COME RIDE THE HEYWOOD

Seriously, come ride with me at The Heywood. I know it’s likely a little late for this post as the ride is this coming Saturday, but I am taking one last shot at encouraging others to come out. Why should you come? Read on….

Gear Talk – MERIWETHER DROP BAR BIKE

Stoked to share some thoughts and detail about the bike I rode at Mid South, my Meriwether drop bar bike.

BIKES OF 2023 – THE OTHERS

Today, I continue my wrap up of 2023. I wrote the other day about most ridden bike of 2023. Today, I am sharing the others in one grand post. Lot’s of pics today. Hope you enjoy!

A Warm December Day

I am going to interrupt my 2023 recap posts. Why? Well….It was 60 degrees in December in MN. What does that mean? Riding. That’s what that means.

Hard Reset. New Goals.

As the days get shorter and darkness comes earlier, it’s time to review progress, reset and re-imagine my goals and plans. Focus and big dreams lie ahead.

Living Life to the Fullest – May Image Dump

While I could write several different stories this month and I considered it based on the pictures below, I instead decided to just share what my month has looked like. Its been good. Real good. As I wrote last month, I am slowly taking my life back from my imbalance of work, home and self. […]

A Day In the Country

I have hit 4 straight weeks of riding early Friday AM. Honestly, since I changed jobs 3 years ago, that is a record. Sad but true. On this day it was glorious. Perfect. Beyond my expectation. Just me, my bike, my friend and the country. We also did the Rawland route in Goodhue County. It […]

I Need More Mornings Like This

Sometimes things work out the way they were supposed to work out. I had a dirt to work plus coffee ride planned for this AM but due to rain and muddy conditions, I cancelled. Bummer. I later texted my friend Ben and asked him if he had any ideas for a shorter gravel ride as […]

My first outing with a production Fuji X Pro 2

The wait is over. The Fuji X Pro 2 is here and in my hands! While I am bummed it didn’t arrive before the event, Frostbike, that I shot last week with a rented Olympus Pen F, it is here now. I am so thankful for my friends at National Camera Exchange. They had one […]

Trans Iowa V11 – My Photo Story

I mentioned last week that I had a surprise for you. The surprise was that I went down to shoot Trans Iowa. The surprise was that I did not tell my good friend Guitar Ted that I was coming but I had arranged a ride in the official photo vehicle of Wally Killburg and Studio […]

Nightrides and Powderkeg sighting

Last week was glorious here in MN. The weather broke again and this sudden change for the better coincided with a short break from my kids’ evening soccer regimen. This gave me the opportunity for some much needed gravel riding. With a little time and with a little encouragement I hit up a ride out […]

Coffee On The Rock

Got out for a quick ride this AM with my buddy John. I’ve influenced another person to get outdoor coffee gear. Today was his maiden voyage with gear. We knew just where to go, the rock. It was a cool, brisk morning so we hid a bit out of the wind while we made coffee, […]

Babe the Blue Ox

After many, many months of riding fatbikes Babe the Blue Ox left the garage today. I intentionally quit riding skinny tire bikes sometime last fall to prepare my body for my Desert Ramble tour. When the temps hit near 50 today and the blue sky came out, I knew it was time. Oh sweet Lord […]

Cold & Lonely Miles

I’ve been trying to get some miles in before my fatbike tour that is coming up all too quickly. So when my daughter had a soccer game south of town in Northfield, I decided to ride to the game. I left early when the sun was out. I was thinking it was going to warm […]

A day on my favorite roads on my favorite bike

I took a day this week for an Interbike detox? What is an IB detox. It is a day void of smoke, fake sounds, big promises and people. The only part of my day that resembled Vegas was excess. This time though it meant excess joy, satisfaction, time, and saddle time. When I planned it […]