This is our third annual cycling road trip where we have driven to great riding locales whether they be road cycling or mountain biking.  This year we headed to Canada via Wyoming and Montana. Van Storage Updates We made some last minute, low-tech, low-cost storage improvements to the van for ...

The Event: I was convinced that Ride the Rockies is a bucket list item which has to be done by any avid cyclist. This year's southern route was also expected to be one of the better routes making this an exceptional year to do the ride. I had concerns about ...

We've established what we consider the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) with the van in order to travel and camp comfortably for a few days.  The list for MVP was fairly short; A comfortable bed inside the van Bicycle storage inside the van Auxiliary heat (Espar D2) Ventilation (MaxxAir) This trip will help ...

There are many ways to mount bikes in camper vans.  There are wall mounts, ceiling mounts, outside bike racks (gaak!), under bed mounts and slide-out drawers.  Since we have the platform bed design which was designed around space for the bikes, the bikes will be mounted with fork mounts attached ...

This is the first major step to making the van livable.  The plan is for a "garage" with storage for 4 bikes inside and all the necessary biking gear with a nearly queen size bed above. The thinking is that the wheel wells need to be fully enclosed and covered ...

One of the unexpected oddities of the modern Sprinter Van is that it is designed to allow water to flow though it.  In a way, this makes some sense since when managing unwanted water, it is often easier to allow water to flow in and then manage the removal of ...

For the next phases of the interior build out, we are working from the bottom up. The factory wood floor is about 3/8" plywood which is functional for protecting the metal van floor but not really substantial enough to attach anything to.  Soon, we'll be attaching fork mounts for the bikes ...

It is no secret that there is not a good option for an audio system from Mercedes for the Sprinter. Our Sprinter came with the standard Audio 15 stereo which is pretty terrible both in functionality and sound quality.  In addition, our Sprinter came with the multi-function steering wheel control, ...

***Update: Also check out our post on the new swivels. One of the upgrades we were hoping to get with the van when we placed the original order was the swivel seats for the driver and passenger front seats.  Our Mercedes sales rep said we could not get that option ...

It has been 2 weeks since we received the Sprinter, we've been using it as a daily driver to get used to it and discover any problems that might be lurking.  I'd also like to get through the 1000 mile break-in period for the drive train. The first thing I noticed ...