Kauai
6 photos
Atlantis 29er
10 photos
Built for bombing.
• 58cm Rivendell Atlantis 29er
• Rich-built wheels (XTR rear, XT front)
• Phil Wood bottom bracket
• White Industries crankset
• XTR rear derailleur
• XT front...
Secret S24O
18 photos
A good place near home, shared with some fine gentlemen. Perry's photos of this trip are pretty awesome.
650BDB Pelican
8 photos
Central + SoCal Motocamping
7 photos
I wish I had more photos, because this trip was truly epic. Unfortunately, It's hard to take photos on a motorcycle.
Mt. Diablo S24O
5 photos
Did a shorty overnighter with some of the RBW crew, and made some new friends as well. Good!
Father's Day Mixed Terrain
14 photos
JimG, Dan, Carlos, John, Stefan, and me. Marin County, California
A trip to Canepa Design
59 photos
A personal tour of Canepa. Holy crap. www.canepa.com/
A Tuesday Fondo
3 photos, 1 video
Rode the west Sonoma coast with a good buddy. Awesome weather, though insanely windy on the coast.
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Mini Porte(u)r Rack
4 photos, 6 videos
Various pics of rack building with your host, Jim G.
Dollar Pickup Station™
13 photos
There's nothing more fun than watching people shelve their pride to grab a dollar bill out of a beer bottle, especially when you're the one doing the grabbing.
2010 Galland CrossDressCrossRace
33 photos
What goes on in Chico stays in Chico.
Levi's Granfondo 2010
7 photos
Washington D.C.
7 photos
Mt. Lassen
9 photos, 1 video
This is 1.5 hours from my front door.
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Sycip 650b Hardtail MTB
6 photos
A custom 650b frame from Jeremy Sycip. Sonoma County, California. Bass boat (or 80's cadillac) brown/gold metallic powdercoat.
Made in CA parts
- Paul brakes, levers and thumbies
- Phil Ti bb
-...
Chico Bicycle Music Festival
31 photos, 2 videos
A bicycle tour of Chico, 16 bands, four stops, all generators for amps powered by bicycles. Neat! I love Chico.
Watch the show.
California road trip
40 photos, 2 videos
Nine days. Chico to Ashland Oregon, and then west to the north coast. All the way down to Ventura, and back to Chico. Phew.
I solidly prefer central and northern California from Big Sur up.
The Little Things
17 photos, 4 videos
The little things are often the most joyous.
SF Protest
6 photos
Seeing this actually made me cry. I've turned off comments for these photos because I don't want to spread the negativity or preach my leanings; I just wanted to document the fact that I stumbled...
Chicago
38 photos
Bits and pieces of my ongoing time in the windy city. And gosh, is it always windy.
Calistoga
9 photos
A lovely, memorable weekend with my good buddies.
Team Paul! Anderson
9 photos
Anderson, CA
Team Paul! Folsom
21 photos
Folsom Rodeo Cyclocross. Get some!
New Zealand
115 photos, 3 videos
Epic riding, food, beer and people. A++ trip. Roy and me, bicycle touring New Zealand.
Let me say it: I love New Zealand.
Sit back and enjoy the slideshow.
American Airlines damages bicycles
4 photos
I traveled the world with the bike, and American Airlines managed to crush much of it between LA and SF. I now see why they were recently rated the worst by a popular American cycling magazine....
Portland / Oregon Manifest 2009
6 photos
Rosenbaum House (Frank Lloyd Wright)
10 photos
This beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright house (completed in 1940) is in Florence, Alabama. Mr. Rosenbaum was one of my dad's college...
Boulder, July 2009
19 photos
I spent five days in Boulder, working mostly. But I got out for a couple of rides on the weekend on a demo randonneuring bike from Boulder Bicycles / Rene Herse. Here are some of the pics from my...
Chico is my home town
99 photos
Photographs in and around Chico, California
Cycle Oregon 2009
10 photos
Roy Steves, Jeff Ochs, Mike Smith and I rode in the Siskiyou Mountains above Ashland, then in the beautiful rolling hills around Monmouth. We drank a beer or two along the way, too.
