todd Stutz Mr. T Roxanna Arning And all anonymous and past contributors for helping make this show happen!

Music

The Pedalshift Project theme is America courtesy of Jason Kent off his self-titled solo album. Check out his band Sunfields' latest release, Habitat, wherever cool music resides. And a little birdy tells me Jason's recording some new music. More when I know...