Who want’s to spend $975 on me?!
I’ve been shopping around for some parts to build a touring bike for 2010, and just yesterday I spotted this Surly Long Haul Trucker. The LHTs are decent steel-built touring bikes with a bunch of great features (like the extra spokes mounted in the chainstays). At first, I thought [...]

When I checked my email this morning, something wonderful happened. The USPS package tracker informed me that my package from China was “delivered”. Shortly after the front desk at my office called me, “Max, your package is here.” I was so giddy. I felt like a young woman right before Senior Prom.
I walked across the [...]

For the past 5 months I have been waiting for Oregon rain.
For the past 5 months I have seen snow and hail and wind and dryness and a un-Oregon winter.
I mean I hate to scorn the ability to ride my bike without wet regret, but I really needed a wet winter. The entire month of [...]