Murphology Podcast

21/04/2025

Who wants to ride in North Carolina with me?? https://on.soundcloud.com/qZysFDPkw13nVKjv9
Today meet Chip Hofler from North Carolina Amateur Sports and Cycle North Carolina. What started in the early 80’s as an organization bringing the Olympic festival to the area, it is now host to some pretty cool rides including a mountain ride and a coastal ride. I am planning to do an epic tour with them in early October that combines both. It is called Cycle North Carolina Mountains to Coast Ride. It is a 7 day fully supported ride with an average of about 65 miles per day. Featuring the North Carolina scenic beauty from the mountains to the coast, Chip also tells us about some of the historic and visitor attractions riders can look forward to on this ride.
Get registered today! https://ncsports.org/event/cyclenc_mountainstocoast_ride/
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18/02/2025

Registration is open for the 2025 Colorado’s Ride!
***Use code MURPH*** to get $100 off your registration fee. Occurring in mid August, Colorado’s Ride is an epic cycling adventure that immerses you into stunning landscapes of Colorado, and charming towns like Durango and Pagosa Springs. I completed this ride in 2024 and invited ride director Bill Plock to be on the podcast to talk more about this bike tour. This multi day tour features an ascent up almost 11,000 feet on Molas Pass through the San Juan National Forest, and also up beautiful Wolf Creek Pass. Off the bike there are some really cool experiences available and we talk about some of them in this episode.
coloradosride.com/
Summit Cycle Solutions Episode: Murphology-podcast – Episode-157-leave-your-bike-tour-logistics-to-summit-cycle-solutions
Rum Runner Tour Episode: Murphology-podcast – Episode-146-riding-the-rum-runner-tour-to-key-west
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Email me at [email protected] if you have a topic or the name of a cyclist you find interesting. Support my podcast at Patreon.com/Murphology and visit my Facebook, YouTube and Instagram page for daily entertainment.

26/01/2025

Cannot wait to ride across Iowa again in July!!!

Orange City, Milford, Estherville, Forest City, Iowa Falls, Cedar Falls, Oelwein, and Guttenberg - your RAGBRAI 2025 route!

This will be our second shortest route and sixth flattest RAGBRAI, covering 406 miles and 10,487 feet of climb.

RAGBRAI LII is July 19-26, 2025
Join us: https://ragbrai.com/ragbrai-registration/

31/12/2024

Peace out 2024. It was a great year of travel, work, bikes and friends. ❤️

11/12/2024

NEW EPISODE ALERT!!
https://soundcloud.com/murphology-podcast/episode-158-cherokee-nations-amaiya-bearpaw-remember-the-removal-bike-ride
On this episode meet Amaiya Bearpaw. As a proud member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, she was chosen to pedal about 950 miles in 2023 as part of the Remember the Removal Bike Ride, also known as RTR. The ride spans from Georgia to Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma over nearly three weeks.
The Remember the Removal Bike Ride was started by the Cherokee Nation in 1984 with the intent for Cherokee youth to retrace the Trail of Tears and get a glimpse of the hardships their ancestors faced when they made the same trek on foot years before. The ride became an annual event starting in 2009 and today, riders are selected based on an interview process. Then, the selected riders train for six months and also learn about the history of the Cherokee . During the bike tour, riders get re-connected with their past, honoring and visiting the historic landmarks and unmarked graves of their Cherokee ancestors. Amaiya was part of the 2023 team and is on to tell us about her experience.
rtr.cherokee.org/
www.nps.gov/articles/000/rememb…moval-bike-ride.htm
shop.visitcherokeenation.com/
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Email me at [email protected] if you have a topic or the name of a cyclist you find interesting. Support my podcast at Patreon.com/Murphology and visit my Facebook, YouTube and Instagram page for daily entertainment.
Nation Gift Shop

07/12/2024

Murphology gear, in the wild.
That’s Rob testing out his warm weather gear, getting it dialed before Arrowhead 135!

