• a lot going on right now

    a lot going on right now

    the above photo is the closest image I could find taken in the past month of how life has felt for the most part. I wanted to share this past month’s challenges in video story form on YouTube, but my video making has been a bit distracted by the above image relating to how life feels Read more

  • walking tour NYC

    walking tour NYC

    not bike content, but this is my blog, not yours!πŸ˜‰ so to celebrate another year of making bags and bikes, Arya and I planned an end of the year city visit, if only to do something different than paddling our canoe across the CT river for “city life” in the humble “Paris of Nutmeg Country”, Read more

  • beach club buzz

    beach club buzz

    I LOVE riding this bike. it just feels dialed in, and the geo fits me like a glove. I have found myself with several road bikes, but this is the one I like most. so here are some photos and musings about a new Beach Club/Ron’s road collaboration.  so I have been riding road bikes a whole lot Read more

  • shoulder seasons

    shoulder seasons

    it is really just getting kinda wintry here in southern new England —- we are only 10 miles north of the shoreline of far eastern Long Island sound — that body of water has a warming effect that creeps up the river and generally keeps things pretty snow free and ridable year round — with Read more

  • last gasp of the leaves ride

    last gasp of the leaves ride

    there is the ol’ time of year in New England (and other places but we aren’t talking about those) where the landscape seems to change overnight every night for a month and a half. im talking about oct 1st to Nov 20 or so — I love riding all times of year as it turns Read more

  • overnight from deerfield MA

    overnight from deerfield MA

    hi everyone. remember when I used to camp 200+ nights out of the year off my bike? maybe you don’t, it was years ago at this point, but it was my lifestyle on the cheep for nearly a decade. it is also how I garnered enough of a following to be able to now squeak Read more