Jun 28, 2009 (my bday)
16 photos
Lots of good buddies came over, and we had a high end gourmet cookout. It was awesome. I put my camera in peoples' faces a lot on this day. :-)
2009 Nevada City Classic
8 photos
Armstrong won, Ben 2nd, Leipheimer 3rd.
Downieville June 7, 2009
9 photos
Day trip with Paul to Downieville, CA. It was my first time, and people, it was beautiful. Early season, cold up top, lots of creek crossings and mud, a bit of snow, great company and a fun time....
S24O: Sausalito to Olema/Pt. Reyes
21 photos
I went on a Sub-24Hour-Overnighter with some buddies from work. We rode from Sausalito to Olema/Pt. Reyes Station. We camped in a campground, and rode back the next morning. 70 miles or so, round...
Cyclocross Santa Rosa: Beer!
3 photos
Non-racing events of the weekend. Three breweries and a small tour of the Sonoma coast.
Cyclocross Santa Rosa: Crash!
12 photos
Watch the slideshow.
My collection of crash photos from the day. Not one person was hurt. So much mud, one couldn't get enough speed up to get hurt. This is evidenced by how many people are laughing...
Cyclocross Santa Rosa: Race!
37 photos
Race and party action from the Santa Rosa cyclocross weekend.
Sit back and watch the show?
February 14-15, 2009. Team Paul met up with Cyclofiend and JimG with plans to dominate Santa Rosa on the...
Film
12 photos
Photos of my life that were contained on polyester, nitrocellulose or cellulose acetate, rather than in bytes and bits and pixels.
Unboxing: Paul's new machine
8 photos
Paul Component Engineering got themselves a new machine to make you awesome bike parts, faster.
I got to take big heavy tools and demolish the crate. I felt manly for a minute, there.
Vanilla Singlespeed CX racer
9 photos
This was Sacha White's bike, built in 2003 as a disc-equipped cyclocross prototype. Used hard and raced hard, well loved. Scratched, scraped and scuffed, but not dinged or dented. Found its way to me...
2008/9 Shasta Cyclocross Race Series: Anderson
24 photos
Watch the slideshow.
This entire set is of the B race. Another day of fine cyclocross racing, this time in Anderson. Team Paul had #2 in the Women's and Men's C's (Renee and me) , as well as #3 in...
2008/9 Shasta Cyclocross Race Series: Enterprise
67 photos
Chico came up to Redding in force for some juicy cyclocross racing. Team Paul scored a double first place in the cat C's (women & men), Chico Corsa had a top three finish in the A's. Woo! The...
2008 tour to the Abbey of New Clairvaux
12 photos
A pirate band of seven descended upon, and drank beer at the winery of monks in Vina.
Oregon Manifest 2008
28 photos
Roy, Jeff and I invade Portland for a weekend of bikes, booze and racing.
2008 Cyclocross Crusade
24 photos, 1 video
Jeff Galland, Roy and I headed to Portland for Oregon Manifest, and to race the Cross Crusade, Villebois race. Good times! 'Twas my first non-Chico cross race.
Rapha Roller Races
29 photos, 1 video
Part of Oregon Manifest 2008. Total ripper of a good time!
Winters 200k
12 photos
IT band problems forced me to work the lunch control rather than ride the brevet. Here are photos of friends and their bikes.
Sidewalk chalk art
15 photos
Every once in a while, folks come out and decorate the sidewalks around Chico's downtown city plaza.
Rawland Sogn
21 photos
A gnarly 650B MonsterCross bike.
It will also take 700c cyclocross wheels, and I'll ride/race it both ways: cross country MTB style with 650B's, and on the cyclocross courses in winter on 700c's. I...
Jeff's 40th birthday
5 photos
Went over to the Ochs' casa for Jeff's 40th birthday. 30 or so close friends showed up. Olympia and Old Milwaukee was abundant. It was a good time.
