Archive for February, 2011
This Is Your Life
Monday, February 28th, 2011It is Sunday. The last day of NAHBS and we are tired. All the beautiful bike bits are starting to mix together into an incomprehensible menagerie of steel, chrome and rubber. In our delirious state, someone walks up to us and says, “I don’t think you’ll remember me, but at the very beginning [...]
Big Adventure. Small Wheels.
Thursday, February 24th, 2011For the past few months, we’ve been hatching a plan for our next trip. Hitting the road again was never a question of ‘if’ - but ‘when’ and ‘how’. You may have noticed that we’ve been hinting about our next adventure, about changing a few details of the ‘how’ of our traveling. [...]
See you at NAHBS!
Friday, February 18th, 2011Our bags are half-packed and we’re ready for Austin. If you’re going to be in town and want to meet up, contact us! The response to help us out with homestays in Austin has been amazing. So thank you again, Texas!
Aside from NAHBS, food and visiting with bike people we connected with [...]
A Swift Retreat
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011A few weeks ago, we met up with Martina and Jason of Swift Industries. As some of you may remember, they are a two-person team that makes bags and accessories for bicycles. We interviewed Martina over a year and a half ago when we passed through Seattle at the very beginning of our [...]
Austin Bound
Monday, February 14th, 2011The first day we rolled into Austin last year, it was the weekend before SXSW, the digital-film-music festival of our generation which is a combination rock concert, indie film festival and social media nerd fest. Everyone who was Anyone was converging on this city on the edge of Texas Hill Country and was about [...]
10,000 Mile Review: Acorn Boxy Rando Bag
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011A functional bicycle handlebar bag is a thing of beauty. It provides the bicycle tourist or commuter easy access to essentials like a wallet, camera and snacks, while holding said belongings in a stable manner. AcornBags is a small cottage industry that makes bicycle luggage. I originally reviewed it many moons ago here. [...]