Hey folks! Tikkun Olam is Hebrew for “world repair”. It has come to signify things that you can do to make the world a little better. We were thinking of ways that one can help repair the world on a…

We love everything tandem, including creative haikus. Here are a few that we found on Facebook from Steve Shaw. We hope that you enjoy them and maybe can come up with a few of your own. On upright tandems Stokers…

We hope that you are enjoying this summer, despite its challenges. We certainly are. We just got back from scouting a beautiful tour along the coast of Maine, including Acadia National Park. We plan to run that tour in September,…

Hey guys…We hope that you are riding a lot this summer. We certainly have been! And the mercury has been in the 90’s by us! So that has gotten us thinking about staying hydrated. How much should we be drinking…

People often ask us about shipping their tandem. Whether you have a full sized bike or a coupled bike in one or two cases, you can save a lot of energy by shipping your bike in advance. There are two…

Many of you have spent years accumulating airline miles. Have you thought about the best way to spend them? Here are a few tips. When is the best time to buy airline tickets? If you are purchasing airline tickets with…

So, I’m going to guess that everyone reading this wears a helmet while they ride their bike. There are lots of good reasons to wear a helmet, even if the jury is still out on how much protection from concussion…

I’m a big fan of RideWithGPS.  I have been using it for many years to develop routes and download them to my Garmin devices.  A few years ago they came out with an app for your smartphone and with a…

Getting through security or customs at the airport can be a challenge. Perhaps equally challenging is figuring out which program you might want to sign up for to help get through security faster. TSA-Pre? Global Entry? Nexus? And what is…