Last Spring, Jon Watts rode his bike from Virginia to Boston and then continued on to Buffalo, NY. In two months, Jon played 18 shows and covered 1,000 miles carrying 120 pounds of gear on the back of his bicycle in what ended up being a successful attempt at finding an alternative way to do a musical tour.
Click on the audio player below to hear an interview with Jon by Elise Gidding of BikeTouringBliss.com about his epic “2010 Two Wheel Tour”.
Last Spring, Jon rode 1,000 miles on a bicycle loaded down with 120 pounds of gear, playing shows all along the East Coast Corridor on the 2010 Two Wheel Tour.
It was intense. It was challenging. It was fun. It was an adventure, to be sure.
The website www.biketouringbliss.com, a branch of Cycle 9 is offering a free series on bike touring and will be interviewing Jon live. The interview is free for anyone to stream live. You can even ask questions, chatroom style!
For the past three months I have been touring on an Xtracycle Radish. From Richmond to Boston and then on to Buffalo, NY, I ended up riding about 1,000 miles with all of my gear, which turned out to be about 120 Lbs. (!)
Click here to find out how I fit all of
that equipment onto my bike.
Two Wheel Tour Vlog
For ten weeks, I recorded and uploaded a vlog every week, which included footage from my performances and from the ride… and revealed some of the secrets of how I made my trip happen!
Now, for the first time, all of that footage is combined into one window. You can watch all the way through or find the most interesting episodes, all from this page!
Final Vlog Episode! In two months I played 20 shows, biked a thousand miles, spread the word about my music in 10 states, posted 18 videos online, redesigned my website and loved every minute of it! Here now (after a quick and much-deserved break) is the final video in my two wheel tour series. This vlog episode covers the last leg of my trip, including shows at Ithaca Quaker Meeting, Alfred Friends Meeting, Rochester Friends Meeting, Buffalo NY and the Farmington-Scipio Regional Gathering.
Last Spring, Jon Watts rode his bike from Virginia to Boston and then continued on to Buffalo, NY. In two months, Jon played 18 shows and covered 1,000 miles carrying 120 pounds of gear on the back of his bicycle in what ended up being a successful attempt at finding an alternative way to do a musical tour.
BikeTouringBliss.com is a series of free participatory interviews that you can log into and stream live.
