Just about a month apart. September 13th to November 19th. I like to visit the same spots and see the changes.
Seasons
Category Archives: Bikes
Hitched
‘“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.”
–John Muir
Wide
Sometimes I gotta get to a big space to figure out where I’m at.
Dirt Wizard
No rule is the best rule.
Further
One of the great things about bikes is the cool places they’ll take you to. And you can go even further if you’re willing to sit for awhile once you get there.
Visit
I have been coming to this spot on this river for over 15 years, sometimes as regular as once a week. Several years ago the property changed hands and the new owner put up signs and a gate to keep people out. I tried to respect this, telling myself if I had a large tract of land and I wanted to keep people out I would want them to abide – and maybe understand. But I also know from the other side what a connection with a place can mean, so I wonder if I could ask that of other people. I have done my best. I think it’s been over a year since I have been here. Today I rode down and washed my face and hands in the river.
Saturday Labour
Woke up late.
All the News that’s Fit to Print
Some of you might be wondering, “After I go for an extended mixed-surface ride with my homie that involves several deep water crossings, how many pages from the Acadie Nouvelle do I use to dry out my shoes in the sun?”
The answer would be six. Three pages per shoe. No more, no less.
40k Hood Ride #dirtchvrch Edition
Ninth day in a row on this bike. Needs lube.
Thursday
Today is the 6th day in the row I’ve gone for a ride. Was a time when I rode almost every day a lot. Recently it has been more challenging due to all kinds of life things – sometimes even including the motivation to go ride. The world is invariably better when I ride and ride often. It’s interesting to me that often it’s the hardest to do the things that we know are inherently good for us.