Bikes – A Universal Language?

Well….My Japan photo dump took almost 7 hours yesterday. All day. Ouch! As I looked back through the images, one thing was clear. Bikes are a universal language. Bikes break down barriers. They get you where you need to go. They make you smile. They keep you healthy. Bikes rule!

My new Salsa Fargo

Last Friday I took a vacation day. I felt a little bit guilty but mostly I felt giddy. Giddy because I was riding my new Salsa Fargo that I built for an upcoming trip to Japan. My plan was simple. Go ride all day. That is exactly what I did. I put my Edge Composite […]

Morning Gravel

Last Friday I wrote about The Important Stuff. My family is number one. You know what number two is? Me. Well…I haven’t been taking good enough care of myself and I am on a mission to fix that. In fact, I have set some personal goals. One of those is to ride a bit more […]

Up North – Winter 2012

A little over a year ago, some friends and I went up to northern Minnesota for a little fatbike trip. Upon returning, I said I wanted to back with more folks around the same time the following year and a plan was hatched. The plan was to head to Minnesota’s North Shore and ride fatbikes […]

Up North – Ride #2

When I set this fatbike vacation and trip up, I had a specific goal, or shall I say experience, in mind. That being provide a big, big day of riding, a trip up to Carlton Peak & Tofte Peak, a trailside cook out and a ride back to our base camp cabin. I wanted to […]

Up North – Ride #1

We arrived in Duluth, MN around noon at the meeting place, the Tot Lot on Canal Park road. Eki was there already as was Ben. After some brief intros Farrow showed as well. I was excited to ride the beach but given the 12+ inches of fresh snow on the ground, we didn’t really know […]

Up North – Ride #3

I finally am getting my images and thoughts processed from this past week up north riding fatbikes (Salsa Mukluks) with friends. It was an incredible time. I usually do recaps and stories in chronological order, but this time I’m just doing them as they come to mind. I’m starting with ride #3 simply because it […]

A hard look back

Rest stop at north woods shelter Last night I finally processed all my images from the past week of riding fatbikes with friends in northern MN. You know what, I am mostly disappointed with my pictures. Sure I got a few really good ones, and one so good I don’t know what to do with […]

Fatbike Heaven

One more Mukluk ride before heading home. We could not have asked for better weather and conditions. I am pretty sure I got a few good images to share. Stay tuned.

Fatbike Friday

Today’s post is inspired by our friends at Fat-Bike.com. They have put a number of links to my blog. Now it’s time to link mine to theirs. Thanks guys for the Fatbike Friday. Hope you like my edition. It’s also appropriate because I am headed north with a few friends for some Muklukin’ fun on […]

Up North on fatbikes

Recently, I had some friends come from Japan for work. They were here for Frostbike. I wrote about it on the Salsa blog last week. It was a great time. One thing I realized when identifying and pulling content to my new website is that I often don’t write or feature any content from work. […]

My new Salsa Mukluk 2 Build

Originally posted Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 Ok…I’ve been riding this bike for a while and I have been promising the build report. Here it is. Before I get started I want to let folks know that I work for Salsa Cycles. As such, this is just my build and a few thoughts. It is not […]

Bike With No Name – The Details

Orginally posted February 24th, 2010 I held off showing my bike with no name last week for a number of reasons. Well, today is the day. Sit back and enjoy the photos and the story that goes along with it. *NOTE* – It is important to understand that I built this bike for MY needs. […]

Orange Crush – My new Salsa Vaya

Orginally posted February 28th, 2011 I’ve been promising pics for a few weeks now. I finally got around to sharing them. Here is my new orange Salsa Vaya along with my build spec. I built this bike piece by piece. It’s a beauty and I gotta say, I think I found my perfect bike for […]

2011 Minnesota State Cross Championships

Here is one of my favorite posts from 2011. I loved shooting cross in the crazy weather. I could not have asked for better weather. I went down to the race with two cameras, a Nikon D7000 with a 50mm 1.8 and a Sony NEX-5N with a 55-210mm. Both worked great. Hope you enjoy the […]