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hosting bike tourists

For the last two nights, James and I have had a relative stranger sleeping upstairs in our house. No, it’s not as creepy as it sounds: Neil, our short-term house guest, is the first person to contact me via the Warmshowers website, a resource for touring cyclists. Basically what it …

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stasia June 27, 2011 October 30, 2011Bike Programs hospitality, thoughts, touring, warmshowers 0

Hauling (or, how to use your bike to carry large loads)

One of the top things people ask me when they learn I don’t have a car is “how do you carry (insert anything large here)??” Oddly enough, people usually settle on “groceries” as the biggest, most bulky load they can think of–which is funny to me, since with very few …

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stasia March 12, 2011 February 22, 2013Favorites, Materials and Gear how-to, lifestyle, touring 3

Day two: city living

Start: New Brighton State Beach End: Sunset Beach Miles Biked: 35ish. I’d decided the day before that on the second day I’d head back up the way I came, north to Santa Cruz again to hang out in the city a little. With all of its bike lanes, signed bike …

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stasia December 10, 2010 August 3, 2014Bigger Adventures, Solo Travel adventure, coast tour, Sunset Beach, touring, travel, winter 0
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