My Rural Urban Commute

Yesterday was a dirt to work day for me. What’s dirt to work? It’s a mostly off road ride to work through the Minnesota River Valley. I like to ride end to end, roughly 17 miles each way plus pavement to the trail and from the trail to work. Many long time blog readers have […]

Late Night Tinkering

Like many of my projects, they start with a simple plan. Then one or more parts are missing to complete my plan. Then one or two bikes get disassembled to complete my project. Then I notice the time. Dang it’s late. Then I notice my mess created by my bike swap frenzy. Then I say […]

Friday Ride Stoke – Bridge out?!

OK…Breaking my self imposed one shot for Friday Ride Stoke rule. Today you get three as they all are an important part of the story. Ride on brothers and sisters. Ride on.

Change is upon us

Sometimes you plan for change. Sometimes it sneaks up on you. Right now in my life I have a little of both. Fall is around the corner and the setting sun is going down earlier each night. I’ve been waiting for this change of seasons as fall is my favorite season. My kids are back […]

Friday Ride Stoke

Ride to eat or eat to ride?

Looking Back to Find My Way Forward

Seems that lately I have finally had the time to think. I won’t say rest, but I will say think. I’ve been riding my bike too. In fact, I’m feeling pretty good. For me, time in the saddle is the best time to think. This time I’ve had both on the bike and off the […]

Friday Ride Stoke – Thunder Down Under

I can’t believe how fast these weeks are going by. It’s Friday and that means Friday Ride Stoke. This one comes to you from the mountains of Utah. I love this shot. I printed this in a 13 x 19 for myself. I am working this weekend but should have the opportunity to shoot quite […]

Morning Ride

I know I said I’d be out until next Thursday. I just have too much content lately. Here is one shot from yesterday’s Coffee Ride. We had an awesome group. We also were treated to heavy fog and incredible light. I got so darn many good images from yesterday it is crazy. This one really […]

Friday Ride stoke

Ahhhh! It is Friday. Quite an awesome week. I am headed out on a Friday coffee ride shortly so this one is short today. I was following Eric on his Salsa Warbird Ti down this crazy farm road two track road. He quickly changed lanes and tucked under the big branch. I was stoked to […]

Friday Ride Stoke

Wow! It is Friday already. Can’t believe it. What a week it has been. As I looked back over images from the recent weeks, I have about 20 images that fit the description for the Friday Ride Stoke. So…I chose one from Utah since I don’t get to ride in the mountains that often. Hope […]

Release

I am sitting here writing with a huge sense of release. Why? Well….In my professional life, this past week was a big deal. At my place of employment, we showed a bunch of new products to dealers, distributors and media. It was a calculated pre launch of our new products with a more public release […]

Road, Mountain & ?

Well, I made it back. What a week it has been. New bikes. New trails. New roads. New friends. I have a lot more to share but I haven’t been able to get my thoughts sorted. I may be back a bit later today or tonight with an updated post. Until then, here are a […]

Living Life

This week on the blog is dedicated to living life. While I am not in the physical condition I want to be in, I am constantly reminded that there is more to life than riding and taking pictures. For me, those are certainly big parts of my life but they paint a very incomplete picture. […]

Hot, hot, hot!

As I wrote earlier in the week, things are feeling a bit more normal. This includes riding. However, the weather isn’t exactly ideal. It is HOT!!!!! Did I mention it is hot out right now? But what’s a guy to do when this is the time you have to ride? Well….you ride. And ride I […]

A new day

This past few weeks have been good to me. Gone are the every day chaos that resulted from my choices. Each day is a new day and better than the last. I have been riding my bike. I have been seeing sunrises again. I am inspired and shooting more. I am experimenting with shooting film […]