Chainwheel Diaries

Greetings, bike travelers and bikepackers, welcome toanother episode of Chainwheel Diaries. Stories about bike travel told by the travelers themselves. Today is Freaky Friday, where I change places with ChrisCompton, one of my bike adventure buddies. Chris will host the show and interview me, Brian Berlin, about my bike misadventure on Catalina Island. Let’s just say, bike trips don’t always turn out the way youplanned them. Chainwheel Diaries is available wherever you get yourpodcasts, so please like and subscribe. Now let me hand it over to Chris Compton.

Greetings bike travelers and bikepackers, welcome to another episode of Chainwheel Diaries. Stories about bike travel told by the travelers themselves. I’m your host, Brian Berlin My guest today is Brielle Wacker. Brielle is a tour leader for the Adventure CyclingAssociation and has led members on three epic rides: the Southern Tier and the TransAm Express – twice. Her evolution from casual bicycler to ACA Tour Leader is agreat story and one I’m sure you’re going to want to hear. Remember to subscribe to Chainwheel Diaries wherever getyour podcasts. Now, let’s meet Brielle Wacker.

Do cows appreciate Shakespeare? My guest today has recitedShakespeare while pedaling alone through Montana, with only a few cattle listening in. Taylor is an actor that has appeared in films, television,and theatre, and you may have seen him in one of his many acting performances. He’s also the cohost of Bike Talk, a podcast about prioritizingbicycle transportation and we’re going to dig into that subject as well. Taylor’s going to share his epic bike adventure as he pedalsfrom San Francisco to Lansing Michigan to visit is 101-year-old father. Now, let’s meet Taylor Nichols.

Greetings! Bike travelers and bike packers, welcome toanother episode of Chainwheel Diaries. Stories about bike travel, told by the travelers themselves.I’m your host, Brian Berlin. Today’s guest survived an encounter with a wallaby during abike adventure, but both he and the wallaby were able to ride, and hop away from the incident. His name is Mark Farrugia, from Victoria, Australia, andhe’s ridden extensively throughout the continent. He offers great insights on his favorite bikepacking routes, and he’s sold me on wanting to ride some of these. Mark is also a photographer and takes great pride in thelighting and composition of his bike adventure photos. He’s captured stunning images of Australian landscapes armed only with his mobile phone. Mark’s love for bikepacking in Australia comes through loudand clear. I guarantee you’ll want to hop on a plane and join him on future rides, wallabies or no. And if you’re enjoying this video, please click thesubscribe button. Subscribers really help me grow the podcast and also let me know you find the content to be relevant. With that, let’s meet Mark Farrugia!

Bike travelers and bike packers are very familiar with theacronym EFI. What does it stand for? You’ll soon find out. EFI originated with an epic bike ride from Cairo, Egypt, toCape Town, Africa. The whole continent, from one end to the other. This epic bike ride had never been attempted before and was entered into the Guinness Book. And the man who created that bike tour and founded TDA Global Cycling is today’s Guest – Henry Gold. Henry has led an extraordinary life. Here are just a few ofhis bona fides. He led a successful NGO in Ethiopia called CPAR(Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief) to promote foodsecurity, health, sanitation, agriculture, water, and reforestation He’s a documentarian, having produced documentary films including 'Burden on the Land' (DEMO reel) and AIDS in Africa, which was the first in-depthdocumentary on the AIDS crisis in Africa. He has crossed sixcontinents by bicycle Previous guests on this podcast have raved about TDA GlobalCycling tours. So I wanted to meet the man behind TDA and have him on the show so you can hear his stories as well. Now, let’s meet Henry Gold.