We all dream of making our passion our career, and Tegan Phillips has done just that. In fact she’s managed to merge two passions into a unique career path–she rides bikes AND draws cartoons about bikes, both professionally.
Tegan has one of my favorite Instagram accounts in which she shares her cartoons as well as her bicycle adventures. It was only a matter of time before I had to have her on the podcast.
In this interview, I chat with Tegan about her art, adventure cycling in Africa, and keeping your butt happy when biking long distances. If you’re looking for a little inspiration about living a life off the beaten path, you’ll want to listen to this episode.
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Stuff We Chat About In This Episode
- How Tegan got started cycle touring and cartooning about it
- Why keeping your butt happy is the most important thing in cycling touring–and how to go about it.
- Why cycling in Africa is safer than you think it is.
- Safety for women cycle touring abroad.
- How Tegan chooses her routes.
- What an “adventure mindset” is and how to develop it.
- Tegan’s goals and dreams for the next chapter of her life.
- Why it’s important to find female role models.
Connect With Tegan Phillips
- Website: https://teganphillips.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teganphillipscomics/
- Shop: https://teganphillips.com/shop
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- A Bikepacking Adventure Thru Pakistan, India, and Nepal With Eliza Sampey
- 5 Best Women’s Touring Bikes (and How to Choose)
- How To Develop Mental Toughness with Joanna Zeiger
About The Author
Kristen Bonkoski is a USA cycling and NICA coach, bike educator, and founder of Femme Cyclist.
She’s also the host of the Femme Cyclist podcast and runs Rascal Rides, a website about biking with kids.
She’s been riding bikes for more than two decades and is passionate about empowering women on the bike.
IG: @femme_cyclist