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 […]

Alaska 2011 – Take 1

Originally posted August 18, 2011 The last time I took this flight from Minneapolis, MN to Anchorage, AK was almost 20 years ago. I was headed to Alaska on a grand bicycle tour. I was young, foolish, and filled with ambition. I was on a journey from Alaska to Utah. As I looked out the […]

2010 Dirty Kanza – My Race Day

Orginally posted June 8th 2010 I’m still sorting out race day. It feels sort of like a movie that begins by showing the last scene first followed by clips and scenes leading up to the fateful ending. My day ended early. Earlier than I planned. Here is my story. (Warning – This is a long […]

Gnat’s 2010 Fargo Adventure Ride

Orginally posted June 22, 2010 After what felt like a very short evening, Mark, MG & I had breakfast. Everyone knows that every good bike ride starts with donuts and coffee so who are we to change that? As GT and MG powered up, I secretly wondered if it would be only us three for […]

2011 Dirty Kanza in pictures

Orginally posted on June 7th, 2011 Still can’t come up with words to recap my race. Since folks have been writing and texting me wondering how I’m doing and if I am OK here is the short version. I felt great strength wise and as I wrote yesterday, I felt strong into 100 miles. I […]

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. […]

2009 – The Recap

Originally posted December 31st, 2009 Wow…It’s almost over. 2009 will shortly be behind us. What a year it has been! Today I bring you by Best and Worst of 2009 in words and in photos. This post is pretty long so sit back and I hope you enjoy. If you are on dial up, […]

Sony NEX-5N – Update and new images

Originally posted February 6th, 2012 Today just an update on my continued use and experience with the Sony NEX-5N mirrorless compact camera. At the time of writing that review, I was sort of on the fence with the Sony. While I was pleased with the images, it just didn’t quite “feel” right. Hard to fully […]

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 […]

Gnat’s River Ramble

Orginally posted November 29th, 2011 It’s been almost a month since my first River Ramble. I left for Hawaii the following day. Other than a quick and dirty post and slideshow, I haven’t really shared many images. Today I’ll share a few more pics I like and a few I love. First up is my […]

Sony NEX-5N Review

A while back I sold my beloved Panasonic LX-5 premium compact camera to my friend Ben Witt. In my head, I had grand visions of upgrading my portable on bike camera system because I was finding some print limitations with some of the images I took with small sensor cameras. I know one could probably […]

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 […]

My go fast Fargo V1 adventure touring bike

This is a very, very old post that still remains one of the most popular posts I’ve written. I still get folks contacting me asking me questions about this bike. It is one of my all time favorite bike set ups. I’ve thought about rebuilding it, but I never get around to it. Hope you […]

Welcome to ImagineGnat

Greetings folks. After several years in a shack down by the river at gnatlikes.com, I decided to move to a new site powered by WordPress. Why am I moving? Well, my hope is that I can bring you a more focused site dedicated to bicycles, photography, people and exploration. The old site was cluttered with […]