BTA Ridecast: Riding the Canadian Shield 400
In the spring and summer of 2021, I developed some bikepacking routes that take rides through the Outaouais Region, Laurentian Mountains, and Western parts of Quebec. One of these routes was the Grand-O, which has since been renamed the Canadian Shield 400, one of three loops that make up the Canadian Shield Bikepacking Route. Here are my notes on my riding of the CS400.To support the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, follow the links below:https://www.patreon.com/bikepackadventures orhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bikepackadventures Follow me at…WEBSITE: http://www.biketouradventures.com YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQl_pNcMZA-hHckhVrpmaw FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/biketouradventures/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bike_tour_adventures/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BikeTourAdv ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bike-tour-adventures/id1464406852 Show SponsorsThe Bike Tour Adventures podcast is incredibly lucky to have some amazing corporate sponsors. Check these great companies out and feel free to use my PROMO codes.Redshift Sports - Discount code: BPA15Panorama Cycles - Discount code: BPA10Raceday Fuel - Discount code: BPA10
27 Mai 202115min
Filmed by Bike Festival + Rugile Kaladyte on her film ”I Just Want to Ride”
In this episode of Bike Tour Adventures, I get to chat with the organizer of the Filmed by Bike Festival, Ayleen Crotty. Unlike many of the Adventure Film Festivals out there, this festival is specifically aimed at showcasing the world best bike movies. As many bike tourers out there produce movies and short films of their adventures, I figured this is the perfect festival to highlight on the Bike Tour Adventures Podcast. I also have the privilege of having a chance to speak with Rugile Kaladyte, winner of the Filmed by Bike's Audience Choice Award for her film "I Just Want to Ride" in which she followed Leal Wilcox on her 2019 attempt at beating the fastest known time of the Tour Divide. To support the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, follow the links below:https://www.patreon.com/bikepackadventures orhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bikepackadventures Find Rugile at:WEBSITE: http://www.rugilekaladyte.com/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/rugilekaladyte/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rugile.kaladyte Find the Filmed by Bike Festival at:WEBSITE: https://filmedbybike.org/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/FilmedByBikeRocks INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/filmedbybike/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/FilmedByBike Follow me at…WEBSITE: http://www.biketouradventures.com YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQl_pNcMZA-hHckhVrpmaw FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/biketouradventures/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bike_tour_adventures/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BikeTourAdv ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bike-tour-adventures/id1464406852 Show SponsorsThe Bike Tour Adventures podcast is incredibly lucky to have some amazing corporate sponsors. Check these great companies out and feel free to use my PROMO codes.<a href="https://redshiftsports.com/"...
13 Mai 20211h 16min
Zoe and Olivier | Exploring the World With Only Human Power
In this episode of BTA, I get to met Zoe Agasi and Olivier Van Herck, a couple of travellers from Amsterdam that embarked in an open ended adventure of a life time on the very last day of September 2016. They started by traveling across Europe by bike then mixing up boats, hiking boots and skis to get wherever their curiosity would pull them. They are advocating for a slower and more sustainable way of travelling, giving the example of what is possible to achieve on zero, two, or six sets of wheels. They’ve since travelled more than 41000km and are not planning to stop anytime soon. This interview was conducted by Carl Pressault, an Ottawa/Gatineau bike tourer and bikepacker.To support the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, follow the links below:https://www.patreon.com/bikepackadventures orhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bikepackadventures Find them at:WEBSITE: https://weleaf.nl/en/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTRJ-6L5RnerI2wMBcliEmA INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/weleaf.nl/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/weleaf/ Follow me at…WEBSITE: http://www.biketouradventures.com YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQl_pNcMZA-hHckhVrpmaw FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/biketouradventures/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bike_tour_adventures/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BikeTourAdv ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bike-tour-adventures/id1464406852 Show SponsorsThe Bike Tour Adventures podcast is incredibly lucky to have some amazing corporate sponsors. Check these great companies out and feel free to use my PROMO codes.Redshift Sports - Discount code: BPA15Panorama Cycles - Discount code: BPA10Raceday Fuel - Discount code: BPA10
22 Apr 20212h 4min
BTA Ridecast - The "D"rail-leur
The "D"rail-leur is a 320km rail-trail loop in the Ottawa Valley and Highlands west of Ottawa. I had previously been shown the route by a friend, but from all the research I could do, I did not find anyone had given it a name, and thus I decided to name it the "D"rail-leur, because it looks like a huge letter D, it's rail-trail, and a bike has a derailleur. In this episode I talk about my first experience riding at an ultra-endurance pace, where I challenged myself to ride the loop in a one-day period. Have to listen to learn about what I did, how I accomplished it, and what I would do differently in the future.To support the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, follow the links below:https://www.patreon.com/bikepackadventures orhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bikepackadventures Follow me at…WEBSITE: http://www.biketouradventures.com YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQl_pNcMZA-hHckhVrpmaw FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/biketouradventures/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bike_tour_adventures/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BikeTourAdv ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bike-tour-adventures/id1464406852 Show SponsorsThe Bike Tour Adventures podcast is incredibly lucky to have some amazing corporate sponsors. Check these great companies out and feel free to use my PROMO codes.Redshift Sports - Discount code: BPA15Panorama Cycles - Discount code: BPA10Raceday Fuel - Discount code: BPA10
18 Apr 202132min
Nomad Family By Bicycle
In this episode of the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, I will be speaking with Xavier, Céline, Nayla and Fibie Pasche - The Nomadic Family by Bicycle. Having been on a perpetual bike tour since 2010 and both girls being born along the way, this has resulted in the girls having more authentic experiences in their short lives than many people accumulate over decades. More than just bike tourers, the Pasche family are nomads, writers, public speakers, photographers and teachers.To support the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, follow the links below:https://www.patreon.com/bikepackadventures orhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bikepackadventures Find them at:WEBSITE: https://www.ylia.ch/index.html YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7qR1BWEKWJrSHaudLEbPhA Enfants du Monde: https://enfants.ylia.ch/ Follow me at…WEBSITE: http://www.biketouradventures.com YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQl_pNcMZA-hHckhVrpmaw FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/biketouradventures/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bike_tour_adventures/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BikeTourAdv ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bike-tour-adventures/id1464406852 Show SponsorsThe Bike Tour Adventures podcast is incredibly lucky to have some amazing corporate sponsors. Check these great companies out and feel free to use my PROMO codes.Redshift Sports - Discount code: BPA15Panorama Cycles - Discount code: BPA10Raceday Fuel - Discount code: BPA10 Show Notes~ 00m 45s Bike Tour Adventures housekeeping~ 06m 00s The background of the Nomad Family by Bicycle~ 13m 19s How they planned their original route --> Infinity~ 17m 00s Pregnancy and adapting the tour~ 27m 45s Touring with a 5-month old~ 38m 30s Breastfeeding while touring and managing energy levels~ 41m 40s Educating...
