As part of Inktober 2020(-ish), I decided to do a short series of drawings. I wrote a small script around the characters Fizz & Buster. Fizz is a blobby-looking guy forages for ‘sprooms’ in the Belt. Buster is his blobby dog, who usually just hangs out in the truck. I really enjoyed drawing these characters, and developed more of a world around them and created a larger cast of characters. I drew 14 panels for Inktober, which I’ll post as a series over the next few weeks. I’ve also got a few character drawings and additional bits that I’ll add… Read more: Fizz & Buster – Part 1

Bikes Grin Tech is currently doing a West Coast Tour and their second video is a tour of Calfee bikes. Craig Calfee is actually a much weirder guy than I thought, and is doing some really innovative stuff. I really enjoyed this video and his very imaginative creations. My cargo bike is using a Grin setup, and if you are a DIY kind of guy, I highly recommend their systems over others. It has a bit of a curve, and I’ve had to email their support a couple times to really dial it in. I’m a convert and I enjoy… Read more: 💩 Link Dump May 10th 💩

What’s been showing up in my feed recently? Trains & Trams California High Speed Rail Reports of the Death of California High-Speed Rail Have Been Greatly Exaggerated—Asterisk – Trains and public transport are the answer to car dependency. I would love to see better high speed rail in America, and its good to understand the reasons why we don’t have these nice things in the US. On a more positive note, Not Just Bikes has a new video about The Best Transportation For Cities https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-the-absolute-best-transportation-for-cities Nerding It Up Zima Board 2 The Zima Board 2 is on kickstarter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WYBvbn-mgQ I… Read more: Link Dump May 3rd, 2025

I was over in San Juan on vacation, and left my folding helmet at the store by accident while I was getting groceries. Now, you might be wondering how you can forget a helmet? 🤔 its because I was just picking up some drinks for everyone, and after leaving the shop I left the helmet on a ledge then walked instead of biking the 30 feet to the airbnb. I had one of these Closca helmets: While this was a good helmet, and the people on their site sure look like models wearing them, I could not seem to achieve… Read more: New Foldable Helmet Day!

Back in 2009 I took some time off work and did a bike ride across the US, from Astoria, Oregon to Charlottesville, Virginia. I’ve gone ahead and migrated the blog over to this blog (comments and all! )and tagged them. This trip was at a time when you had to use these things called ‘paper maps’ and ask for directions. I actually had an iphone with gps and Google Maps, but I mainly had to keep it off most of the time, to conserve battery in case of emergency. It was a great trip, and I blogged to wordpress via… Read more: My cross country cycling trip.