Handy Pak Instanet
In this #bikefishingfriday video, I review the Handy Pak Instanet – the Brompton of fishing nets! Nets are usually so cumbersome to bring on bike touring trips, but this one is a game changer!
Five Days in SW Montana
It’s Sunday afternoon and we’re in Dillon, Montana, for a week of cycling and fly-fishing. We have been looking forward to this trip for months, and now we are here, adventure minivan stuffed with four…
Rode Trip: Car-Free Going-to-the-Sun Road
Way back in Spring 2011, we had a grand plan.. As part of our Small Wheels Big Adventure trip, we would steer our new Bromptons to Glacier National Park and ride up Going-to-the-Sun Road. And…
Initial Review: Salsa Warbird
There is nothing quite like new bike day, is there? The hand wringing anticipation as you wait for the call from the bike shop that your bike is ready to go home with you. The…
UPDATED: Some Instagram Experiments
Over the last five years the ways we try to tell a story have changed. At first it was purely words and photography, then a few (really) rough videos to more polished work as our…
#SHOWUSYOURFOLD Talent Search
We are collaborating once again with our friends at CleverCycles to make a fun video on how to fold a Brompton, but we need a good spokesperson! Help us out. Ideally, the person would live…
Rode Trip: Dirt in the City – Mixed-Terrain Riding in Los Angeles’ Verdugo Mountains
Confession: when I was growing up as a kid in Los Angeles, I had no interest in bikes whatsoever. My interests were about par for my age (i.e. hanging out at the mall and killing…
Rode Trip: Palm Springs Tramway Road
(Rode Trip is a new short series of bicycle vacation ideas. Some touring. Some day trips. All fun.) You know a road has a reputation when you tell people you’re going to ride it and…
Rode Trip: Exploring Ojai by Bike
(Rode Trip is a new short series of bike trip ideas – of varying lengths, for riders of varying abilities.) The Ojai Valley Trail is one of the hidden bicycle gems in Southern California. We…
Bikefishing on the Iron Horse Trail
When we heard that our friend Jason from Swift Industries was planning a little weekend bike touring / fly fishing extravaganza for the 4th of July AND that we would be riding a portion of…