Archive for September, 2011
Hey Southern California!
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011Several events have conspired to keep us on the West Coast since late August - and now we are in Southern California, figuring out our plans for the winter (exciting announcements forthcoming). While we’re here, we’re filling up our calendar with a few presentations and fun events - and, since we’d love to meet [...]
Interbike 2011 Videos
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011While at InterBike, I shot video of some products that caught our eye for their uniqueness and functionality. Enjoy!
Is Long Beach Bike Friendly Yet?
Monday, September 26th, 2011It has almost been three years since we first left Long Beach, CA to travel by bicycle. When we left, there was a lot of excitement about bicycling in Long Beach. The grassroots bike advocacy group I was part of was working hard doing bike valet throughout the city, giving monthly bicycle safety [...]
Fear and blogging at Interbike 2011
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011Through a long and dizzying sequence of pedaling, sitting on a ferry, pedaling, sitting on a train, pedaling, sitting in a plane, we found ourselves many miles and worlds away from the bucolic Orcas island and in the flashing bedazzeled heart of Las Vegas. As we stepped off the bus and on to The [...]
Val’s Memorial Ride
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011This video is a little out of sequence from the rest of the series, but I wanted to post it before it lost too much timeliness. We recently went up to the San Juans to stay with friends and passed through Seattle in the process. We happened to be there for a memorial [...]
Visting Adventure Cycling
Saturday, September 10th, 2011Whereupon we finally make it to Adventure Cycling! It has been our goal to get there and have our picture taken ever since we discovered bicycle touring. On the way, we get stopped by a puncture, distracted by a farmer’s market and some ice cream. But we do get there eventually and get a wonderful [...]
Hedi Bierele: Bicycle Touring as Economic Development
Friday, September 9th, 2011We’re really excited to present this video of Heidi Bierele talking about her findings on her cross-country bike tour that doubled as a master’s thesis. She explored the different types of touring cyclists, how communities can benefit from bike touring and some easy recommendations for how businesses can be bike friendly. Looking at [...]
Bozeman to East Glacier, Montana
Thursday, September 8th, 2011This post is a bit late, but better than not putting it up at all!
Our visit to Bozeman flew by, but not before we added the city to our short list of places to possibly live at some point. A small-ish university town, Bozeman has great food and art and easy access to fishing [...]
Has Our Trip Changed Your Perception of Bromptons?
Thursday, September 8th, 2011We’re pretty excited to be going to Interbike this year with the help of our friends from Nashville Bicycle Lounge! We’ll be keeping an eye out for new commuting and touring products so check the site for updates that week. If there’s anything specific you want us to cover, email us. We’ll [...]
Zen and the Art of Brompton Touring
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011If you told us three years ago that we would be touring on Bromptons, we would have thought you were mad. We had just outfitted our Surly Long Haul Truckers, perhaps the most ubiquitous touring bike of the last five years, designed and spec’d for the rigors of carrying weight up and over mountain [...]