10/11/2024

07/11/2024

A deep dive into my Mexico bicycle tour with BRAG. Spoiler: it was amazing!!!
https://murphologypodcast.com/murphology-blog/f/biking-riviera-maya-with-brag-international
Bicycle Ride Across Georgia

05/11/2024

NEW EPISODE ALERT!!
https://soundcloud.com/murphology-podcast/episode-157-leave-your-bike-tour-logistics-to-summit-cycle-solutions
There are many ways to enjoy a bicycle tour whether you join an event, pay someone to provide logistics, or you do all the planning yourself. On this episode meet Zach Ostrander from Summit Cycle Solutions. He started this all encompassing logistics company back in 2016 when he noticed a strong need for logistics specific to cycling. Summit Cycle Solutions does everything from full service, like ordering port of pots, filing permits, securing venues and hotels or camping for events, or they will take on one or two components of an event that a ride director may need help with. They also provide logistics support for private tours of 50 riders. Zach takes his job very seriously. He knows we as riders are trusting him and his company with our time and our vacation. A few rides that Summit Cycle Solutions are part of are the Triple Bypass and Colorado’s Ride in Colorado, and Cycle North Carolina Mountains to Coast. Events range from a long weekend to weeklong tours that take place in breathtaking places. Zach and his team work hard so riders can enjoy themselves without worrying about logistics. I got to see Zach and his team in action during Colorado’s Ride and was very impressed. They worked long hours, balanced many tasks seamlessly, and still brought the hype to the event! You can learn more about Summit Cycle Solutions and the events they are part of at summitcyclesolutions.com. Or email Zach at [email protected] and sign up for their newsletter so you are in the know. And if you are interested in riding the Mountains to Coast Ride in North Carolina, let me know!!!
www.murphologypodcast.com
www.summitcyclesolutions.com
ncsports.org/
coloradosride.com/
www.triplebypass.org/
Email me at [email protected] if you have a topic or the name of a cyclist you find interesting. Support my podcast at Patreon.com/Murphology and visit my Facebook, YouTube and Instagram page for daily entertainment.

26/10/2024

Ahhhh take me back!!

https://on.soundcloud.com/UaAMEDeFTKBQQDSLA
Bicycle Ride Across Georgia

POV: It's mid-January and the temps where you live are well below freezing. However, you've escaped to the warm, sunny Riviera Maya with BRAG and are now enjoying a relaxed cycling tour along pristine beaches and through shaded jungle canopies. Get a full account of Murph's week of pedaling in paradise on the Murphology Podcast at https://soundcloud.com/murphology-podcast/episode-155-biking-the-riviera-maya-with-brag-international

26/10/2024

This guy….badass!!! 🙌🏼

https://on.soundcloud.com/D4DwNsQ4hNEKxxAk8

Have you listened to the latest JustGoBike podcast with Murphology where we get interviewed about "off-season cycling"? There is an off-season ?!? 😁 https://www.bikeiowa.com/Review/2049

06/10/2024

NEW EPISODE ALERT!!
https://soundcloud.com/murphology-podcast/episode-156-first-woman-to-cross-the-2024-tour-divide-finish-line-meaghan-hackinen
On this episode meet Meaghan Hackinen. She is an ultra endurance cyclist who recently completed the Tour Divide which is over 2,700 miles of self supported bike racing that follows the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, from Banff Canada down to the US/Mexico border. Not only did Meaghan finish this grueling race 7th overall with a time of 15 days and 23 hours, she nailed first place in the women's division! Meaghan is tells us a bit about how she embraced the grittiness of the race by staying what she describes as consistently consistent. In addition to being an ultra endurance athlete with countless wins and FKTs, she is also a writer with two books focused on two wheeled adventures. Both South Away: 'The Pacific Coast on Two Wheels' and 'Shifting Gears: Coast to Coast on the Trans Am Bike Race' are available for purchase.
meaghanhackinen.com/
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tourdivide.org/