Girly Girl Gear For Guys Too
Last week, I received an e-mail, it was a questionnaire that a bicycle touring website gives to women cyclists. They wanted to know how many pairs of panties I am packing in my panniers. I told them that my be the adventure panties were none [...]
Dear Universe please let a truck stop, I think I need help arranging my funeral
Dear Universe please let a truck stop, I think I need help arranging my funeral My stomach gives up sometime during the night as I am camping during the season’s first frost and I lose track exactly how many times I have hurled. When the [...]
How Great It Is To Be a Man in Baluchistan
As I sit and wait at sun rise in the no-mans land between Pakistan and Iran, I patiently wait for the Iranian border gate to open. I have learned that the Baluchi, Pakistan people are as jovial as it gets, with a laugh that jiggles [...]
Pakistani My fanny
Chugga chugga choo choo….the train plugs along at the speed of a bicycle through Baluchistan province, Pakistan. A part of the world in which blending in and passing by unnoticed is a really good idea. What the hell am I doing in this desert? I [...]
A Snowball’s Chance In Hell…How To Prepare For A Winter Bicycle Tour
Some would say that there isn't a snowball's chance in hell that they would undertake a winter bicycle tour but for WOW(women on wheels) member Ellen Moseman sees it differently. Ellen, an English teacher living in China took time away from her preparations for her upcoming winter [...]
Top 5 Reasons Rohloff Makes The Perfect Hubby
Top 5 Reasons Rohloff Makes The Perfect Hubby My Rohloff, my German internal gear hub system, love of my life, I take thee for better or for worst, in sickness and in health until death do we part, my friend, my companion and love of [...]
Tires and Tears…Have You Ever Cried On A Bicycle Tour?
With big ole tears running down my cheeks I take three deep breaths and carry Pandemic The Magic Bicycle over my head through the river current. The road has been deteriorating throughout the day with the river getting deeper at each road wash out. [...]
Oh Shit!
“Oh shit” RUN!!!! I hear my two friends say as we stand midst a joyous crowd of thousands of dancing, singing, honking and smiling people. I am short in a crowd, actually I am short even not in a crowd. However, regardless of my [...]
Call A Friend, Ask The Audience, 50/50…Who Wants To Be A Cyclist?
As I pedal up the mountainous Karakorum Highway (KKH) I am admiring the lush green hills, oh no, not again… I jam the brakes dive to the side of the road and throw up. Jump back up on the bicycle and pedal on… Another puke [...]
Paris Hilton Arrives In Pakistan With A Magic Bicycle
As I climb out of the desert and venture past the final community in China I begin to climb into the Kunjerab Pass. An expensive dark Chinese’s SUV arrives. I am immigration, it is Chinese law, no cycling the border crossing in China, you must [...]