RUSA 10th Anniversary 200k
7 photos
I rode the Russian River 205k course with the San Francisco Randonneurs. It was my first brevet, and I finished in 11 hours on the nose. 127.3 miles with a bit over 7,000 feet of climbing. Fun...
With Claire in the Headlands
1 photo
We took a lovely spin in the Marin headlands some summer afternoon.
California Coast Tour: Day 7
6 photos
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Stage 7 of our 460 mile tour:
Olema to Pt. Reyes to Olema to SF. The Bovine Bakery in Pt. Reyes is worth going backwards for.
California Coast Tour: Day 6
13 photos
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Stage 6 of our 460 mile tour:
Gualala to Olema. This was a loooong day, and the headwinds into Tomales Bay nearly did us in. But with a handful of jerky and trail mix, we plodded...
California Coast Tour: Day 5
20 photos
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Stage 5 of our 460 mile tour:
Ft. Bragg to Gualala. Rugged coastline, perfect weather, awesome lunch stop in Elk, old graveyards, crazy architecture, and one of the most perfect...
California Coast Tour: Day 4
13 photos
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Stage 4 of our 460 mile tour:
Benbow, CA to Ft. Bragg. Big climbing day, semi-hot until we came back down over the coastal range. Scariest riding of the tour due to logging trucks...
California Coast Tour: Day 3
11 photos
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Stage 3 of our 460 mile tour:
Fortuna to Benbow. Great riding through the redwoods, slightly hard toward Garberville. Great climbs, TONS of wild blackberries, and a day ending...
California Coast Tour: Day 2
18 photos
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Stage 2 of our 460 mile tour:
Patricks Point to Fortuna, CA (and Eel River Brewing Co.). We also stopped for lunch at Lost Coast Brewing in Eureka.
California Coast Tour: Day 1
24 photos
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Stage 1 of our 460 mile tour:
Jeff and I depart from Brookings, Oregon, ending the day in Patricks Point State Park just north of Trinidad, CA.
California Coast Tour: En Route
16 photos
Jeff and I rode 460 miles, and climbed just over 30,000 feet from Brookings, Oregon to San Francisco, tasting the yields of many of the breweries along California's beautiful coastline. This was an...
Sausalito to Pt. Reyes and back again
12 photos
Wonderful day in the saddle with the Jims, a.k.a. JimG and Cyclofiend. No, make that an awesome day! Cool, foggy, lots of coffee, good climbing, followed up by fish tacos in Mill Valley. 'Bout 70...
SFR: Mixed Terrain July 12, 2008
5 photos
Mixed terrain ride with some SFR doodz. Good fun, great company, challenging course. I only rode about 2/3 of it due to previous plans. Note to self: don't bring brevet-style bike for very...
the Gino Light Mount, by Paul Component...
9 photos
Buy it at the Paul store.
This light mount allows you to run a headlight down low (but not too low!), where it should be. It works with nearly any light that you'd mount on your handlebars, but you...
Chester, CA to Juniper lake
10 photos
A day in Chico's backyard; I went on a scouting ride for an upcoming Chico Wheelmen bike camping trip. This was one of the most perfect weather days of cycling ever, and being in the southern...
Humboldt Fire
5 photos
The fire burned 23,162 acres.
It took 74 residences, damaged 20, and eight outbuildings were destroyed. There are/were 3,823 personnel fighting the fire from 68 fire crews with 520 engines, 53 water...
Tomales bay kayak camping
12 photos
As part of Claire's birthday, we went boat camping in western Marin county, CA. It was a brutal trip, with howling winds and temperatures in the low 40s.
Interestingness
87 photos
My top 100 interesting photos, based on the Flickr™ Interestingness algorithm.
See also: appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=...
Set automatically created by dopiaza's set...
S24O: May 10, 2008
20 photos
A few of the Chico Wheelmen headed out for an overnight bike camping trip to Woodson Bridge SRA. Solid hilarity for about 18 hours straight.