4 Apr 20211h 16min
BTA Touring Talk | Bike Maintenance
In this episode of BTA Touring Talk I have Carl Presseault, my most recent guest, co-hosting an episode in which we will talk about Bike maintenance on the road and what we consider to be the most important tools to take with you on the road. We're going to discuss some of the most common problems you may have while touring and what is the best way to overcome the situation.To support the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, follow the links below:https://www.patreon.com/bikepackadventures orhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bikepackadventures Follow me at…WEBSITE: http://www.biketouradventures.com YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQl_pNcMZA-hHckhVrpmaw FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/biketouradventures/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bike_tour_adventures/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BikeTourAdv ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bike-tour-adventures/id1464406852 Show SponsorsThe Bike Tour Adventures podcast is incredibly lucky to have some amazing corporate sponsors. Check these great companies out and feel free to use my PROMO codes.Redshift Sports - Discount code: BPA15Panorama Cycles - Discount code: BPA10Raceday Fuel - Discount code: BPA10
15 Mar 20211h 21min
Layton Keddy | Off the Beaten Path in Australia and Papua New Guinea
In this episode of Bike Tour Adventures, I catch up with Layton Keddy while he is in Australia. In 2019, Layton decided to leave Saskatchewan, Canada, and go explore the world by moving to Australia so as to be able to work and travel. With bike in hand, he would use his holidays and breaks to explore the vastness that is Australia and Tasmania. When an opportunity arose for him to take his work experience to Papua New Guinea, Layton was thrilled to have the chance to learn about a completely different way of life and experience their culture by bike.To support the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, follow the links below:https://www.patreon.com/bikepackadventures orhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bikepackadventures Find them at:FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/laytonkeddy.keddy.1 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mytravelforevermachine/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiuwfhQItQV_6rZH8l9011Q Follow me at…WEBSITE: http://www.biketouradventures.com YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQl_pNcMZA-hHckhVrpmaw FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/biketouradventures/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bike_tour_adventures/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BikeTourAdv ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bike-tour-adventures/id1464406852 Show SponsorsThe Bike Tour Adventures podcast is incredibly lucky to have some amazing corporate sponsors. Check these great companies out and feel free to use my PROMO codes.Redshift Sports - Discount code: BPA15Panorama Cycles - Discount code: BPA10Raceday Fuel - Discount code: BPA10 Show Notes~ 02m 00s Who is Layton Keddy; Bike touring Indonesia; What people back home thought~ 06m 40s Random decision to cycle to Costa Rica that lasted 16 months; getting robbed~ 12m 20s Moving to Australia~ 14m 50s Layton's touring rig and bike...
7 Mar 20211h 16min
Carl Presseault | From European Bike Touring to Bikepacking Locally
In this episode I have the chance to speak with Carl Presseault, a nearly neighbour of mine, living in the Ottawa Capital Region. Having worked in the bike industry since 2004, Carl got into bike touring in 2013 when an ex-girlfriend told him she wanted to bike tour for a year in Europe. Although the relationship with his ex may not have lasted, the bike touring relationship is still going strong, even all these years later. More recently Carl has started to use bikepacking as a means of doing fast tours around the region he lives.To support the Bike Tour Adventures podcast, follow the links below:https://www.patreon.com/bikepackadventures orhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bikepackadventures Find Carl at:INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fork_sauce/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/carl.presseaultFollow me at…WEBSITE: http://www.biketouradventures.com YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQl_pNcMZA-hHckhVrpmaw FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/biketouradventures/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bike_tour_adventures/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BikeTourAdv ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bike-tour-adventures/id1464406852 Show SponsorsThe Bike Tour Adventures podcast is incredibly lucky to have some amazing corporate sponsors. Check these great companies out and feel free to use my PROMO codes.Redshift Sports - Discount code: BPA15Panorama Cycles - Discount code: BPA10Raceday Fuel - Discount code: BPA10 Show Notes~ 01m 30s Who is Carl Presseault~ 05m 45s Planning for the tour; building bikes from scratch; bike setup~ 25m 00s Route through Europe and starting in Italy~ 36m 00s Cycling through southern and eastern France~ 54m 00s Getting tired of canal paths and missing the mountains~ 01h 00m Cycling in Germany; sandwich index~ 01h 17m Cycling in Slovakia and Hungary~ 01h 26m Budgeting for the 6 month trip~ 01h 31m Bikepacking in Canada; Trans-Canada, Cataroqui and K&P Trail~ 01h 38m Bikepacking gear; connecting the Prescott-Russel Trail to the Petit Train du Nord~ 01h 48m 3D printing
1 Mar 20212h 5min
