Critical Transit

Critical Transit


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55.1: Oregon Coast Bike Tour 2018
February 01, 2019

#1, Lincoln City to Newport. In September 2018, I rode south along the Pacific Coast from Lincoln City, OR to Crescent City, CA plus a few bonus days in the Redwoods. I put together some audio and photos from along the way. Let me know what you think o

Podcast 53.14: Utah Bike Tour (overview)
December 17, 2017

This final Utah bike tour journal was recorded after the tour ended. I went over the experience and consider some lessons learned. Let me know what you think. This spring I rode my bicycle across southern Utah to view the spectacular remote desert landsca

Podcast 53.13: Utah Bike Tour Recap with Ross, from Zion National Park
December 10, 2017

Part 13: Ross and I recap our tour. We decide it was a success: we had a great time, learned a lot and experienced beautiful landscapes -- through the climbs, the heat and the cold, the isolation, the food deserts (and literal desert) and more. Listen for

Podcast 53.12: Zion National Park, part 2
December 08, 2017

Part 12: I spent the day riding around Zion and later hiking via shuttle bus, then reconnected with Ross after we had split up at Bryce. (Ross finally joins me on air in the next episode.) In the adjacent town of Springdale, I picked up my summer sleep sa

Podcast 53.11: Zion National Park, part 1
December 06, 2017

Part 11: I made it to Zion! So excited to explore the canyon and walk around an actual town. I lucked out with a campsite cancellation (really wish they had hiker/biker sites!) and plunked down out my stuff to ride around unloaded.

Podcast 53.10: Still on the road in SE Utah, pedaling toward Zion.
December 03, 2017

Part 10: Audio from a short lunch stop in Orderville, Utah, as I was eager to reach Zion the same day. I said goodbye to a Swiss couple I had been leapfrogging (see their bikes at the grocery store), before pushing on into Zion (next episode).

Podcast 53.9: Back on the road. Destination: Zion.
December 01, 2017

Part 9: I rode a 12-mile paved trail west from Bryce Canyon en route to Zion, in the heat but with all my gears now working (finally!). No food stops today and no nice photos. Not the easiest ride, and by this point I was ready to be done.

Podcast 53.8: Trail Wisdom from Bryce Canyon National Park
November 29, 2017

Part 8: Hiking some trails on my third and final day in Bryce Canyon National Park.** EDIT: I uploaded the wrong audio file by mistake; this is now the correct one. **

Podcast 53.7: revisiting winter in Bryce Canyon National Park
November 27, 2017

Time for some hiking (and the first motel stay)

Podcast 53.6: Return to civilization & bike problems
November 26, 2017

Part 6: Emerging from the historic Burr Trail into Boulder and Escalante, but not before a broken gear cable changes things up. I wasn't able to ride between the Kiva Coffeehouse (pictured, not a bad spot to break down on a cold morning) and Canonville.&n