Bromantic Weekend – Bend, OR

Back at the end of November I asked Dean if he wanted to spend a long weekend down in Bend, OR riding fat bikes. I have President’s Day off from work every year and I thought it would be fun to head down for a long weekend to ride bikes and potentially XC ski. With…

Tumalo Falls Fat Bike

In general work conferences are in desirable locations, if they were in crappy locations nobody would go.  Normally I haven’t gone to the OGFOA conferences because of the recurring payroll vendor conference I have gone to in years past. It was anticipated that I would be going to Austin, TX this April when we designed…

Ride Fat

It’s always good to have choices.  This week I’ve spent a bit too much time on the indoor trainer.   At least Mia and I got out for a short but windy ride yesterday, and thankfully it was over 50F. Today the winds were forecast to be stronger and the temps for much cooler (cold,…

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…

2018 Bear Springs Trap

I’m not exactly one for race reports and a blow by blow of the action.  What I do like to write about is how fun racing/riding is, going on new adventures and exploring new places. In this specific case I want to relate how fun racing my fat bike was.  This past Sunday was the Bear Springs…

2018 Methow Valley Fat Bike

Not that I needed an excuse for Mia and I to return to the Methow Valley, but the 5th Annual Fat Bike Meetup was sure a great reason to head on up. Our drive up was quite the adventure once we got past Yakima.  Blewett Pass, normally a 60mph road, was at best a 30-35mph…