Road Weaver Podcast

Solstice Shakedown Episode 3: Serious Fun

What does it mean to have a sense of adventure? In episode 3 of Road Weaver Solstice Shakedown, you’ll hear from a myriad of motorcycle riders as they talk about the wide range of experiences a person can have within the world of adventure; from every day riding all the way to extreme adventure touring and the places that can take you. Adventure involves risk and skill. We’ll also roll into the world of motorcycle safety coaches, a frequently stereotyped and undervalued group of individuals within the world of motorcycles. We’ll talk with a few of them about having “good risk offset” and how to build your adventure muscles, and you might be a bit surprised to hear just how far those very concepts have led some safety instructors in their own adventures. A month out from their own cross-country adventure, you’ll hear about where Chrysi, Sarah, and Jordyn are with trip planning and you’ll also get to finally meet the last member of the pack, Kaiti Fink, a talented silver smith, swamp conservationist, and big-hearted adventurer. The girls are tying up loose ends and getting ready to ride. Stay tuned for more on their grand adventure when they get back! In this episode you’ll hear stories and sage counsel from: Elle Glaser (Asheville, NC @elleglaser) 5:12 Nico Dellow (Jacksonville, FL @nico_dellow): 13:32 Andy Pappas (Salt Lake City, UT @old_tyme_andy) 17:57 Edward Bales (Knoxville Rider Education Program): 30:00 Jacques Van Nickerk (Knoxville, TN) 34:23 Russ Nicholson (Knoxville, TN) 37:00 Kaiti Fink (New Orleans, LA @silverstallionhandmade) 45:00 And the rest of your favorite rag tag bunch of cross country adventurers throughout: Jordyn Aburgey (Knoxville, TN @clxwnbitxh ) Sarah Potter (Knoxville, TN @sarahbo__) And your host Chrysi Ann Forton (Here, There, Everywhere @witchhousedreams) Soundtrack care of New Brutalism (Knoxville, TN @newbrutalism_) Show you care with a good review or a share! Follow our Instagram @roadweaverpodcast Subscribe to our substack roadweaverpodcast.substack.com [roadweaverpodcast@substack.com] for episode updates. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit roadweaverpodcast.substack.com [https://roadweaverpodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Solstice Shakedown Episode 2: Webs Through Time

In episode 2 of Solstice Shakedown, follow a thread back through time as Chrysi explores the idea of legacy with stories from friends about their earliest memories around motorcycles, and the range of feelings that come with them. We’ll also take a trip to Maggie Valley, North Carolina to spend the day at the world famous Dale’s Wheels Through Time Museum to learn a bit about the history of the two-wheeled machines we all love, and how that history impacted more than just transportation. And of course, we’ll check in with the girls and see how trip planning is going. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit roadweaverpodcast.substack.com [https://roadweaverpodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Solstice Shakedown Episode 1: My Tennessee Mountain Home

Road Weaver Podcast. The roads we seek. The people we meet. The webs we weave. For the last two years, my closest friends and I have taken a cross-country motorcycle adventure finding us somewhere beautiful for the summer solstice. We’ve affectionately coined this annual ride our Solstice Shakedown, and at some point we decided these trips should take us across all 48 contiguous state lines together. This year we will be crossing every state line in the northeastern United States. In episode one, you’ll learn a little bit more about how we start to plan these trips, as well as meet Sarah Potter, my big-smilin, mile-makin, ride-or-die road dog. Sarah and I live in lovely East Tennessee, and you’ll hear all about what makes riding motorcycles in this little slice of Smoky Mountain heaven so appealing to people from all over the world, but especially to everyone who lives here. If you can read this… hop on the back and come along for the ride. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit roadweaverpodcast.substack.com [https://roadweaverpodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]