Weekend Report: A little bit o’ everything, both good and bad.

Hey folks! Yeah, life has been busy so I haven't posted to here as much as I should. As always, the best day-to-day record of my life can be found on my instagram. With that out of the way, let me talk a bit about my past weekend, from Thursday April 26 through Sunday April...

Visits with Marc and Grant

Hello friends. Pardon the cobwebs. I haven't really posted in a couple weeks for a couple reasons. The first is that there hasn't been much going on bikewise here. Short days and a five day work week mean little time for fun rides, plus we've had a good spate of wet weather. But more importantly,...

A visit to Rivendell

I first visited the Bay Area in 1998. I lived there from 2000-1. I visited several times since then. Yet, I had never been to Walnut Creek, a town on the east side of the Oakland/Berkeley Hills, some 15 miles from Oakland. And why should I have? No one I knew lives/lived there, it just...

And yes, another bike: 1992 Bridgestone XO-3

Yes, I already have plenty of bicycles. But like a lot of people that go "bike crazy", I have this list in the back of my head of bicycles I would grab if the opportunity arises. While getting a nice new bike, whether production or custom, would be cool at some point, I don't have...

Fly like a (bald) eagle.

Bald eagle near Scappoose, OR. Photo R0NgThursday, January 17th. Another crisp yet brilliantly sunny winter day in Portland. I wouldn't say that the "cold snap" is done, as nighttime temps have still been dipping below freezing. (This is enough to constitute "cold snap" in Portland.) But there has been a "thaw" as daytime highs are...

The Comix are BACK! "King of Powells"

Yep, more comix for the NEW OLD STOCK endless series. Remember, click to enlarge. And Grant, if you're reading this, it's all in good fun.

Junk in the front: A personal history with the Basket Bike

When I got the Raleigh Crested Butte, it wasn't with the intention that there would be a basket in the front. It's just the way it turned out. Y'see, if I go too long without a basket bike, I go into withdrawals. I don't realize my need for the basket bike until after I get...

New bling for the Wayfarer

Why yes, there will be talk about the Crested Butte very soon. But first, some talk about my other Raleigh bike, the Wayfarer! After getting a rebuilt rear wheel and a new Linus rear rack, there was not much else I could do with this lovely bike, so I declared this bike "pretty much done". But...