Shveta & Sid visit Chico
10 photos
Friends from the bay area came up for the day. And of course, no one escapes a visit to the Zahnd house with out a nice bike ride.
A trip to Paul Component Engineering
8 photos, 1 video
I rode over to Paul HQ to pick up a couple of bits, and Paul gave me a tour of the factory. Fun!
www.paulcomp.com
Spring 2008
13 photos
S24O: April 12, 2008
12 photos
At the last minute on Saturday afternoon, Jeff und Gino (a.k.a. Team JuG) decided on a sub-24-hour overnight bike camping trip (a.k.a. S24O) to Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area, from Chico, CA,...
Lunch hour
17 photos
Photos I take on my lunch hour
a Sunday ramble
13 photos
Packed a picnic and headed off for a short trip up into the canyon near my house. I love spring in Chico.
Tour de Ed
10 photos
A benefit ride to help Ed McLaughlin. We raised a lot of money, the weather held out, and for those two things I'm thankful. Ed, Chico is pulling for you, buddy.
NAHMBS 2008
24 photos
North American Handmade Bike Show, Portland, 2008. More photos to come...
A ride of biblical proportions
11 photos
Jeff last-minute-invited me to go to pick up his wine club booze from the monks in Vina, CA - a 50 mile round trip ride. We endured floods, mud, rain and the wrath of railroad tracks, but these are...
Los Milagros
23 photos
The lovely little hotel that served as basecamp on our trip to Los Cabos, Baja California Sur.
Los Cabos
32 photos
A trip to Baja California Sur, México.
Also, Claire took some nice photos.
TylerCross New Year
21 photos
Do 20 pushups, run to your bike, ride 3 laps, drink a beer, ride 3 more laps. Or, you can take off a lap for each beer you drink.
I was out on a perfect winter day Saluki ramble to start the new...
A snowshoe trip
5 photos
A little snowshoeing jaunt at year's end.
Christmas Day ride 2007
8 photos
72 solo mixed-surface miles, from the hills west of Red Bluff to Chico, CA. Beautiful day all in all, and I feel fortunate to live somewhere with this sort of sunny-ish 50 degree late December...
A little rack
9 photos
I designed this little rack to work with my Inujirushi front bag (it will work with Berthoud bags as well). Well, to be FAIR, I copied the design of some of my favorite racks, and changed a few...
The Good Ol' Days
7 photos
2007 Galland Cross Dress Cross Race
16 photos
Part of the Chico Cyclocross series...
2007 Foxy's Fall Century
10 photos
We did the 110k route. 20mph headwinds all day made for an "interesting" ride - the sort where with every turn you make, so does the wind - so that it is always in your face. Luckily Phil...
Rivendell Bombadil
9 photos
Spent a few weeks with the bomba. Good times!
Rivendell Saluki
55 photos
Painted by Russ Pickett of Air Art in Chico, CA. Russ does many of the Rex Cycles frames, many of the early Rivendell A. Homer HIlsen frames, and tons of high end custom work.
Build info:
- 58cm...
2007 Tour to the Abbey of New Clairvaux
17 photos
October 13, 2007. A 50 mile round trip tour, hanging with monks, BYO picnic, wine tasting. The first unofficial ride of The Chico Wheelmen Touring Club... good time!
Map on Bikely
See also these...
2007 Tour of the Unknown Coast
26 photos
September 15-16, 2007. Chico Velo's annual tour of some of the more remote areas of California's northern coastline.
My riding buddy, Tony Rocha, has a good ride report here.
See...
The cyclist and the oak tree
4 photos
A rider from Chico Corsa (in Chico, California) was in Bidwell Park, when suddenly an oak tree fell on him.
Ben, the rider, is fine. His bicycle isn't.
Chico Fire
6 photos
August 3, 2007. Fire that started from Highway 32, visible from my house on the other side of town.
North Coast bike camping
14 photos
On July 5 it was 107ºF in Chico, so I headed for the coast.
I toured around Fortuna, Eureka, and Trinidad in 68ª weather. Did a north-bound S24O from Trinidad, staying in Patrick Point state...
