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Hey there John and thanks for following along and for the question. So for Mexico and Central America we used the iOverlander app to get ideas as well as just talking with locals. Also, there are times we just get lucky and find a campground or we just wild camp. Hope this helps, but if you have any other questions please feel free to ask. Take care and happy cycling! ~Ron & Petra

Hey JP!! Happy to see you're still following along. We've been working on this one for a little while now and it feels good to finally post it. How goes Thailand? Cheers bud! ~Ron

Yes this is correct. We stopped wearing helmets during our first world tour in 2013 and to be honest, we feel we are much more cautious without them. This is a personal choice we made and we'll just leave it at that. Take care and happy cycling to you. ~Ron & Petra

Hey there Rex and thank you for following along! Yeah we got our butts handed to us in Guatemala, but you what... we'd go back for more! Happy cycling to you!! ~Ron & Petra

Thank you Barry for following along. Sadly at the moment we are not on the road, but our adventure should be underway again here in the near future. Take care down under! ~Ron & Petra

Hello Abba and thank you for the question. As a back up device we always travel with a Garmin e-Trex series GPS loaded with the maps of our location. Now with the invention of Smart Phones, we have been using more mapping apps such as Maps.me, Komoot, offline Google Maps, MapOut (iPhone only), and while not related to maps, we do like iOverlander for scouting out locations to camp, get water, border crossing information, and other stuff related to traveling. We may have missed something but if you go back to some of our newest videos and look under the "Description" we have added some useful information. Also, we rely heavily on getting information from the locals. Take care and happy cycling! ~Ron & Petra

Thank you Rudy and thank you for following along!! Yeah we have a hard time with it too. ;-) Take care! Ron & Petra

Hey there Tony!! Many thanks for checking out the video. Yes both Costa Rica and Panama are beautiful. Take care bud! ~Ron & Petra

Hello Rex!! Many thanks for checking out our latest video and for following along!! Happy you enjoyed it. Take care ~Ron & Petra

​@ What is your favorite area of your trip so far? From Alaska, all the way to Costa Rica. What is your favorite area? Thank you PedalPowerTouring

Hey there Steve! Nah there are plenty of dogs during our travels that help speed her up! Seriously though she finds turbo boost when the dogs show up and she is really good at putting me between her and the dogs. :-) Take care ~Ron & Petra

Hello JSiedlecki! Many thanks for checking out our video and for following along! We appreciate all the kind words and support! Happy to hear others are inspired and we truly hope it does get people out of the house and exploring. Take care and happy cycling to you too! ~Ron & Petra

Hey there Randal! Thank you for following along and for the wonderful comment. We do travel pretty well together, but it can be tough sometimes when you're together 24x7. Our only separation is when we're cycling and there are hills. One of us goes up faster than the other! ;-) Fingers crossed you and your wife can get back in the bikes and traveling down the road soon. Until then, take care and happy cycling. ~Ron & Petra

Hello Dear Friend Kathy!! Thank you so much for following along and for your continued support!! Truly appreciate you! Yeah it a good thing we're both waterproof because otherwise things would have been ugly with all that darn rain! :-) Take care ~Ron & Petra

Hello Craig! Thank you!! At the moment no but we are going to do our best to get caught up on our video before setting back out. Take care! ~Ron & Petra

Are u guys in south America yet?

haha we were very careful. :-)

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Hola Amigo!! Muchas gracias and thank you for following along. Take care! ~Ron & Petra

Hello Jason! We just had a few detours in our travels, but we are good thank you. Ron & Petra

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Which part of florida are you guys from​@@PedalPowerTouring

@@jasontomica8938 sorry missed this. Brooksville. You?

@@PedalPowerTouring I live near San Francisco, California. You guys crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, which was cool. I watched one of your videos

Hello Les and Rob! Thank you for checking out our latest video. Actually, the Bridge of the Americas turned out not to be too stressful, since we ended up having police on a motorbike follow us. The worst bridge we've ever crossed was the Astoria bridge connecting Washington and Oregon! We've cycled in some crazy places over the years, but that 4 1/2 mile Astoria bridge was stressful! We learned later from some other cycle tourers that there is a small ferry just up the river that we could have taken. Cheers to you and happy cycling! ~Ron & Petra

Thank you for the kind words and for following along. We are going to try and get caught up with our videos and fingers crossed we won't disappear again. Take care Ron & Petra

Hello Garry! Many thanks for following along! Much appreciated Amigo! Take care, Ron & Petra

Hola Amigo! Thank you and yeah good times were had in Costa Rica and Panama! See you again down the road. ~Ron & Petra

Hello Gary and many thanks for following along! Take care ~Ron & Petra

haha yeah we added this footage to show that it's not always quiet and peaceful country roads. :-)

Hello Thomas!! Hey thank you for checking out our latest video. Yeah you being a cycle tourer and Birder would absolutely love Costa Rica! Heck you may never return to Florida if you went there. ;-) Take care and happy cycling and birding! ~Ron & Petra

hey Stephen! No idea why those signs were there because there is no other way and shortly afterwards there is a bike path, then the bike disappears again. Traffic in Costa Rica wasn't really that bad. In the towns it would pick up some, but overall it was nice. Now in Panama!! After Santiago forget it, the traffic was steady and annoying until we crossed the Bridge of Americas. if you have any questions about Costa Rica shoot us an email and we'll try to help you. Until then happy cycling and all the best as you cycle Central America. ~Ron & Petra

