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Happy New Year! January 2020 is very special because we bring you something long denied to you. More Mysterious James. We realized we've been doing this bike touring thing for an entire decade, so we talk about our thoughts on a decade of touring, lessons learned and thoughts on the future. The Interview: A Decade of Bike Touring with MJ If you’re here, you wanted to know what or who Mysterious James aka MJ is. Here’s the deal:   – MJ is an enigma wrapped in a riddle dropped in a box of Cracker Jack   – MJ is a massive user of Twitter and other social media   – MJ does not have an account on any of these   – MJ is a ghost, but not dead.   – MJ has been transformed by bike touring, and now says hello to people, but only if he deems them odd enough to talk to.   – MJ is lanky and about the size of a small giraffe.   – MJ rides a Surly Long Haul Trucker, the Cadillac of touring bikes. It’s also a little culty.   – MJ and I used to have similar jobs, but not really   – MJ shall always be mysterious   The supplements I mentioned: I literally cannot find them! Sorry folks! Amino something or other?   The MJ jolt  it doesn't end here... it is the month of Mysterious James and we have two more episodes coming at you featuring MJ. We get competitive and do something never done on the Pedalshift Project... next week we begin a new tradition - the Pedalshift Bike Touring Draft where James and I draft components for a fictional tour and you get to vote on who did it better. And the week after that we choose a poker full house hand of 5 touring routes - 3 ACAs and 2 wild cards, and you get to decide who drew the better hand.   January is super fun, but it all leads into the next bike tour, the Kessel Run in central FL, which we're previewing at the end of the month, and will be documented into February. 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 Gratke Todd Groesbeck Wally Estrella Sue Reinert John Leko Stephen Granata Phillip MuellerKevan OlhausenRobert Lackey 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