bike tour
So I Sewed A Framebag
Since our collision in Missoula with the riders of #DFLtheDivide, Nick Carman, & Lael Wilcox. I have been bitten by not only the desire to lighten the bikes, but also to optimize what we do carry. Enter the frame bag, designed to fill an enormous unutilized space in the bike. Unsure if I was 100% sold on the […]
Back In The Saddle Again
As I sit here with 100 tabs open crunching the massive 10,000 mile GPS track and thousands of photos from the US Bike Tour we are a mere 9 days away from a 20-hour flight to the other side of the world!! Bike are in a dizzying state of disrepair, needing much love and parts that […]
Sea to the Mountains
Infected with National Park fever we left Seattle forgoing the route south to Portland with an alternative route headed into the mountains. Not just any mountain, our goal was to gaze upon Mount Rainier. The highest in Washington. Climbing from sea level, we ran quickly from the chaos of Seattle’s urban sprawl. The “new” west […]
Seattle
We arrived by Ferry from Bainbridge Island into the bustling downtown Seattle. We spent several days biking around city exploring the various neighborhoods as well as eating and drinking our way through the iconic Seattle food scene. Being SeaFair weekend Derek and Ethan took us sailing around the Puget Sound as well as to Lake Washington for the festivities. Another weekend […]
Foreshadowing on Bainbridge Island, WA
Leaving from the nomadic hospice of Lonnie’s Snack Shak we rode along the twisted coastline eastward as we rode it became clear that we had underestimated the hills and would not be making it at a reasonable time. Enter mass transit…the process of loading and unloading is a chore but put us back on time […]