Next Tour

Hey hey, we are getting ready for the next tour!  Bags are being packed, we have been working on conditioning, routes being planned and soon we will be off!

Bicycle Journalists Interview Mike Green, Fat Bike Rider

The Bicycle Journalists met Mike Green while they were riding through the desert-scape of the Great Divide Basin. Mike is riding a fat bike, a Muru, from Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia, Argentina. Mike has some interesting points of view about how to choose a team, how to set a pace, and what makes a great touring bike.



Stay tuned for more interviews. It takes about 20 hours per interview, and we are working through the large data files to get you the best information from other people who have been riding their bikes over long distances.  Touring by bike, riding the Tour Divide route or Great Divide route, you will enjoy what these cyclists say!

BE A BLACKBURN RANGER 2016

Here is a video by Blackburn Media. If you have what it takes to be a ranger, this is your chance! Several people have applied already.  Whoever Blackburn Design chooses, you can be sure the riders love adventure and know how to tell a story!

#beablackburnranger2016 Now Open For Biz

Blackburn Design is a bicycle parts manufacturing company.  The rack that I use to carry my panniers, for example, is made by Blackburn Design.

#Blackburndesign is known for making quality parts for the hard-core community.  If you want it to last, buy Blackburn.  That is what I told my REI people when I was looking for a rack.

So when Blackburn opened their Blackburn Ranger #beablackburnranger2016 applications, I was one of the first to apply.  As a Ranger, Blackburn asks you to test equipment, talk to people about your enthusiasm for bicycle adventuring, go to ranger school and not too much more.  It is a great opportunity for those who want a crack at the latest stuff.

Blackburn gives you a choice of routes, the Pacific Coast or the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, both running from Canada to Mexico.  Blackburn will also ask if there is another major route plotted by the Adventure Cycling Association, a non-profit organization which advocates for the bicycle people seeking adventure.  You can join the Association here.

#Transamerica Trail by Adventure Cycling Association

I chose the Pacific Coast route as my first choice route.  However, if I don't run it, I would be happy with either the GDMBR or the Transamerica Trail.  My friend, Jimmy Salazar, is planning on riding the route with me.  I do a lot of journalism things and Jimmy is a natural at photos and videos.  Jimmy comes up with some pretty great angles!

Be sure to check out Blackburn Design.  If I am the lucky cat who Blackburn Design sponsors, (they choose about 6 people each year) then I would love for you to follow us on this epic adventure!~  Please stay tuned, we will let you know who Blackburn chooses!