so after my faster friends left the Tirano area, and the big roadie climbs were under the bib straps, I got to map out my own ride and take a jab at Italian/Swiss ATB life. I could not help but notice that all of the road climbs we did also connected to other peaks and Read more

there were a lot of other things to take photos of — although I know this is a bikes blog and all, I do have fun just slowly walking or riding around taking photos of other things too. this trip I only brought 1 camera — my Ricoh GRiiix with an effective 40mm 2.8 fixed Read more

MOGAST: “MOrtirolo” “GAvia” “STelvio” /// 106 miles and nearly 16,000 ft in elevation gained. a monster of a roadie day, and a small event put on by a lovely guy from Tirano named Bruno. all three of the most infamous climbs of the Giro in one day. iyeeee! many of you have seen the photos Read more

on a rest day from riding, patz and I borrowed a car and took a 3 hr drive to the small factory that make our caps in a rural farm town, 1.5 hrs from Milan. living most of my adult life beneath the stubby shade of one of these things; from this very factory — Read more

currently on a trip we’d kinda planned for in 2020, but things happened and all, so here we are 4 years later picking up where we left off in some ways, and not in others. after attempting the Swiss Alpine bike route in 2017, Tenzin (formerly Arya) and I really wanted to get back and Read more