Here is your ready-to-roll, bombproof, 4 season commuter/townie/touring rig. It will go basically wherever you point it. It affords a very upright riding position which allows for great visibility and line-of-sight in traffic as well as a solid perch for taking in the views. It would benefit greatly from a set of studded tires in…
Recently my buddy Steve sent me a chunk of a blog post from an author we both follow over at Raptitude.com: To select a destination, I use an obscure app called Randonautica, which creates an X-marker somewhere on a map of the city. The app’s “About” section says it chooses this location through “theoretical mind-matter interaction…
I’m pretty sure I’ve commented elsewhere here on my acquisition of this Surly Disc Trucker frame and fork from my buddy Matt some years ago – and how initially I didn’t really dig it. Then tried to sell it. But didn’t, and since have been grateful to the bike gods for putting the kibosh on…
At some point WordPress built this ‘image compare’ block into the software. At first I thought wtf, but I’m realizing more and more it can be fun sometimes. Same spot about 2 hours apart.
The atv path I ride my bike on all the time passes right by a neighbour’s house. He can see the trail through the trees from his driveway. Over the past few years he’s seen me out on the path on a bike at pretty much every time of year and day and in any…
So a little less than a year ago, my internet homey Matt emailed me out of the blue to let me know he was liquidating his Surly stock. He had a Troll and a Pugsley up for sale and wanted to know if I wanted any parts or whole. As a matter of backstory, I…