Girl Grateful…Dealing With Check Points in Egypt
As I crouch down in the Sahara desert sand next to an old building just to the side of the road near Beni Suez, I catch a peek of a truck load of police who drive by looking for me. They insist on driving/escorting me [...]
Big Mac Attack…What To Eat On A Bicycle Tour
As I wander through the streets of Nicosia, Cyprus, I am distracted not by beautiful mosques or historic Venetian city walls but by the fact that I am ridiculously hungry and nothing is open. The damp, dark, after rain soaked, dimly light streets are asleep, [...]
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 [...]