160miles In The Mountains
After a month spent in Canada visiting with family, chillin’ with friends, riding my bike and even getting in a bit of work, I turned the van around and made the 1800 mile/2900 km drive back to my mountain paradise, …
Year: 2014
For Sale; The Love Affair is Over
My friend MaryAnne is fond of saying that people come in to our lives for a reason. While the duration may be a moment, a year or a life-time, there is significance and consequence to that relationship, even if it …
Happy Mother’s Day; Go Ride Your Bike
Today–in North America at least–families celebrated the Hallmark holiday, mother’s day. A day when flowers are purchased, breakfasts are delivered in bed and children proudly hand their mothers hand-made multi-coloured construction-paper cards. For a day, or maybe just a few …
Back in The Gats
This past weekend was spent in Ottawa visiting old friends and new family. My brother and his wife had their third son in January and this proud uncle was excited to meet Heath William. On Sunday, Ed and I enjoyed …
Building Bikes and Making Friends
Back in Ontario, life on the bike continues. While in Toronto, I had the pleasure of spending a week working at the venerable Bloor St. bike shop, Sweet Pete’s. I’ve had many friends work at this booming bike biz’ …