The Sprocket Podcast Talks Bicycle Touring

Posted on by Darren Alff
21
Jul

The Sprocket Podcast is a online radio show hosted by Portland, Oregon residents Brock Dittus and Brandon Rhodes. On the show, the men discuss a multitude of topics – everything from food, art, bicycles, travel, the Internet and more!

I recently had the pleasure of joining Brock and Brandon on their latest podcast session and while I was on the show we discussed a number of different things. Things like…

  • The Portland beard craze
  • Slow Internet connections
  • Coming home early from your travels
  • How I started bicycle touring at the age of 17
  • My 11 years of big and wild adventures
  • Working while traveling and how I stay self-employed
  • Park City, Utah
  • What kind of information you can find on BicycleTouringPro.com
  • Cold weather bicycle touring in Europe
  • My 2005 skateboard bicycle tour (where I stopped and skateboarded at skate parks along the way)
  • Being told “you’re doing it wrong”
  • My 5-month sojourn in Peru
  • Renting cheap bicycles
  • Tricycle touring on a single-speed tricycle taxi cab
  • Vegetarian eating
  • The difference between dignitarian, flexitarian, and freegan
  • Stealth camping & hospitality is Peru vs. America
  • How traveling in Europe can be done on a budget
  • Supplementing your income by renting out your home
  • My attempts at running a marathon with absolutely no training
  • The music I’m listening to right now
  • And a whole lot more!

To listen to my interview with Brock and Brandon… or to check out any of the other Sprocket podcasts… head on over to www.thesprocketpodcast.com

Darren Alff

My goal as the "Bicycle Touring Pro" is to give you the confidence and inspiration you need to travel by bicycle anywhere in the world. I'm here to help you plan, prepare for, and execute your first bike tour and remove all the guesswork, wasted time and frustration that plagues so many first-time bicycle travelers.

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