Father's Day 8k
5 photos
Red Bank Rd. "tour"
Mile High 100k
3 photos
The Mile High 100 in Chester, CA (lake Almanor area). We rode the 100k route.
Claire's first >100k ride. A fun weekend camping with friends and bicycle touring some of the prettiest terrain in...
Rivendell Weekend III
49 photos
A wonderful weekend riding and camping with a bunch of Rivendell geeks on Mt. Diablo in Walnut Creek, CA. May 19-20, 2007
Spring at home, 2007
22 photos
Bikes of Berkeley
13 photos
Neat bikes that I see around Berkeley, California, USA.
This one is fun to watch as a slideshow.
Make your own mudflap
6 photos
How to make a high quality Berthoud-like mud flap for your bicycle. I have a PDF of the pattern if you want it; just drop a line.
I made this because I was unprepared for a rainy century, and didn't...
Rivendell Blériot
45 photos
My daily workhorse, and how it changed over time.
The current build:
• 57cm Rivendell Blériot
• 46/36/26 170mm Sugino XD2 crank
• TA Cyclotouriste 42x26
• 11x32 SRAM cassette
• Schmidt...
Rivendell Rambouillet
54 photos
Lloyd, in various states.
Schwinn Le Tour III
6 photos
We scored a pair of matching Schwinn Le Tour III from 1978. The mixte is original down to the Schwinn brand tires. Of course, I BOB'd mine out. :-)
Claire's Bianchi Nuovo Alloro
9 photos
Mid-80s lugged Steel Bianchi
Bianchi San Jose
21 photos
I rode until I didn't want to anymore, and sold it.
Christmas Eve ride 2006
22 photos
24 December 2006. Had a guilty-good time riding beautiful Honey Run (minus the hill), alone. There's something nice and meditative about a slow and enjoyable solo ride. 25 miles, average speed...
Jan 27, 2007 mixed-surface
15 photos
Jeff and I rode a great new (for us) route today. Mixed surface, tons of climbing up into the subalpine forests in the Sierra foothills, and back.
Chico --> Centerville --> Magalia -->...
2007 Tour of California
26 photos
Pics from the Amgen Tour of California 7 day stage race.
Seattle 10/2006
44 photos
A bit of fun, and the IDEA 2006 Conference; Seattle, October 21-24, 2006.
Bass flyfishing with Jim
7 photos
A day spent at the ranch...
Flyfishing
34 photos
Machines
38 photos
Threshing Bee
31 photos
Street signs for Friends
4 photos
There exist an unusal number of street signs in and around Chico that happen to be names of my friends and family. I will continue to post here as I find them.
Black & White
6 photos
To see if some of my compositions hold up without color
Hanukrismas 2005
52 photos
We spent Christmas + the first two days of Hanukkah at Claire folks' place. A fantastic time at a fantastic place!
Animules
90 photos, 1 video
If it's alive, we might have one.
Pish Pages
15 photos
Archives of old photos of flyfishing adventures with my buddy Jim Lowe
House 2006
16 photos
House 2007
24 photos
'Round the house bits, 2007
San Diego & ETECH 06
51 photos
Photos from my trip to San Diego and the Emerging Technology 2006 Conference
Big Sur & Monterey
12 photos
Mountain Bike trip in 2003
1968 BMW 2002
77 photos
Owned in 2003-4. Fast Eddie. He now he lives in Pasadena.
1st Real Mountain Bike Triathlon
18 photos
That was what the race was called.
Mystery Triathlon
13 photos
Somewhere near Napa, I think. Can't remember. Maybe Lake Berryessa?
Parents in Monterey
27 photos
My folks came out for our wedding in October 2003; we took 'em to Monterey and Pebble Beach.
Saddlebag lake
10 photos
Flyfishing trip where we didn't meet up with Jim.
Surfing Accident
8 photos
What happens when a brand new (sharp) surfboard fin goes through two of your fingers. Note: hang on harder when you decide to not drop in. October 2003, a couple of weeks before my wedding.