Archive for April, 2011
VIDEO: We Love Our Brains
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011We got a chance to visit Nutcase Helmets HQ yesterday and hear the story of how it all started from the Helmet Guy himself, Mike Morrow. We bought Nutcases when we started our trip almost two years ago from CleverCycles when we first arrived in Portland. We wanted something fun and a little [...]
Oregon Presentations!
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011We’re doing a few presentations before we actually push off. The first one will be THIS Friday at our favorite bike shop, Clever Cycles. We’ll be talking about our previous 15-month journey, as well as our next trip using Bromptons and trains, and our vision of redefining the All-American road trip. We [...]
Smaller than Small?
Monday, April 25th, 2011Packing for the next tour has meant a lot of scrutinizing of all of our gear. The Bromptons are great and handle a load well, but they do impose a limit on how much you can (or, rather, should) carry. After riding out to the coast on our recent shake-down trip, I had [...]
VIDEO: Small Wheels to the Coast
Thursday, April 21st, 2011Still tired from our short three day tour, but I stayed up to cut a little video montage of our trip. You can see our route on Bikely.com. It was our first fully loaded tour with the Bromptons with everything we would carry for 6 months. It was a great shakedown [...]
Follow the Pelotini :)
Monday, April 18th, 2011We’re doing a three day tour from Portland to the Oregon coast with our friends Brian and Cynthia, who are in town from Santa Monica. They brought their Dahons, and we’re riding our Bromptons, so it will be quite a sight to see. We’ve since named ourselves Team Pelotini (small peloton)! [...]
Getting Ready… Where Should We Go?
Thursday, April 14th, 2011Two years ago, we were weeding through piles of dishes, shelves full of books, closets full of forgotten knick-knacks. We were waiting for the official announcement of my layoff and trying to figure out how to actually make the leap to full-time travel. We were preparing ourselves to say goodbye to our friends, [...]
Results of our Train and Bike Survey
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011A few weeks ago, we put up a survey that asked about your experiences with bikes and US-based long-distance trains. This wasn’t an “official” survey, it was our way of collecting some rough numbers and anecdotal evidence about multi-modal travel. We wanted to know what opinions folks currently have about train travel in [...]
Sometimes the Cause Finds You
Monday, April 4th, 2011When we first set off on the road almost 2 years ago, we did so for all the normal reasons. We wanted to lose and find ourselves, discover meaning, simplify, test ourselves physically, mentally, and emotionally. We also had a strong desire to get away from it all. We desired nothing more than [...]