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Camping In The Hills, Tour Chasing

Another Monday, another campout. After coffee at Rapha, I headed out to Walnut Creek on BART to camp in the hills. I had planned to ...

Tour of California Action

By on May 14, 2012 in Rides and Events

This morning I met up with Jorge to catch the start of the second stage of the Amgen Tour of California. There were a lot of people with cameras there, including this guy filming with a tiny helmet camera mounted to a professional looking harness. Gary Fisher was there, ready to ride. All of the [...]

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Funemployment

By on May 7, 2012 in Bikes, Photography, Rides and Events

I’m officially (f)unemployed! It’s been a busy week moving out of my apartment and sorting out what exactly I’ll need for my new life and job on the road leading bicycle trips. This weekend I finally was able to relax a bit, ride the bike and shoot some photos. This was my favorite picture of [...]

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Dream Bike For Sale

By on May 4, 2012 in Bikes

My dad has decided that his ‘forever bike’ is not getting enough use and he’s decided to sell it. I built it from the frame up last year, and since then it’s been ridden approximately 150 miles. It’s a 62cm Co-Motion Americano with a Rohloff Speedhub and Gates belt drive.  It’s been built with maximum [...]

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Porcelain Rocket Arrives

By on May 1, 2012 in Reviews

Back in 2008, I met a fellow bicycle tourist on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route named Scott Felter .  I met a lot of people on that trip, and I didn’t recall much about our encounter until recently. My friend Cass Gilbert went up to Victoria, BC a few months ago to get some [...]

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What’s in my repair kit?

By on April 25, 2012 in Bikes, Featured

Many people carry some sort of repair kit while riding their bicycle, but when’s the last time you compared yours with somebody else or really thought about it? Here’s mine: I keep everything in a Carousel Design Works bag, which is conveniently sized for this application and has a water-resistant zipper. It’s pretty simple but [...]

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Cameras for Bicycle Touring

By on April 23, 2012 in Outdoor Gear, Photography

They say that the best camera is the one you have with you. These days almost anything will work for as a travel camera.  In India, Jorge and Aaron brought nothing but their iPhone 4 cameras. I remember reading at one point that the iPhone 4 was the most used camera on Flickr! When I [...]

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