Four WR250R riders, including myself, have begun the ever tedious task of trip planning! I hope to share as much information I can on our trip from the planning to execution to what bombed! The Route Our first task was to begin routing the trip. With local...
Here's a neat little video from Bama Rides interviewing Sam Correro about his efforts in creating the Trans-America Trail. Sam has also created the Mississippi Hill Country Trail and Shadow of the Rockies trail. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/8739407[/vimeo]...
Notes on how I packed for this overnight trip down to Mark Twain National Forest. Wolfman Duffel Eureka Spitfire 2 Tent Big Agnes Air Core Insulated Sleeping Pad Tent Poles Bottle of Heet (for Stever stoves) Frogg Toggs Road Toad Suit (pants/jacket) Lighter / Fire starters Dry Bag (SealLine) 30 Degree Sleeping Bag Jogging Pants 2...
UPDATE: Since this post I have been using WinGDB3 instead of GPSBabel. Not to say GPSBabel doesn't work, I just find WinGDB3 to be a better utility. I needed to convert a bunch of Garmin GPS routes to tracks so I found this little free tool called...
I was fortunate to follow BigDog around yesterday in the Shawnee National Forest near Jonesboro, IL. and a great day of riding it was! There's two things I found out about Mark yesterday.. he's a great! rider & incredibly humble. The WRs functioned flawlessly and I'm...
Yeah there's no way I'm riding on the side of a cliff on some tiny trail like this! Just sayin'...
This could be the difference between keeping your bike and watching it go away on the back of a salvage truck." - Stacy @ bolty.net This is a great post from a fellow rider and her dealings with her insurance company. After a recent "minor" accident...
Chris from EverydayRiding.org suggested I check this site out called Ride With GPS, and boy, am I glad. Its a nifty website for route planning and trip histogram that uses Google Maps and some amazing analytical data. I've really come to love this site, it...
Bolty.net has some sweet Firefox Plugins for ADVrider.com. I previously posted about the Ride Report De-clutter Plugin and now wanted to add these two as well. So I don't forget where to get them! ADVrider Picture Once-inator Plugin - Removes previously posted pictures from quotes ADVrider Multiquoter...
Mark "BigDog" Sampson of BigDogAdventures.com will be on SideStand Up radio broadcast Tuesday, February 16th 2010 between 7pm - 9pm. You will quickly notice how riding comes second nature to Mark and he seems to always be planning for his next adventure. Its been awesome...