One more episode before we take a little winter break (with some great best of's!) we do our annual setting of goals. This year we mix in one non-cycling goal on top of the others. Hey if I hit all of these it's going to be a great year!

Continued fitness upgrades

Oh Canada!

New bike(s)

Ultralight gear and ultralight tours

A Brompton adventure

Seattle S24Os

Big toe dip: backpacking… Hoh Rainforest?

A transit-assisted adventure

A food and beverage-centric adventure

A ferry-centric adventure

Our very first live show of 2026 is also the inaugural live show from Seattle! On this episode we chat more in depth about Seattle biking adventures to come, both locally and launched from here, give a quick Brompton update, an even briefer ACA update, and then a bunch of questions in the live show AMA!

Thoughts on Seattle as a bike launching point

Local trails

Gateway to multiple adventures

Vancouver crossing loop

Pacific coast

Washington Parks

STP

SEA direct flights

Year round cycling

Brompton update

ACA Building Sale

Seems like the sale of the building is serving as a proxy on "do you like how things are going"

Conflates a lot of stuff, which makes sorting through a lot of the arguments to be tricky

Make sure you vote, and I think we all are hoping whatever ACA does in 2026 and beyond that it stays as a major voice in bike travel adventures!

We've often talked about how slow travel by bicycle helps you see your adventure with far more detail than by car. But can we slow it down even more and reinforce that lesson? On this episode, exploring the parallels of exploring a city by foot and how that proves the point!

All Who Wander...

• Exploring Seattle without a car
• Using walking as a way to scope neighborhoods
• Slow travel lessons from bike touring, applied to everyday life
• What you notice on foot that you miss by bike or car
• Sound, sight lines, and the feel of a place
• Low-friction wandering and following curiosity
• Inefficiency as a feature, not a bug
• Walking as a gateway to reflection and perspective
• Seeing contrasts in how people live
• Choosing small adventures in ordinary days
• Seattle waterfront moments and future adventure reminders
• Brompton update: travel, repairs, and getting back on two wheels

Live Show January 16 5pm PT

Details at pedalshift.net/live!