An appreciation of the Raleigh Superbe at seven lucky years.

New Cardiff leather grips on the Superbe. Laurelhurst Park, 3 May 2023. Olympus XA/Kodak Ektar 100 I had a three month "vacation" from riding the Superbe. On a ride in January I broke the front spoke, so it's been sidelined. In April I got around to bringing it to the shop to get fixed. (I...

A return to Lake Pepin for 2022

My Robin Hood path racer, from the 2018 Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour I've been intrigued by the annual Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour from the first time I heard about it way back in 2005. After years of pining, I went to my first one in 2014. It was a lot of fun, and...

The Raleigh Superbe at about six years: A reflection

14 Jan 2022. Olympus Pen EES-2/Fuji Superia Premium 400 I've been riding my Raleigh Superbe quite a bit lately. When I got the Brompton back in October, I pretty much rode that exclusively for two months. Then I rotated to the Bantam, as I wanted to get some more "ride" rides in. Now it's the...

My Three Speed April 2021 ride: 2 April

You've probably heard about that Three Speed April challenge I run, where three-speeders have the month of April to complete one, several, or all of these five sub-challenges: Ride your three speed at least fifteen miles (25 km) in one ride.A climb of 5% or more grade, with a cumulative elevation gain of at least 100 feet (30 m).A bit of unpaved/dirt...

New Society of Three Speeds membership kits PRE-ORDER

Hello, friends of Three Speeds. It’s time for a refresh of the Society of Three Speed’s logo. The current logo was designed almost three years ago. It’s not “too old” by any means. And while I do like how it came out at the time, now I realize that it’s just a little bit too...

A three speed ride to St Johns: 28 Sept 2020

Hello, folks. Yes, it is currently Three Speed October! I'm not going to write in detail about all the rides I do as part of the challenge, just ones that are significant. Enjoy! It's been a year and a half since I lived in the Woodlawn neighborhood of NE Portland. Upon moving to North Tabor...

Film Photography: Getting the spark, keeping the magic

I got back into film photography in January. At that time I was a little tired of digital photography in general. I thought that the camera on my iPhone was perfectly adequate, but I was no longer inspired by my standalone digital camera. Nor was I interested in getting a different one. So I decided...

An Urban Adventure League August update.

Camera: Minolta Hi-Matic 7s. Film: Ilford HP5 400. Hello, friends. We find ourselves in interesting times. When COVID became a "thing" here in the United States in mid-March, I was hoping we'd be over the hump in a few weeks, a month tops. Of course, that hasn't happened, and we are nowhere near being done...