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Cycle Touring Vancouver Island

This section is my chance to ramble on, to have an ongoing conversation with readers. I'll post updates & photos as I do more rides, get gear worth noting, or come across interesting stuff about cycle touring or bikepacking on Vancouver Island & the Sunshine Coast (and beyond).

See the 'search tags', listed in alpha order down the right side below. Check this list out if you want to find out if there is a post about a location - click on a tag of interest, and any relevant blog post(s) will show along the left.

Surly ECR bikepacker - 1st impressions

Surly ECR bikepacker - 1st impressions

Early review of my new Surly ECR bikepacker bike. More to come after I get it out for some tougher multi-day rides

Malcolm Island - northern whimsy

Malcolm Island - northern whimsy

Check out Malcolm Island & Bere Point Regional Campground on beautiful Malcolm Island of Vancouver Island's NE coast. Beautiful beac

Immigration & bike touring

Immigration & bike touring

A few years past, after hearing about how fabulous it was from cycle tourists in central Asia, I did a 6 week bike tour through west and cen

New trends in bikeland

New trends in bikeland

3 articles about trends in the biking world - on local bike shops, hidden motors and an ageless wonder, still riding at 105 years.

To Rohloff or not to Rohloff?

To Rohloff or not to Rohloff?

This post talks about why I really considered getting a rohloff hub for my newly ordered Surly ECR 29 x 3+" bikepacking bike

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