Bikes and bike people. Two of my favorite things. That, and hand-built, lugged, steel frames….but that’s another post all together. This wonderful bicycle industry that I am fortunate enough to work in, is small. It’s very small. Especially when compared to other industries. Everybody seems to know everyone else. Let me tell you a […]
Read More Some of the Best People I Know Pedaled into My Life…Hey you nutty bike lovers, welcome back. Thanks for stopping by for a read. It is always appreciated. Seriously, high five! š Some of you may or may not remember, but a few years ago I wrote a piece about wanting to change the way I rode my bikes? I wanted to slow down and […]
Read More My Black Middlechild…Hi. How are you? Boy, that was a long break, huh? Too long.Ā Did you miss me? I’m sorry. Listen…life happens, right? I mean, other shit comes into focus in your life while some other things fall out of focus. That’s just the way things go sometimes. It’s just life. It happens to everybody. IĀ did feel […]
Read More Pacific Northwest, 9 Days on the Road…GO!Hey everyone. Sorry for missing a post last month. I guess I am two behind now. Well, one behind. Kinda two…but really just one. OK wait. So this month, which technically isn’t over yet, but honestly, I probably won’t be able to get to another one this month…at least I don’t think so….so, really one […]
Read More I guess it was time…and I agree!The crash site is always what people remember. The wreck is an ugly scene, but no one can stop staring. Everybody is trying but can’t bring themselves to look away. They remember the carnage that came as a result of being careless, or indifferent. It’s hard to get past the current wreckage and look back […]
Read More Until Reno, Old Friend…Hey, welcome back and thanks for visiting again. š I’ve been trying hard to do something different this year by posting something every month. I mean, it really hasn’t been THAT hard, and I like to do it…so it will probably continue on this way for the time being. But as it turns out, I […]
Read More (bs24o)…The Backyard Sub-24 hour-OvernighterHey everybody, thanks for coming back for a visit. It’s appreciated. Hunker down and get comfy, this is quite the story, and there are some amazing photos…a lot of ’em. Enjoy. OK, so I will jump right in. My friends Dave and Daniel and I started planning a camping/mountain biking trip about 5 months ago. […]
Read More What a Trip…Seriously!Well, shit. Seriously, holy shitha. (said like Belushi in Animal House) you know, when they accidentally killed the Dean’s horse. ‘Member? It happened. I would’ve never, in my wildest dreams, thought that it’d happen to me, but it did. Actually, hold on…if I could be honest for a sec….in the back of my head, […]
Read More Well, Now What Am I Supposed To Do?All right, here’s the deal…and you’re probably not going to like it. You know what, I know you won’t, I guarantee it. But just so you know ahead o’ time, I’m NOT sorry about it. I’m not. I think we really need to bust this dialog wide open. So, are you ready? Are you […]
Read More “Can’t We All Just Get Along?”- R. KingĀ
