Sometimes you forget how much crap you collect just living a day to day life. I’m really striving to reshape my life and simplify. I went through my entire house and anything I hadn’t used in the past 6 months….gone, I don’t need it. When I think about it, I would much rather have someone use and enjoy what I have then it to sit and collect dust!! Running my bike business I’ve also collected a huge stockpile of bike things. Over the past months Ive been eBaying parts I felt had proper value and everything else I planned to simply give away. Well, I’m finally down to the “everything else” and here is that immense pile:

So if you’re in the Santa Rosa, CA area and like random bike things, come and get it
NINE DAYS TO GO UNTIL I DEPART!

Well here’s my new touring bike! Have only about 100 miles on her so far and its been all smiles so far. Specced out with beautifully comfortable Panaracer Pasela TourGuard 700×35 folding tires, Shimano SLX 44/32/22 with a 9spd 11-34 cassette, Tubus Logo rear rack, Vetta front rack (vintage! this will likely be taken off), LX rear derailleur, XT front derailleur, super stubby 70mm stem,  Brooks B17 and Planet Bike fenders.

I chose a 52cm frame, slightly smaller than what I should probably have gotten, so that I could get a slightly shorter top tube to suit my fairly upright riding style. I could actually do with a tad more height on the bars :-\

Next month I’m headed to Southeast Asia where she’ll get her first touring experience. Fingers crossed

June Curry, 87, locally known as the “Cookie Lady”, has been a staple attraction and stop along Virginia’s Bike 76 route and has offered cyclists freshly baked cookies and a place to stay (hostel) for over 30 years! The Richmond Area Bicycling Association awarded her with a well deserved check consisting of donations from cyclists showing their appreciation.

We definitely need more cookie ladies on this earth

Source: Afton Cookie Lady Receives Gift From RABA
More: Richmond bike club pays back Virginia’s “Cookie Lady”

You are wrong!

Check out this guy oozing cool cruising NYC circa 1960 on a Legano brakeless fixed gear

This guy really does loaded touring, wow

a potato masher, but for bikes, originally uploaded by h. wren.

Yet another creatively designed bike rack

I think you’re doing it wrong…

Found today on Craigslist (here’s the link but it won’t last)

Unfortunately I think this chap has raised the stem above the minimum insertion mark, not a bright idea

Watch this video and you’ll understand the question “How the f*&k does he do that?!”. Really jaw dropping feats upon two wheels. Check it out


Danny Macaskill : Next level street trials from brainchild-films on Vimeo.

All I can say is “wow”. Completely awe inspiring pictures from a tour through the Himalayas, gotta check these out, great photography too. What a tour!

(Note: this isn’t my tour, just an admirer, although I do wish it was!)

Pictures:http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/~ad327/india2008/

Discussion thread: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=472479

Midtown Manhattan, originally uploaded by escapehelicopter.

Its…so beautiful! And yup, it is in the United States (NYC to be exact). Hard to believe this is even real…