Human powered exploration. Bicycles. Touring. Camping. Film Photography. Portland!
Welcome readers to the last post of the last year before the end of the world (according to the Mayans.)Just like last year, today (that would be Saturday, December 31st) finds myself and my sweetie April riding 22 miles (35 km) from Hillsboro, Oregon* to Stub Stewart State Park for the annual Cycle Wild New... Continue Reading →
It's the fifth day of Christmas, right? So do I get Five Golden Toques?Monday December 26th, April and I went on a group bike ride that I sort of led. I say "sort of" because while our friend Ryan was the technical organizer of the ride, I was the one that picked the route. We... Continue Reading →
Drawn Dec 23rd.
Drawn Dec 22nd.No, this never actually happened.
Well friends, I've drew a few more comics! This one was drawn on Dec 21. Hope you enjoy it!I'll be publishing a few more through the course of the week. You can check out the others now if you want on my flickr photostream.
Merry Day before Xmas!Friday I got a Christmas gift of sorts: A 1953 Rudge Sports from Mr. Todd Boulanger. As I've mentioned previously, Todd received this bike many years ago but never found the time to do anything with it, so he's passed it on to me. As the photographs will tell, the Rudge is... Continue Reading →
Today's Question of the Day:Can you break a Surly Long Haul Trucker?Answer: Yes.Now before you all get WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR BIKE on the comments, this is NOT my bike. It was the (former) bike of my roommate's brother, who ran his LHT into a parked car at speed. This is the old... Continue Reading →
Hello friends. Weather here in Portland has returned to more of the normal state for December: drizzly, grey, high temp in the 40's F (4-10C). Today the fog never seemed to lift.*****Last week I talked about my pedal dilemma. I wanted better, "grippy" platform pedals for the Raleigh Wayfarer. For the time being I put... Continue Reading →
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