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.

Bonus Post (No Pictures)

This is what you get when you try to remember everything that happened over a two-week trip and cram it all into one post at the end. You...

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Oct 8, 20254 min read

Yikes

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Oct 5, 20251 min read

I am writing this post at great personal risk. IT Manager/Bookie/First Daughter reminded me that this money-grubbing platform I use to...

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Oct 5, 202510 min read

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...

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May 23, 20255 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...

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May 22, 20255 min read

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

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May 21, 20257 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...

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May 20, 20253 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 19, 20254 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 18, 20255 min read