The Adventure Riders Ohio Facebook group to join if you’re new to Adventure riding and you live in Ohio. The group administrators are quite active, post cool routes, and are very responsive to questions from new people. There are nearly 10,000 people in the group as of this writing and the user base is quite
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Around 2016, I randomly bought a Rubbermaid 20oz water bottle at the local grocery store. Little did I know this would lead to a love affair and associated heartbreak! 😂 I gave little thought to this water bottle when I bought it. Previous to this, I didn’t even use water bottles. Over the years, out
I wasn’t sure if I should call this article trials terminology, trials glossary, trials dictionary or trials lingo! Anyway, the point is, if you’re new to trials riding, all of the terminology can be very confusing, so here’s a list to help you:
Last night, Jake Paul fought Mike Tyson in an exhibition match. I refused to watch it, even though it was on Netflix and I already have a subscription. Jake Paul is one of the leaders in the attention-seeking economy. He’s figured out a way to thread the needle, arranging fights which make everyone mad, because
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In September and October of 2024, I spent 3 weeks riding motorcycles 1600 miles through Nepal and Tibet. After two weeks, there was a storm and the border road flooded out. We couldn’t cross back into Nepal, and spent a couple of days on the Tibet side in a tiny town called Gyirong without power
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A while back, I stopped posting political content on social media, and I’ve been way happier since then. A buddy of mine had a talk with me about how often I was getting political on social media. I hadn’t even realize it, but he was right. I was posting political content all of the time.
September 2024:Â Buenos Aires Everyone calls it BA The whole city reminds me of Barcelona with huge vias and avenues They carved up enough of the city for giant parks that it feels really nice The hop-on, hop-off bus was a really nice way to see a bunch of the city over a roughly two-hour
September 2024: Montevideo Very calm and safe It’s a great taste of Latino America without much danger, at all. Still has the feel of Peru, Bolivia, Columbia and Mexico. The block in the sidewalks, the streets, etc A lot of colonial architecture and new construction going on A large middle class, and much less poverty
July 2024: Oslo, Bergen, Flam Oslo The kids had a blast at the playgrounds. We noticed that it was really setup for kids. I had fun going on morning adventures on the electric scooters. I learned how to do jumps off of curbs! I fell in love with the Volkswagen ID.Buzz, their new electric Volkswagen
I’m preparing for a motorcycle trip to Nepal and Tibet in September 2024, and I thought I knew everything I needed to know about power….but I was wrong. Apparently, Nepal uses type C (cool, no problem), but they also use type D and type M plugs (WTF are these?). They’re from old British standards when