After I finished the Colorado trail, I set the bike aside for a month while Mark and I got married and prepped for our current trip! We had an incredible time at our wedding and are so thankful to all the friends and family who made it happen! We are now a week into our journey to Argentina and experiencing the usual highs and lows that come with the start of any trip. After spending so much time off the bike while we sewed bags and did other prep work for the trip, Mark and I have been struggling to READ MORE
Category: Tandem Cycling
Sewing Bicycle Bags
When Mark and I bought our tandem we briefly consider purchasing custom frame bags to use the bike’s double sized frame as storage. After a little thought and reflection on cost we realized that we would be better off sewing the bags ourselves. I had sewn my own tarp for backpacking and had a little bit of sewing experience. Mark had no sewing experience, but I was confident that he would be a quick learner. I was first inspired to sew my own gear when I read Ray Jardine’s Trail Life, an informational book about long distance hiking. Jenny and READ MORE
Why Tandem?
When I was hiking the CDT, Mark got the idea that we should plan a bike trip together. Maybe, he thought we should do it on a tandem. I had never ridden a tandem before, but I was on board with the idea. We talked to many of our friends about the idea and received a fair amount of skepticism along with some outright abhorrence at the idea. From the dramatic to the mundane, we heard and read all sorts of reasons not to buy a tandem bicycle: “it’ll ruin your relationship,” “won’t you get bored staring at his sweaty READ MORE