But if you find yourself indoors this weekend, you’ve absolutley got to check out Darren Alff’s historic event, “Bicycle Travel as a Modern Lifestyle Choice.” Basically he’s gathered a group of big names and brands in the biking world, and this weekend, November 22nd and 23rd, they’re going to offer up their expertise through videos, interviews, and Live Q and A sessions. Here’s an impressive short list of some of the people and organizations he’s brought together:

• Joe Kurmaskie (athor of The Metal Cowboy)
• BikeCommuters.com
• Bike Friday
• CycleAware
• MomentumMagazine
• CrazyGuyOnABike.com
• The Adventure Cycling Association
• WarmShowers.org

This is a really cool idea, and as far as I know, nobody has ever done anything like it before. If you want to know anything about bike touring, bike commuting, or just generally just building a lifestyle around biking, you’ll probably get some good advice and ideas here.  Go to www.bicycletouringpro.com to get the schedule.

By the way, I haven’t been posting much lately because I’ve been working on the survey and biking tips, and organizing an Italy tour for a group of teachers next summer. If you live near Los Angeles and you want to add your input for a new biking group that’s starting soon, take the 5-minute survey.