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. […]

An It’s Not Winter Yet Gravel Ride

Can’t believe I am writing this, but I got out on a gravel ride today. Usually at this time of year I am fat bike river rambling on snow and ice in the Minnesota River Valley. Not today. I woke up, saw the fog, had coffee and breakfast and hit the road with my Salsa […]

Dirt in the morning. Dirt in the evening.

If I can ignore just for a moment the why behind how incredible our fall has been, I must say that our warmish and beautiful fall has been a huge boon to my riding. There is nothing I like more than cool riding with wool and knickers, especially when you couple it with autumn colors, […]

The Salsa Cycles Deadwood comes to life

I know this bike is over a year old but I have changed my methodology for building new bikes. No more do I throw everything together as fast as I can with a hodgepodge of parts. Instead I pain over every detail and build it when I have all the parts, or at least very […]

FARGO ADVENTURE RIDE & REUNION

I’ve been hating Facebook more and more these days, but today it redeemed itself. My friend Guitar Ted posted this image. It’s an image I took many years ago on one of my official, unofficial Fargo Adventure Rides. I later printed an extremely small run of mini prints and shared them with just a few […]

My SaddleDrive 2016

Every year around this time, the company I work for (QBP) holds it’s annual event called SaddleDrive. It’s this event every year where many of the brands I work with, and for, launch their new products. If you landed here thinking you’d see all the latest and greatest new products I am sorry to let […]

Thankful – Bikes are truly a vehicle for exploring the world

I am sitting here drinking coffee with my family around me and awaiting the arrival of my sister and her new adopted daughter. It’s moments like this that remind me just how thankful I am for my life and the experiences I have had in this life. It’s also moments like these that I go […]

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 […]

The bikes I rode and loved in 2015

As I continually process my year and prepare for another year, I thought I’d take a moment to highlight the bikes I loved and rode the most in 2015. I work in the industry and rode a lot more than what is pictured here, but these are my personal bikes that I spent my own […]

SaddleDrive 2015

I spent much of this week in Utah at an event put on by my employer. For the last 5 years, SaddleDrive has been a pilgrimage to Utah to ride and release new products. While it is a work event, each year I do try to sneak out in between our Rep day and our […]

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 […]

One Two Three

Spring broke early here in MN. Rather than writing & reading I’ve been riding and shooting. It was quite amazing to be out and about without snow in mid March. I say that knowing the flip side that our mother earth will need moisture early this year or it will be a dull and waterless […]

Desert Ramble – The Route & Favorite Pics

Before I get started on today, I just want to say thanks to everyone that checked out my postcard and portrait project I posted on Monday. Based on stats, it is the most popular thing I have ever done on my blog. Ever! Wow. Thank you all so much for taking the time to view […]

Friday Morning River Ramble

I finally got out to the Minnesota River Valley. I’ve been itching for some longer time in the saddle. I knew due to the flooding over the past couple of months that the river bottoms would be muddy, sandy and filled with debris. I got exactly what I planned for and hoped for. It was […]

A lotta Friday Ride Stoke

My friend John told me last night that he needed a little Friday Ride Stoke to kick this coming week off. So….Given I am in the mountains today I figured I’d share more than one ride stoke from Utah. How about a lotta Friday Ride Stoke? I took these images over the last couple of […]