Statistics is mathematicians lying to you
Last weekend two good friends and one total stranger shared an article with me about a pair of European cyclists that were murdered in Southern Mexico. One of them also sent an article discussing how more Americans are murdered in Mexico than all other countries combined (unless you include the US of course). I’d be
Gear: Bubble Wrap Laptop Case
I was mulling over all of my options for laptop cases a few weeks ago. My laptop will be going into my Aquaquest rolltop drybag, so keeping it dry should not be an issue. It will be bouncing around on the back of the bike though, so padding seemed important. Like most days these days,
Logistics: Shipping to Alaska from Utah
Getting our bikes to Alaska is a bit of a trick. The simplest way to go about it is to just ship them straight to Homer. But when we first looked into this, we got quotes ranging from $250 to $1,000 per bike. We are shipping two bikes and a box of gear, so that
Gear: Custom welded clamp on drop bars
I recently teamed up with www.bikehacks.com for an article about my clamp on drop bar adapters. I wanted to have a variety of hand positions available for comfort, but as usual nobody made what I wanted. Check out my article to see how I built them and how I almost cut my finger off.
Visas
Soph did some research the other day just in case there were any special requirements we needed to be aware of in terms of visas. We were a bit concerned that this might be a bit complicated with us coming from different countries and needing to visit different embassies for paperwork. Generally it is easy
Antelope Canyon: Herding Cats
I did not know that a place such as antelope Canyon existed. It is one of the most dramatic slot canyons that I have seen in my two years in Utah. About 100 feet deep. Majestically weathered Navajo sandstone, curving and winding, forming limitless illusions to even the most unperservering of imaginations. In the depths
Driving an unregistered car in Utah and obtaining a pedicab license in Detroit
I have to give it to the state of Utah for amazing efficiency in government. The irony is that Utahns hate the government. Pretty sure it goes back to The Utah War of 1857. It was a relatively uneventful skirmish, but apparently there are still some ruffled feathers. The expediency with which they execute the
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body…
Thirty five years old. I’m not sure if there has been a birthday in my thirties in which I haven’t thought back to being twenty and how I perceived people a decade beyond back then. They always seemed like they had it together. I guess I always assumed that by the time I got to
Gear Review: The Ottlock
There are a few pieces of gear that I have spent way too much time thinking about. The lock is one of them. I had 4 main criteria when considering how we will keep our chariots secure: size weight quality price The Ottolock is a solid balance of the first three items. Think of a
Typhoid Speedball Part II: My Immunizations
Part I of this series was generally useless if you actually care about the logistics of planning for an extended stay in South America. This part will be a bit more dense and hopefully less entertaining. I say hopefully because I recognize that it is possible that you did not find the first post worth