5 Reasons To Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Pitter patter my heart, oh la la, it’s Valentine’s Day. My e-mail box was loaded this week with links galore in the celebration of Valentine’s Day throughout the cycling world. After all my recent talk about my reunion with my hubby Mr Rohloff Wheel, I am [...]
Tread Marks Of Experience….Have You Ever Cycled Through Pooh?
Winnie The Pooh was a mighty fine bear I will venture a dare and say without a scare That at times when the toilet paper was rare Even a pooh bear may have gotten some on his hair Bring in a [...]
Laughing At Lingams, Top 3 Phallic Tales Of Explosive Exposure
Lingam is defined by the Webster’s dictionary as "a phallic symbol,male in stature, historically referred to as a symbol of reproduction...protruding outward from the male statue" Lingam as defined by the solo female bicycle tourist glossary of terms as, "oh no, not again, please put [...]
Waiting On A Man, Rohloff, Where Are You?
Perched high in a round balcony, a widow peers out into the distance Mediterranean oceans waiting on a sailor who left for the hospital in Germany a long time ago. Since the early 1800’s, when the first widows perch was built women have sat patiently [...]
What’s A Purist Anyway…Do You Walk The Line?
The purist cyclist will pass up a bus, train or plane, never walk the line and cycle everywhere they travel. Johnny Cash would of made a fine bicycle tourist. Like sobriety is to an alcoholic, a purist is determined to tackle daily route planning logistics [...]
Rohloff or Roll On, You Decide
After about 30,000 uncounted kilometers, Pandemic The Magic bicycle is suffering a cough due to cold, a pesky hiccup of sorts that persists with a hypochondriac’s insistence that something is not quite right. In 2009, my first magic bicycle tour began when I left [...]
Adventures Of A Solo Cyclist, An Article By Vaugh Himmelsbach
I was interviewed for an article about women’s adventure travel by Chick Savvy Travels, a CA based travel website. I thought I would share the article written by Vawn Himmelsbach here as well. Loretta Henderson was not a cyclist, nor was she a traveler, but [...]
Tips and Magic Bicycle Tricks For Bicycle Touring With Only Two Panniers
As anyone who has read Roll’in With My Hommies, How To Bicycle Tour Anywhere With Only 2 Panniers knows, Pandemic The Magic Bicycle is a close personnel friend of Houdini’s. Pandemic The Magic Bicycle ran into Houdini at the Spokes Bar for a talk about [...]
Ssshhhh, I Can’t Hear You…Why I Love My MSR Whisper Lite Stove
The MSR int’l whisper lite might lack the glimmer of a low simmer but boil it will in a record breaking spill No need to buy the primus for surely all those fuel cartridges will cause an international fuss Up in flames she went [...]
Roll’in With My Homies…How To Bicycle Tour With Only Two Panniers
I have been asked several times how I got bicycle touring gear and a camping kit into 2 Ortlieb panniers and no handlebar bag instead of the typical 4-5 pannier set up. The answer is Houdini is a close personnel friend of Pandemic The Magic [...]