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I am a traveler, cyclist, expat and teacher with over 15 years experience living abroad in six different countries. As a passionate cyclist I have seen the world by bike and has toured in some truly amazing places, such as Sweden, Germany, Japan, most of SE Asia and of course Canada. During that time, I have traveled to over 40+ countries and met countless travelers, cyclists, and other expats. While traveling by bike, I decided that I wanted to connect the touring and bikepacking community ...
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Henry Do | Ultra-Cyclist and Ultra-Storyteller
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I have the chance to go deep with Henry Do about his journey into bikepack racing. I first met Henry this past winter at the Wendigo Fatbike Ultra, a 200km rail-trail bike race. Needless to say, he beat me by about 6 hours. The morning after, we got to talking and I realized that I really need to …
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Meaghan Hackinen | 2024 Tour Divide 1st Woman Overall
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I catch up with Meaghan Hackinen, the first woman across the line in the 2024 Tour Divide Mountain Bike Race (7th overall), becoming the first woman to complete the Tour Divide Grand Depart event under 16 days, with a finishing time of 15d 23h 00m. Meaghan Hackinen is a British Columbia-based ultr…
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I catch up with Indiana Schulz, while he is taking a few days off in Anchorage, Alaska after starting his 7 years around the world Cycling Kindness Adventure on May 15th. Indiana's journey into bikepacking began in the mid-2010s and in that time he has competed in and completed some of the toughes…
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Fred Chagnon | Randonneuring for Bikepackers
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I chat with Fred Chagnon about a cycling specific sport that is fairly new to me: randonneuring. Fred got started in Randonneuring during the pandemic 4 years ago and is now wholly invested and wants to promote the growth of the sport, for a variety of reasons which we will discuss today. In many …
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Unpacking Bikepacking | Gear, Bike Setup and More with Salty Beard Adventures
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I'm joined by Rob Biron, better known as Salty Beard Adventures as we record the latest episode of Unpacking Bikepacking. In this series, we go over some of the gear we are using, discuss our biking plans, training wins and fails, things we are doing without setups and more. Hope you enjoy. To sup…
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Boban Chaldovich | Bikepacking Mexico and Another 100,000km
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I'm thrilled to be recording an in-person podcast episode while sitting in the podcast studio I build in my garage. Sometimes things just work out and this happened to be the case with Boban Chaldovich, a Montreal based bikepacker with nearly 30 years' experience of bike travel. It just so happene…
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I talk with Mat and Ali about their upcoming plan to cycle across Canada following the Great Northern Bikepacking Route. Mat and Ali both found themselves living in British Columbia, enjoying the outdoors in every which way. Ali was a seasoned mountain biker when she met Mat and learned about his …
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I go into depth about the upcoming Canadian Shield Bikepacking Summit. This is the only Canadian based bikepacking summit, giving participants a whole weekend of group rides, presentations, activities and prizes. Hope to see you all there. To support the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, follow the li…
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Unpacking Bikepacking #4 | Making Your Gravel Bike into the Perfect Gravel Bikepacking Rig
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In the 4th episode of Unpacking Bikepacking I dive into the some of the common issues that gravel bike riders have while taking on various bikepacking adventures, and how to make that gravel bike into the perfect rig for bikepacking. Throughout the episode I look into various things, such as suspension, handlebars, fenders, tire setup, and more. To…
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I'm sharing the conversation I had with Aaron Prasad a little while ago. Unfortunately, it took a bit of time to get it put out as things got crazy for a short while. Now that things are a bit more normal, I happy to release this conversation and share Aaron's journey as a plant-based athlete, lov…
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I record a Ridecast on my recent participation in the 200km Wendigo Fatbike Ultra, which took place on February 24th, 2024. Throughout the episode I talk my bike, setup, preparation and of course, the event itself. Finishing with a time of 18h 39m, this event pushed my limits for a variety of reas…
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Scarlet & Flint Zeigler | Meadow to Mountain
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I'm excited to share with you a different type of adventurer. Namely, because she is so young, yet has accomplished some pretty epic adventures. When I first reached out to Scarlet and her dad Flint, they were immediately interested in sharing their journey on the podcast. Between Flint's job as a…
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Kurt Refsnider | A Guide to Traveling the Iditarod Trail
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I this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I super excited to have had the opportunity to sit down with Kurt Refsnider, a professional ultra-endurance/backcountry mountain bike legend, record holder, route developer, advocate, cycling coach, geologist and also the co-founder and route director of Bikepacking Roots. If it's something bike re…
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Bikepacking Beyond Borders | Passport France with Charlotte Plouvier
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, we go Bikepacking Beyond Borders. Journeying into the unknown can be a daunting experience. Through this series, we will try to share tips, tricks and travel hacks to make travel in these countries as trouble free as possible, while also laying the foundation for an unforgettable adventure. In thi…
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Unpacking Bikepacking | Tailfin Cycling, OMM, Outdoor Vitals quilt
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Unpacking Bikepacking is going to be a regular segment on the podcast, where I will share my thoughts and insights into various bikepacking related subjects. I will share a bit about my personal journey through planning and training, talk about gear I've been experimenting with, discuss resources or kit I've come across, talk about my bikepacking s…
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures podcast, I record a second episode with Ty Domin as we take a deep dive into bag making. I'm not exactly sure if Ty likes making bags more or riding bikes, but he is pretty passionate about the 2 of them. When Covid locked down the state he was living in in Australia, he, on a whim decided to pull out an o…
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David & Diletta | Project Aire Libre
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures podcast, I catch up with David and Didi mid-tour, while they break for Christmas in Cusco, Peru. I first learned about them quite a while before their adventure started, when they were still in the preparation stages and wanted some advice. Two months ago, David and Didi landed in Colombia to begin what th…
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