Welcome to Shifting Gears. The purpose of this site is to post updates from the road on my upcoming bike trip. The ambitious ride aims to cover all of the lower 48 states, spending at least one night in each.

Dealer’s Choice

I woke this morning filled with dread. Mostly about getting on the bike seat, but also about where this thing might end up today. From...

Jon Scott

May 235 min read

Tonight we’re going to break with tradition. I have always written the post and then added the pictures at the end. Tonight, the pictures...

Jon Scott

May 225 min read

Today was decision day. Good ones, questionable ones and determinative ones. There was even indecision (and still is, because I’m not...

Jon Scott

May 217 min read

Call me the breeze I keep blowing down the road Well, now they call me the breeze I keep blowing down the road I ain’t got me nobody I...

Jon Scott

May 203 min read

I must start off this evening’s post with an apology. Apparently the lame site that I use as a platform for this tripe, limits me to 200...

Jon Scott

May 194 min read

A couple of housekeeping notes regarding the gambling aspect of this endeavor. I will include screenshots of the wind direction each...

Jon Scott

May 185 min read

Ok people, we have a lot of ground to cover tonight so keep up, no questions until I’m done and no peeking at your neighbor’s paper....

Jon Scott

May 175 min read

Commencing countdown, engines on! (I also considered Carry on My Wayward Son for this post due to the multiple different layers of...

Jon Scott

May 92 min read

As we get older, some of us age gracefully and others of us seem to be falling apart at every turn. Always with a new complaint or...

Jon Scott

Apr 292 min read