Hello Rob & Les (aka gogorobandles)! Thank you so much for following along and for leaving us a wonderful comment. And thank you, yes we are doing well. Sadly, creating videos sort of went to the back burner, but BUT we just finished our Costa Rica and Panama video and will have it posted this week. Please check back in the next few days! In the meantime, happy cycling! ~Ron & Petra

@@PedalPowerTouring well that's good news! Looking forward to seeing it🙂

Hey there Chandra. I have no idea if the same oil or kit can be used in Shimano's hub. I've never worked on one, so to be safe I would look up the specs for that hub yourself. Sorry I can't help, but thank you for the question and for checking out the video. Good luck and if find anything out please let us know. Take care and happy cycling! ~Ron

Hey there Gerardo. Thank you for watching and for the friendly reminder to wear bright clothes more often. Take care and happy cycling. ~Ron & Petra

Many thanks Hootyhoo for following along and the wonderful compliment. Take care ~Ron & Petra

Hey there Joseph. Thank you for checking out this older video. Yeah we love being out in the remote areas as well and wild camping where we please. Some of the absolute best 5 Star views are from wild camping. We love our Pangeas with the Rohloff. A bit on the heavy side but super stiff and strong bikes. Happy cycling to you as well Amigo and take care! ~Ron & Petra

You're very welcome and thank you for watching and the feedback. Good luck with your oil change and if you have any other questions feel free to hit us up. ~Ron

hello and thank you Simonibb. So we left Puebla and headed towards Orizaba. Leaving Orizaba we are on 150 and take a right on "Carr A Valle de Tuxpango" towards Naranjal to Coetzala, to Cuapichapan, and then this is where we end up on rough dirt roads and into the sugar cane fields cycling to Tierra Blanca. Sorry we can't remember the exact route because this is where things get wonky, but I will check with my GPS and see if I saved the route. If so I will let you know and can email you with it. After Tierra Blanca we cycle to Loma Bonita, Minatitlán, Villahermosa, Palenque, and then on to Guatemala. Here is a link to our blog which talks more about this route and our experiences. pedalpowertouring.com/world-cycle-tour-blog/mexico/cycling-from-puebla-to-terra-blanca/ Enjoy Mexico and don't rush through. We spent over 4 months cycling through and loved it. Take care ~Ron & Petra

Hey there Wendy! We just learned where some of these spots are from exploring, but we also take advantage of the Florida Public Lands and Forest. Take a look at SWFWMD (Southwest Florida Water Management District) and other Florida Wildlife Management areas. Many of these places offer free camping, but you need to email (reserve) with them. If you would like shoot us an email at pedalpowertouring@gmail.com and we can get you some more information. Take care ~Ron & Petra

You're very welcome and thank you for watching! Happy Cycling! ~Ron & Petra

Hey there Grant! Thank you for watching and the feedback. Happy adventures! ~Ron

Thank you Grant !

Hey there Charles. Appreciate the feedback and for watching the video. Yeah not sure what to say other than you can see his belt broke and thankfully he had a spare. I don't know if he had it adjusted wrong or not. He rode it some back home on smooth surfaces and did not have any issues until he started picking up the little rocks and mud on the Dalton. I personally will never use one for global tour, but this is just me. We can find a chain in the remotest of places and it's never been an issue for us. Happy cycling and safe travels. ~Ron

@@PedalPowerTouring Sorry you feel that way regarding using a belt drive. They are practically indestructible, extremely light (for carrying a spare), and very easy to maintain. I know of quite a number of cycle tourists that have used belt drives for many years, under conditions every bit as hard as the Dalton Highway, with little-to-no maintenance issues.

@@charlesdgrinstead2114 it's all good and I am not anti-belt at all, but I just don't think I could trust it after seeing what happened to my brother's. We had our Pangeas built to accept the carbon belt, but we just never used one. So far after 43 countries and 17 US States our chains have worked just fine.

Hello Barry and thank you for checking in with us. No at the moment we are back in Florida, but hope to be back on the road and cycling to Ushuaia here in the near future. We had a couple unexpected detours during our travels, but all good ones. Thanks again, Ron & Petra

Hey there Algentry! Thank you for the comment and feedback on your Nallo. Yeah the inner tent elastic does wear out over time for sure, otherwise, great tent and still probably our favorite for bike touring. Take care and happy adventures. ~Ron& Petra

Hello Kamil! Many thanks for following along. Sadly I/we have been working on Costa Rica and Panama for months now. The first 8 minutes or so of the video is just sitting there and waiting to be finished. I guess we hit a wall and lost our motivation along with other priorities that got in our way. However, yesterday we cracked opened Adobe Premiere and started working on it again. With any luck, this coming weekend Costa Rica and Panama will be up. Thanks again and take care! ~Ron & Petra

Many thanks @Withabike! Truly appreciate you taking the time to watch our video and for the wonderful comment. We have plenty of videos starting way back in Alaska if you haven't seen them. Take care and happy cycling to you! ~Ron & Petra

That sucks Mark! Sorry to hear this. When we were cycling through southern California, some of the places we camped at, the Campground host or the Ranger warned us to put everything in our tent at night because there have been others that had gear stolen at night. Sucks for sure and hopefully you can get another one soon. Take care ~Ron

Hello Mark and thank you for compliment and for taking the time and letting us know about your experiences with your stove. We've had great luck with ours as well and it's never let us down. Happy Adventures to you my friend!! ~Ron