The Vitals Date: April 14-17, 2022 Location: Lower Vancouver Island Distance: ~250 km Photos: Brittany Resources: Bikepacking.com The Trip It’s been a long winter and an even longer break since we had gone camping or done a bike trip longer than one night. Easter weekend was looking okay in terms of weather and it seemed […]
Photo of seaside riding next to the Dardanelles looking across to Gallipoli. The note from the policeman was in Turkish but it was 2012 and we were travelling without a stove, let alone a phone with a data plan. The day had begun sunny and warm as I and my cycling partner rode along the […]
The Vitals Date: August 30 – September 3, 2020 Location: Fernie, BC Distance: ~270 km Partner: Brittany Resources: Ride with GPS Route Photos: Brittany The Trip Labour day is the traditional end to the summer season. The days are usually warm, but not hot, and you can put all the fitness you gained in a […]
The Vitals Date: August 9 – 10, 2020 Location: Coquihalla/Tulameen, BC Distance: ~105 km Partner: Brittany Resources: Strava route Photos: Brittany The Trip Brittany spent three quiet weeks this summer in a town of 250 people in northern BC but when she returned on a Saturday she was looking to get out and do something […]
The Vitals Date: June 20 – 21, 2020 Location: Vancouver to Whistler, BC Distance: ~130 km Partners: Brittany, Will, Matt, Dawn, Michael Resources: Indian Arm to Squamish, Squamish to Whistler Photos: Brittany The Trip In 2017 and 2018 I participated in the local incarnation of the “Swift Campout” solstice weekend bike and camp outing. The […]
The Vitals Date: December 6, 2019 Location: Sunshine Coast Distance: ~65 km (about 25 km of single track), ~1300 meters climbed Photos: Brittany Resources: Trailforks, bikepacking.com The Trip With the dreaded shoulder season dragging on and on, Brittany and I rented a house in Sechelt for the weekend with friends. To make it more interesting, […]
Radical Sabbatical
The Vitals Dates: June 19 – August 2, 2019 Location: Japan to Ontario Photos by Brittany Total Route Section 1 Riding Summary Section 2 Riding Summary Section 3 Riding Summary Section 4 Riding Summary The Trip We left Vancouver on August 6, 2018 and we returned nearly one year later on August 2, 2019. In the […]
Riding Stats South Korea Japan Total km 978 812 Riding Days 14 13 km/riding day 69.9 62.5 Total days 22 24 km/day 44.5 33.8 Days Camping 10 10 Days through WarmShowers 3 3 (2 were also camping) Days in Hotels 8 13 Days Other 1 (overnight ferry) 0 Longest Day: 107 km (Aso to 23 km […]
The Vitals Dates: June 4 – June 18, 2019 Location: Fukuoka – Osaka, Japan Distance: 812 km Photos by Brittany Total Route The Trip We woke up at 5:00 a.m. when the lights and the TV in our cabin flicked on by some authority beyond our control. The previous night we had boarded the New Camellia […]
The Vitals Dates: May 13 – June 3, 2019 Location: Incheon to Busan, South Korea Distance: 978 km Photos by Brittany Total Route The Trip South Korea might be the easiest place to bike tour in the world. Let me enumerate the reasons: 70% of the bicycle network is on cycle-only roads On the cross-country route […]
The Vitals Dates: March 17 – April 13, 2019 Location: Picton, NZ to Bluff, NZ Distance: 1488 km, 14,700 m climbed Photos by Brittany Total Route New Zealand Riding Summary The Trip For the better part of a week, Brittany and I have been sitting on the Otago Peninsula doing a housesit with two dogs. The […]
Riding Stats Total km: 3284 Riding Days: 48 km/riding day: 68.4 Total days: 60 km/day: 54.7 Nights Camping: 39 Nights through WarmShowers: 6 Nights in Huts: 1 Nights with Friends: 2 Nights in Hostels/Airbnb: 12 Longest Day: 117 km (Rawene to Dargaville, our sixth riding day in NZ) Shortest Day: 30 km (Utea Park to Bluff Campground, our second riding […]
The Vitals Dates: February 21 – March 17, 2019 Location: Auckland to Wellington, New Zealand Distance: 1265 km cycled, ~ 11,500 m climbed Photos by Brittany Total Route Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Oh boy, we’ve done a lot of riding since I last wrote something […]
The Vitals Dates: February 13 – February 20, 2019 Location: Kaitaia to Cape Reinga to Auckland, New Zealand Distance: 525 km Photos by Brittany Total Route Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Brittany and I landed in Auckland on February 9th after an 11th hour purchase of […]
The Vitals Dates: January 11 – January 31, 2562 B.E. Location: Anlong Veng, Cambodia to Chiang Mai, Thailand Distance: 992 km Photos by Brittany Total Route Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Thailand has shown up as a strong contender for a better cycling destination than Yunnan […]