To support the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, follow the links below: https://www.patreon.com/biketouradventures or https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/biketouradventures  Join the RideWithGPS Bikepack Adventures Club Find them at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/col.unsworth Website: https://foresthorizons.wixsite.com/nakedacrossbritain Find me at… WEBSITE YOUTUBE FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM ITUNES Show Sponsors Redshift Sports --> Use code BPA15 to save 15% at checkout Restrap --> Use code BTAPOD10 to save 10% at checkout Chiru Bikes Brockton Cyclery Panorama Cycles RaceDay Fuel --> ..read more

In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures podcast, I finally have the opportunity to learn a bit more about Sofiane Sehili. When I first reached out to Sofiane over a year ago, he told me that he's done a ton of podcasts and that he'd be happy to come on the show, so long as our conversation is on something new. After following Sofiane and his partner's adventure throughout SE Asia this past winter, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to have him share his adventure and talk about bike touring during bikepack racing's off-season. Most people will know Sofiane as a Parisian bike courier ..read more

In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures podcast, I record an episode on Fatbiking the Petit Train du Nord, which I did in March 2023 over a 4-day period. Throughout this episode, I go into detail on what parts of the trail can be ridden, conditions, stops and resupply. To support the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, follow the links below: https://www.patreon.com/biketouradventures or https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/biketouradventures  Join the RideWithGPS Bikepack Adventures Club  Find me at… WEBSITE YOUTUBE FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM ITUNES Show Sponsors Redshift Sports --> Use code BPA1 ..read more

In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures podcast, I had the chance to connect with Jerry Kopack. It's quite interesting, because he had recently been on a couple other podcasts, but I felt that there was so much I still wanted to learn about him, and figured there is no better time than the present. When Jerry first reached out, I thought he just wanted to promote his book, but surprisingly, we didn't talk too much about his book and instead spent our time talking about his journey from working for corporate America, to founding a hospice, to taking off on a 2-month bikepacking trip in Afric ..read more

In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures podcast, I take some time to reflect on my recent 3rd place finish at the Wendigo Fatbike Ultra. The Wendigo Fatbike Ultra is a fatbike race that takes palce in the Ottawa Valley, providing riders an option of 200, 100 or 50km. To support the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, follow the links below: https://www.patreon.com/biketouradventures or https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/biketouradventures  Join the RideWithGPS Bikepack Adventures Club Find them at: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wendigo_ultra/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.p ..read more

In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures podcast, I had the opportunity to speak with my cycling coach Peter Glassford. At the Consummate Athlete, the goal is simple; to help people lead their best active, adventurous lives through coaching, videos, podcasts, articles and events. Throughout our conversation, we talk about my own personal journey into bikepacking and what I have created for the greater community, both in terms of the podcast, route-sharing website, my own Grand Depart event and of course my latest endeavour, the Canadian Shield Bikepacking Summit. We then change directions an ..read more

In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures podcast, I have a chance to speak with Greg Andre-Barrett, someone who has been on my radar since I saw he was tackling the ONXL. The ONXL is a series of connected bikepacking routes throughout Ontario, which account for over 6000km of predominantly off-road touring. After doing a little more research into Greg, I realized he has bikepacked all over the world, and that he is just an amazing human being. From his volunteer work getting bikes to those less fortunate to volunteering to teach English in poorer countries, Greg still finds time to ride his ..read more

In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures podcast, I have a chance to dive deep into cold biking with Doug Dunlop. A veteran winter biker with decades of experience riding in the winter, Doug was one of the first people to reach out with advice when I complained of cold feet this winter when I got a fatbike. Doug has participated in numerous winter biking events, countless overnighters and was also on the start line of the first Iditarod Trail Invitational after it changed from being the Iditabike. Doug is also an advocate for getting children involved in winter exploration and when his child ..read more

In this shortened episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I dive into the huge learning curve that preparing the Bikepacking Summit has been. I go into detail as to how I decided to make this more of a grass-roots event designed with the intention of making it accessible and affordable for all people. After things snowballed and the event grew bigger and more complex than I had originally planned for, I was lucky enough to have some great friends reach out to discuss and bring me back on track. Throughout the episode, I talk about the upcoming Canadian Shield Bikepacking Summit and share d ..read more

In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures podcast, myself and Nathan Starzynski dive into his 15000 km adventure crossing Canada while mostly following the Trans Canada Trail. Funnily enough, about 2 weeks before recording this podcast, Nathan and I had a chance to meet up for coffee in Chelsea, the day before he was going to be catching his flight to Europe to continue with his bicycle world tour. Nathan's cross-Canada adventure is quite unlike any I've heard of before. Rathern than follow the straighter, more common routes across Canada, he decided to more or less follow the TCT, even thoug ..read more