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The continuous bicycle touring story since 2002
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About Me

BACKGROUND

In 1966, I was born in Bloomington, Indiana, USA and grew up in a small town just south of Indianapolis. I attended Indiana University in Bloomington and received a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education in 1991. I later went to Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and earned a Masters of Education in 2001. I was a Special Education Teacher and worked with teenagers with behavioral and emotional disabilities for a few years.

My love affair with bicycles began at an early age. My first bike was a Schwinn Super La Tour and I found my first bicycle racing coach when I was eleven. While other kids were playing Little League in the park, I was doing 50 mile training rides and competing in USCF races. During high school, I spent quality time racing around in circles on various velodromes. After school, I was a mechanic at a local bike shop. In my University years, I continued USCF races and competed in Indiana University's Little 500 (the race featured in the movie Breaking Away) and later coached a women's cycle team called Cycle Delics.

After college, I found myself tired of racing and looking for something new and exciting to do on my bicycle. I started with short tours in Indiana and moved on to bigger cycling tours of America and Mexico. I spent some years as a bicycle drifter, finding short term jobs and cycle shop work in random towns around the US. I got married in 1998, spent a few years talking my wife into a worldwide cycle tour and in 2002 we took off towards Mexico and all parts south. Cindie and I travelled through South America, Australia, New Zealand, SE Asia, China and India. Sadly, we split up in October, 2010, after eight years of touring together. After some soul searching, I decided to continue on with my travels. As you read this I am out there - still on the road since March 2002 - no plans to stop.

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