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So you're heading out on bike tour and want to document it for yourself, friends, family and more? On this episode: tips on sharing your bike tour with the world! Pedalshift Live Coming in December... Saturday 12/7 3pm EST!  What are you thankful for? The annual Thanksgiving show drops in a few weeks and there's still time to get your input into the show. What are YOU thankful about in the realm of bike touring? Call the Pedalshift voicemail and add your voice to things... take a minute and tell everyone what you're thankful for. Be anonymous if you'd like... also email in your thoughts or hit social media with them.   The Lab: Sharing Your Bike Tour Why document? Let's friends and family track your adventure Safety log Gives you something to look back on Maybe fodder for something else?  Ways to share Blog/Writing Old school. Especially good if you're a writer more than a talker. Tons of platforms that are free, but consider some of the bike tour specific ones like Cycleblaze, CGOAB, etc. Facebook Broad reach, lots of people on it Can limit exposure if you want Check out PPP on FB. He does a nice job. Twitter Great for immediate hits and also can include location pings Low impact on your data plan Microjournaling Instagram My personal choice for micro journaling these days Creates a visual map to go back to Allows for some written material too Autopost to other platforms Audio I get a lot of questions on this, for perhaps obvious reasons Yes you can get a professional recorder iPhones are more than adequate for field recording The white earbuds? Sneaky good mics! Voice memo app is perfectly great and simple to use. There are others. Record in the highest fidelity you can - compressing to mp3 in the field may save space, but you sometimes lose the ability to EQ properly. Record a lot, edit at home Video Not my priority, but always glad I have it Takes SO. MUCH. TIME. to go through and edit Vlog style versus doc style Live broadcasts really aren't worth the data hit and battery hit Record in the highest quality you can - I get a bigger phone storage capacity expressly for this. If you're a drone pilot, be mindful of flight restrictions. Also... use sparingly? Content Focus on people and experience Know that touring alters perception... you may be surprised at what you document Don't over document. If the trip becomes more about that than the ride, you might regret it (caveat... if your primary reason is to make a doc of a trip rather than go on a tour and document it) Know your audience... what are they interested in? Expectations afterwards There are *so many* journals out there! Ultimately this journal is a gift for you down the line to look back to Pedalshift Society As always we like to close out the show with a special shoutout to the Pedalshift Society! Because of support from listeners like you, Pedalshift is a weekly bicycle touring podcast with a global community, expanding into live shows and covering new tours like this spring's DC to Cincinnatti bike tour! If you like what you hear, you can support the show for 5 bucks, 2 bucks or even a buck a month. And there's one-shot and annual options if you're not into the small monthly thing. Check it all out at pedalshift.net/society. Kimberly Wilson Caleb Jenkinson Cameron Lien Andrew MacGregor Michael Hart Keith Nagel Brock Dittus Thomas Skadow Marco Lo Terrance Manson Harry Telgadas Chris Barron Mark Van Raam Brad Hipwell Stuart Buchan Mr. T Roxy Arning Nathan Pulton Stephen Dickerson Vince LoGreco Paul Culbertson Scott Culbertson Cody Floerchinger Tom Benenati Greg Braithwaite Sandy Pizzio Jeff Muster Seth Pollack Joseph Quinn Drue Porter Byron Paterson Joachim Raber Ray Jackson Jeff Frey Kenny Mikey Lisa Hart John Denkler Steve Hankel Miguel Quinones Alejandro Avilés-Reyes Keith Spangler Greg Towner Dan Gebhart Jody Dzuranin Lucas Barwick Michael Baker Brian Bechtol Reinhart Bigl Greg Middlemis Connie Moore William Gothmann Brian Benton Joan Churchill Mike Bender Rick Weinberg Billy Crafton Gary Matushak Greg L'Etoile-Lopes James Sloan Jonathan Dillard John Funk Tom Bilcze Ronald Piroli Dave Roll Brian Hafner Misha LeBlanc Ari Messinger David GratkeTodd Groesbeck Wally Estrella Sue Reinert John Leko Music You've been hearing about Jason Kent and his music for many fine episodes. Sunfields' latest album may be their best yet. Go get it. https://soundcloud.com/sunfields