Archive for July, 2011
« Previous EntriesOne Month of Loaded Touring on the Bromptons, or ‘No, it’s not a Bike Friday’
Friday, July 29th, 2011I walked out of the supermarket the other day, pushing my folded and grocery-laden Brompton in front of me. Wheeling it around on the casters, I maneuvered it around the soda machine and the shopping cart return. As I started to put on my helmet and unfold the bike, I heard a now-familiar [...]
The Tallest Hobbit I Know
Sunday, July 24th, 2011In this video, we make it out of the Wallowa mountains and land in Joseph, OR. While there, we have the opportunity to spend a day with Dan Price, author of Radical Simplicity and The Moonlight Chronicles. Dan has been living the “simple life” for decades before minimalist bloggers (heck, before blogs!) and [...]
Hell’s Gate, Idaho to Missoula, Montana
Sunday, July 24th, 2011From Hell’s Gate State Park, we headed down the road a few short miles to the town of Lewiston, Idaho. We decided to have a rest day indoors and catch up on some work and video editing. As the afternoon progressed, I put my shoes on to wander into town… and then, turning [...]
Video: Mountain Sojourn to Joseph, OR
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011Whereupon we leave Baker City, check out the wonderful Oregon Trail Interpretive Center then head for the hills. Seriously. Up and over the Wallowas, but not before discovering a brand new cafe in Halfway, OR and MacGuyvering Russ’ unscrewing bottom bracket with a rock and screwdriver. (YouTube/mobile friendly version)
Video: Man Vs. Tire
Thursday, July 21st, 2011I got a flat just as we rolled into Missoula and we decided to make a little instructional video out of it. I share some tube patching secrets and wrestle on the TIGHT Brompton tire on and win….just barely : )
Video: Backpacks on Bromptons
Thursday, July 21st, 2011We’ve been getting a ton of questions about how we’ve attached backpacks to the the Bromptons. We’re using a pretty lo-fi solution, a dowel and some leather toe straps but it seems to work pretty well. We had some down time at Lolo hot springs so we made a short little video there [...]
Phillips Lake, Oregon to Hell’s Gate, Idaho
Saturday, July 16th, 2011Waking up at Phillips Lake, we were still grateful that they had found space for us. We were headed into Baker City for a few days, just a short 20 mile ride from the lake, so we were able to take our time getting out of camp and enjoy the beautiful spot. Baker [...]
VIDEO: Baker City Biking
Friday, July 15th, 2011Updating from a hotel room in Lewiston, ID. We’ve FINALLY left Oregon but I’m still editing footage from there. It has been a challenge the last few days to find an ideal environment to edit videos (ie. electricity, WiFi and shade). We’ve been doing a lot of climbing and sometimes there’s barely [...]
Back on the Road: The First Week, Bend - Phillips Lake
Monday, July 11th, 2011As we sit at a small diner on Wallowa Lake, sipping some NW microbrews and patiently surfing the slow internet, we’ve been realizing that two whole weeks have quietly slipped by and we are getting back into the groove of traveling. After a rainy winter and an ankle injury that served to keep us [...]
VIDEO: Small Towns. Big Hearts.
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011Like a string of pearls, we pass through small town after small town in Eastern Oregon, each with its own unique personality. We camp on a perfectly manicured lawn of an RV park, we find the Bike Inn in Mt. Vernon, we camp behind an old train depot and celebrate Laura’s birthday with new friends. [...]
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