Featured Adventures

If you didn’t know, I rode a bicycle around the world, and the most popular question was: “How did you ride a bike across the ocean?” My favorite joke was to say: “I just put extra air in the tires.” Now the joke has come true.

Dave Adam is biking across most of the country in memory of his father and grandfather who died from Alzheimer’s to help raise awareness.

I have had my website about the argonauts for 15 years today. The myth of the argonauts is one of the first western adventure stories about a hero on quest, symbolically a quest for self-improvement. Hercules was one of the sailors on the Argo along with Jason and the rest of the Argonauts. So, I… Continue Reading

A short winter ride turns into an adventure full of thoughtful introspection and inspiration for the coming year. This is one of my favorite guest posts.

A cross country bike ride. Part 2: Oregon Trail through tall forests.

I’ve had the chance to speak with Daniel about his adventure. His passion for the bicycle and more so for mental health are outstanding. I ride with him in spirit.

Are you tired of those Facebook quizzes telling you who you are?

Another story that makes me jealous. A tricycle ride to the South Pole.

I always recommend people keep their stories short and sweet. Here is the shortest and sweetest so far. Congratulations on taking life into your own hands.

Here is a a resourceful microadventure in India by bicycle. I like the reference to a “A philosophical experience”.

With the wonders of technology we can follow a bicycle race to the South Pole live on the internet. The last I heard the British adventurer Maria Leijerstam is in the lead on her fat tire tricycle.

The following was contributed by Frosty Wooldridge. It is one of his “Spirit of Adventure” bicycle greeting cards.

This is an excerpt from Changing Gears: A Family Odyssey to the End of the World by Nancy Sathre-Vogel. Together with her husband and children, Nancy rode her bicycle from Alaska to Argentina. Changing Gears is her travel memoir from her time on the road.

With winter weather the current reality it is a natural time to reflect on the past summer and it’s warmth. My past summer was spent walking across the US on the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2660-mile footpath from Mexico to Canada.