308: 2022 Holiday Spectacular

This has been a fantastic year for bicycle travel, and so the holiday spectacular is here once again to wrap up the top episodes, take a look back on all of the tours and adventures and assess each and every goal I set for myself for 2022. Happy New Year! 2022 Holiday Spectacular Top Episodes   292: Touring Bike Essentials 290: Beginner Mistakes 295: Making Your Tent Stealthier 294: Minimalist Packing for a Credit Card Tour 280: The Missing Link - Part 1 286: Bicycling New York City 288: A Late Start on the C&O Best of Pedalshift 099: Bicycle Tour Food 297: Empire State Trail Preview   A look back on the tours   Florida California C&O New York   A look back on my 2022 goals   At least one new-to-me route   Check - not fully new, but hit new sections of SoCal and NYS   Fitness: lose the 2021 weight and keep it off   Nope. Full fail.   Revisit a route (or portion of one) I’ve only done once   Check!   Think about a remote work-tour option (work-ride-work-ride… something else?)   Partial credit. I did think about this, but touring options were limited this year.    Continue to improve my stealth camping skills   Partial credit. I put a lot of thought and improved my gear, but didn't pull off the stealth camping I wanted to this year.   Repair or replace worn gear   Check! Replaced a number of worn and not repairable things like sleeping pad, duffel bag and more.   Organize bike touring equipment and improve storage   Check! Reorg of my cabin storage this week at the cabin and that will flow into the stuff I keep in DC.    Episode 300/Millionth download celebration   Check! We did the live show and properly celebrated together for the millionth DL.