The fifth edition of Bunyan Velo has been published and is waiting to delight your eyes. Started in 2012 by Lucas Winzenberg (a rad dude whom I am happy to call a friend), the publication is a collection of essays and photographs of bicycle touring. The stories are worth spending hours reading and the photos are worth as many clicks as your mouse has left. … Continue reading Bunyan Velo: Issue No. 5
Just down the road from me in south Minneapolis is a bike shop called Angry Catfish. They’ve got a stellar stock of the finest local rides and a few from out of the state. As the sign says, they also serve coffee. It is amazing coffee. I sometimes find myself craving tea from the shop just so I can meander around the bicycles beautiful bicycles. … Continue reading A Night of Bikes, Music and Charcuterie
Minnesota is known for a few things. We invented waterskis. Conversely, we also invented the snowmobile. It’s duck, duck, gray duck. The Mississippi River begins in Lake Itasca, in the NW part of the state. The Norway pine is our state tree and the walleye is our state fish. Some call us the North Star State. We go fishing all year–even on ice. And ride … Continue reading Fat Bike Demo and Race
Kind of. Slick Minneapolis winter roads are keeping me inside. While I was laid up, I bought a couple things to bide my time and prepare for being active outdoors once again. One item was a new fly fishing rod and reel, the other was a trainer. The doctor told me to “take it easy for 4-6 weeks,” which sounds more like a death sentence … Continue reading Back In The Saddle
Birch & Flannel 