• made it to AZ

    made it to AZ

    after an extended stay in Terlingua TX you may have read about in the last post, Patz and I drove through a windstorm across west Texas-NM-and AZ. 45 mph sustained with 60 gusts — more wind than I have ever felt, and there were a bunch of tipped over semis on the sides of the Read more

  • part 3 west texas

    part 3 west texas

    wow part 3 looks a lot different eh? I always seem to find that the west truly begins on interstate 10 around Ozona Texas. Maybe its Sonora… Sonora seems to on the nose though. Since we last talked, I spent 3 days in Austin Texas durring which i did not ride my bike except to Read more

  • Tennessee and Arkansas west pt2

    Tennessee and Arkansas west pt2

    Tennessee has always grabbed my attention while driving through in the past, but I’d never really stopped there much other than a nice ride around the Chattanooga area with pal Gaston Farmer. While passing through the western corner of the state this time form Kentucky, i found a bunch of heat on strava within my Read more

  • Hitting the road west pt1

    Hitting the road west pt1

    since this is a quit corner of my internet life, let me let you insiders in on a little insider’s secret —- we’ve had a “sprinter” van since nov. 2018. We lived in it for 2 whole years before covid, after having lived off of our bicycles for 3 years (Arya), 6 years (me) prior. Read more

  • Last ride in New England for the “winter”

    Last ride in New England for the “winter”

    last weekend was a sunny day in a cloudy and bleak weather pattern that seemed like it would last forever. turns out forever is 2 weeks. a big freeze came through the area just the day before, dropping temps in our mild corner of the world to the lowest in a century (-5), but only Read more

  • Romanceür customer build

    Romanceür customer build

    its been a while since we’ve done a custom build::::.. the concept of the original “Ron’s Bikes” (where I would do this out of our van from the road) fell by the wayside as I am really slow at building and our attention spread other places. we were lucky enough to have Jay from nearby Read more