What it Takes to Leave it All Behind

Some Words Haunt You: The moments that add up to make you ready to go.

This is Where it Gets Interesting: It’s the memories tangled up in the things that makes us keep the things.

Our Home is Not Our Home: That moment when our home was just four walls and empty space.

Our Saddest Happy Hour: It’s always the people you remember. And it’s the people you miss most when you leave.

Three Years on the Road

The Great Fear: There’s something to be afraid of, and it’s not the bears or the drug cartels or the endless unknown

A Lifetime of Memories for a Shoeful of Dust: What it means to trade in a prime earning year for a prime living year.

Shelter from the (Wind) Storm: One of many experiences of connecting with strangers in ways we never expected.

One of Those Moments: A short video that captures some of the magic of traveling.

My Own Cautionary Tale: A lapse in judgement, a burned hand, questions about what we’re doing.

D is for Displacement: Even a dream life isn't rosy all the time.

What it Feels Like to Break Down: The Texas winds get into Laura’s head during a grueling ride and she crumples under the weight.

The Fire in the Sky: And sometimes you think you’re about to die by missile fire.

Always Thinking About Food: Eating well while traveling by bike is difficult, to say the least, and it always gives us pause.

Things Fall Apart: The road is hard on your few belongings.

Minimalism on a Bicycle: Our urge for things does not go away simply because we have sold all our furniture and carry our whole lives on a bicycle.

Traveling Without Moving: Pausing to remember before re-entering “normal” life again.

Who Moved My Cheese?: Fumbling through coming back.

You’re Doing it Wrong: We think the best way for anyone to go bike touring is on a bike, the rest is just personal details.

How to Talk to Your Partner About Bike Touring: It’s not easy to broach the topic of bike touring to an unwilling partner. We know, we’ve been there. But it’s worth it!

Nine Year Anniversary... and Other Adventures: How to travel together and not kill each other

Inside an International Bike Incident: Road rage is a cyclist’s worst nightmare, and something we never thought we’d actually experience.

This Phenomenon We Call Bicycle Tourism

Economics of Bike Touring: We begin to see how bicycle tourism can make an indelible impact on small towns, and bring places back from the brink.

5 Easy Ways to be a Bike-Friendly Business: Tips that we still stand by.

Video: Interview with Bill White: Bill White saw the possibilities of bike tourism and built Bike Camp in Twin Bridges, MT.

How Businesses can Attract Bike Travelers: A few simple ideas to help you tip-toe into bike tourism.

5 Reasons Why Bicycle Tourism Matters: Bringing the case for bicycle tourism to the bike advocacy world.

If You Sign It, Will They Come?: We return to the Old West Scenic Bikeway a year after filming.

From Bird Hunting to Bicycle Tours: Short video from our interview with Treo Bike Tours owner Phil Carlson.

Flat Tire Lounge: Bikes, Beer and Business: Short video from our interview with one of the owners of Flat Tire Lounge in Madrid, Iowa.

Lessons from the Great Shasta Rail Trail: The importance of communication and branding, brought to life in a real-world example.

The REAL Impacts of Bike Tourism: It’s the smaller day-to-day impacts that makes it stick.

From Portland to Missoula to YouTube to Spain

Rode Trip: Mud and Redemption at Treo Ranches: A gravel-turned-mud adventure.

Journey to the Sun: Amtrak + bikes to ride the iconic Glacier National Park road.

A Guide to Watercolors and Bicycling: Russ shares his tips for painting on a bike ride.

How to Pronounce Pannier: Russ digs deep into the backstory.

We’re Moving to Montana !!: Wherein we bid farewell to Portland and Laura starts working with ACA.

Bikefishing in Bear Country: A quintessential Montana bikey day.

#COUCH2KANZA: YouTube playlist of our Dirty Kanza experience.

An Ode to #Couch2Kanza: Waxing poetic about training and whether it’s worth it.

Your Tires are Lying to You: What exactly is correct tire pressure?

We Sold Everything to Travel…Again: Life is just a big circle. A look behind-the-scenes as we leave Missoula for Spain.

1500 Videos… Was it Worth it?: Chatting about what it’s like to be so deep into YouTube.

Peak Mechanical: YouTube playlist of videos in the Peak Mechanical series.