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Claire
Everything I Packed to Bike Across New Zealand:
Packing for a bicycle tour can be a daunting task. It can feel as though the weight of your entire bicycle tour (both literally and metaphorically) is completely dependent on the decisions you make prior to departure. What if you forget some item you might need while you are in the middle of the mountains,…
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A Run-Down of the Four Bikes I’ve Used for Bicycle Touring.
When I first got into bicycle touring, I had no idea what I was doing… I knew that I liked biking and that I didn’t have a ton of money to spend on fancy gear, but I knew very little about what qualified as a “good” bike for bicycle touring (hint: any bike can *theoretically*…
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Grappling With Post-Bike Tour Depression
Diary entry from February 2024, post New Zealand bike tour. I cried today. What was a great start to the morning- waking up at 7, making my coffee and oatmeal, FaceTiming my best friend from back home, getting a lot of work done at the pride center with a chai latte and croissant to make…
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Work With Me- User Generated Content
Let me promote your products and services! User-generated content is “winning”- according to Forbes magazine. As consumers are turning to authentic feedback and advice from individuals they trust online- as opposed to from traditional marketing created from the brand- UGC now plays an incredibly significant role in a company’s promotional efforts. The humanized approach, unfiltered…
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How to Buy a Used Bike For Bicycle Touring/Bikepacking
You don’t need an expensive bike to get you where you need to go! If you are reading this article, I suspect you are new to the sport of bicycle touring and bikepacking and need some quick advice on how to make your upcoming adventure happen. Maybe you want to complete a week long trip…
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Existential Overwhelm- The Pain of Not Being Able to Live it All
An adapted Instagram diary entry from December 23rd, 2023, from my New Zealand Bike tour. I’ve been tired and depressed these last two days of biking Across New Zealand. Traveling frequently fills me with dread, anxiety, and remorse, but I haven’t quite been able to explain why until now: “I can never read all the…
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Bicycle Touring’s Impact on Body Image
An adapted Instagram diary entry from January 9th, 2024, from my New Zealand Bike tour. Today I realized I loved my body. I pedaled a total of 130km from Lake Rotorua to Kaiteriteri so I could make it to Abel Tasman a bit earlier, and perhaps, to Nelson too. My legs were tired. Each hill…
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I Hate This Place
An adapted Instagram diary entry from February 3rd, 2024, from my New Zealand Bike tour. “Why did you decide to bike across New Zealand?” I’ve given my socially acceptable answer to this question for a while now. “Because it’s summer over here which makes it easier to travel.” “Because Jima and I wanted to travel…
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Financial Trauma and It’s Impact on Flying for Bicycle Touring
An adapted (unpublished) Instagram diary entry from December 13th, 2023, from my New Zealand Bike tour. I leave for a 36+ hour flight to New Zealand in less than 24 hours. I fly from Baltimore -> Atlanta, Atlanta -> LAX, LAX -> San Francisco, San Francisco -> Fiji, Fiji -> Christchurch, NZ. My first two…
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Stop Asking People How They Plan Their Bicycle Touring Routes
I get asked a LOT how I plan my bikepacking and bicycle touring routes. I try to answer these questions nicely as possible- “Oh I just google whatever premade routes exist in the area”; “It’s kinda hard to explain”; “I copied the Strava routes from a friend of a stranger I met while traveling in…
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