Curious Case of a Stolen Bike

Back in October I had my commuter bike stolen from a secure Trimet bike locker at Hatfield Government Center. It totally pissed me off to say the least. I was also very underwhelmed by the help and response I received from Trimet. As a government employee myself there is nothing that upsets me more than…

Because I Can

I quite often hear the words “Why do you need so many bikes?” or something very similar to that.  I usually answer with something along the lines of “each one has a specific use”.  Hypothetically if I had to keep just one bike it would be my Independent Fabrications – Crown Jewel.  I personally consider…

N-1+1= Net Neutral

I took a bit of a social media and blogging break.  Just need to reset for a bit.  I’m sure my 3 adoring fans missed me greatly.  (ha ha ha) The super short mountain bike season has kicked off and so far I have done two of the series races.  Echo Red to Red and…

Had Some Time to Kill

Well don’t panic or get into a tizzy based on the header picture.  While Mia was in NH the other week I took some time to run down to the local RV dealer and check out a couple of the models that have been catching my eye.  We have not bought anything at this time…

Tinkering

For the first time in a few weeks I felt like this weekend was fairly open.  We didn’t need to be anywhere for anything at any specific time, so I took advantage of that as much as possible. Dean and I got in an early ride on Saturday.  He was on the road to my…

A Winter Project

I’ve finally given up on the idea of a 29er, more specifically my Cannondale F29.  It is a great bike, but I was just tired of playing around with the fit and what I saw as the limitations of being a short guy on a 29er.  I totally dig the lefty forks and still have…