Recent content by duderino

About 13 years ago, I was jumped for the first and only time while camping on a local beach alone. I was living off and on the streets at the time while couchsurfing and sometimes camping out. I was drunk as fuck by myself on the beach when some kids showed up that had just gotten into town. I...

Recently, I tried to do a tour on the transam. The first week was awesome, but then I hurt my knee. Before I left, I read a lot of things saying not to worry about training to much and that you can train on the road. While this is mostly true, you should still try to be aware of your fitness...

A week ago, I started bicycling on the Transamerica Bicycle Trail. On June 3rd, the 2017 Transamerica Bicycle Race started. On Sunday, June 4th, I made it to Mitchell, Oregon and stayed at the Spoke'n Hostel. While I was there, lots of racers from the TBR were stopping by. The hostel was giving...

Does anyone have any suggestions for making a kick stand or pole to hold up a loaded touring bike? I've never had a bike without a kickstand before. I need to make something that holds a lot of weight because I will have a semi-big load.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I searched and didn't find anything similar. I'm thinking about making a blog for my bike tour. I'm not trying to gain a big following or anything like that. I just want a place to post shit about my trip where my friends and family that are interested...

Did you take lessons? Learn on your own with internet/books? Were you shown how to play by people/friends? Can you read music? Do you think reading music is helpful for learning, playing, or growing as a musician? I've done a mixture of all of the above for a few different instruments. I can...

I'm thinking about taking a rat with me on a cross country bike tour. Does anyone have any experience traveling with a pet rat? I can't take my dogs with me because one has severe separation anxiety and would be impossible to leave outside somewhere while I restock on supplies. The other is an...

Does anyone know where I can buy or download Bykes and Bridges albums? I discovered him years ago, but I can't find anywhere to buy it or download it. The myspace page still has the songs available for listening but not downloading. I want to rock these songs on my upcoming bike tour, but I...

http://www.easternexpressroute.com/ An Adventure Cycling tour leader has made an express route for the eastern portion of the transamerica bicycle trail. It bypasses some tough climbs and spots with chase happy dogs. It starts in Washington D.C. instead of Yorktown, Virginia. It is not yet...

I'm going to do some bike touring soon, so I made a profile here in case anyone wanted to meet up during my travels. I used to be pretty active in my local punk/metal scene growing up. Unfortunately, I got caught up in hard drugs for a long time and when I was using I stopped caring about...