2013 Bike Ride Plans (and a quick look back at 2012)

Me in my element, pontificating during the 2012 Dead Freeways Ride. Photo guttmjoOh, don't you forget that the raison d'etre of the Urban Adventure League is to do fun urban exploration rides about Portland! I don't really have a super-ambitious schedule of bike fun rides in 2013. Part of it is because my life is...

A night at the Grand Lodge

Out to the cabins…

Some things never change. Despite doing this scores of times over the years, there's always the last minute flurry of stuffing things into bags, strapping to racks, etc. And to complicate things, it's the first time using the Crested Butte for an overnight adventure. And I would have loved to pack more minimally, but three...

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2013 Bike Camping and Touring Plans? (Plus other travels.)

A year hopefully free of bicycle disappointment. But not necessarily free of Cape Disappointment.2013 is a big blank canvas. What to put on it? Though I've tried over the years, I'm not much of a "goals-oriented person". You shouldn't take this as meaning "I don't have goals", rather, I'm bad at making a list of...

2012 Bike Camping and Touring Relfections

After being on the road for four and a half-months on the Cross-Continent Bike Tour in 2011, it would be really hard for 2012 to measure up. Still, 2012 shaped up to be a pretty decent year bicycle wise.April and I started the bike camping/touring year right on New Years with our annual tradition of...

Other People’s Bikes: Panasonic Tourist Three Speed (and Japanese three speeds in general)

You probably have figured out by now that I like the humble three speed. And when one hears "three-speed", one might think automatically of Britain in the middle of the 20th century and Raleigh bikes in general. Yep, England has the strongest association with three speeds, due in no small part to Raleigh and Sturmey-Archer....

Merry Christmas! And a gift to you.

UPDATE 12/26/12: The contest is over!A palm tree on Christmas? How Portland.Happy holidays to all my readers out there. Hopefully your day is going well, wherever it be and whatever you do.And since I'm in the giving mood, I figured I'd give a few of my readers a gift today. I'm going to give three...