After finally getting the bathroom remodel done over the holidays, I was able to move on to some of my other winter projects. One of which was to build up some new wheels for my hardtail mountain bike. The long, dark nights make for a good time to sit down in front of the TV [...]
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The Season for Building New Hoops
Posted in cycling on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A Bicycle made for Two
Posted in cycling on October 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We know several people who have/had tandems and they have been kind enough to let us borrow them on occasion. Sarah has also spent some time riding with our friend Eric Ahlvin on his tandem and even done a race or two together. From those experiences we thought it would be fun to have a [...]
New Groove
Posted in cycling on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a video Matt Nahorniak took during one of our recent weeknight mountain bike rides. We’re having some wonderful early-autumn weather here in the valley but we all know it’s only a matter of time before the gray clouds roll in and wet weather settles down for the duration. So, while the sun still shines [...]
Sarah’s Race Across Oregon Experience
Posted in cycling, races on September 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Despite being hindered by a bad left arm (we’ll get to that story in another post) Sarah finished typing up her race report for the 2011 Race Across Oregon and here it is. If you missed the earlier post, you can go back and check out a few photos as well. Epic. Beautiful. Hot. Continuous. [...]
Moon Point
Posted in cycling on August 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Sunday, I headed up to the Oakridge area with Josh and Scott to ride the Moon Point trail and a good portion of the Middle Fork of the Willamette. I had done the Middle Fork before but not Moon Point. It was a fun ride – a blazing descent down Moon Point and lots [...]