There’s a house in LA, full of people and cats. Full of life. It is a house where people live. The house is a community.
Bikes, games, Jimmy, skateboarding, big dummy, Smalls, Reed, guitars, spanish omelette, Patricia, welcome to Silverlake, Japanther, Andrew, ants, tents, Kyla, budzilla, Food not Bombs, BRC’s, Peter, Ros, heat, coffee, warmth, friends, we keep going, we keep staying, palm trees, The Sofa, The Porche, an old piano, Tim, welcome, camp shower, cleaning party, killing nazies, Boots, Leo, bicycle film festival, a rat, comfy mattress, The Swede, Joel and Brigitte, sunset junction, Monty, bicycles, patches, Red Riding Hood, weed butter, Obama, Erin, Josh, pasta, the new one, graffiti, cockroaches, helicopters, people’s rides, stars, Ira and Ashira: thank you.
Author Archives
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Oct 09
ag lago
1
Oct 09
Action!
Today we got our box of Action Wipes: the ultimate wet wipe, so now, whatever we do, we’ll clean, refresh and soothe, … wherever we go. Yeah! Thank you Action Wipes.
30
Sep 09
4,173
It was my first time in the US. I rode my Colnago everyday for almost 2 months all the way from New York to Los Angeles. Riding with 21 people who became my best friends forever. I met some Real People, some of the most Human beings I’ve never met.
I saw America, big and beautiful, ugly, fat, generous, long and lonely, gorgeous. I saw big trees, bears, tiny birds, rattle snakes, wild rivers, weird insects, vultures, butterflies, … and I saw the Pacific Ocean.
About 3,000 miles into the 42ride across America, I remember thinking this is what I want to do for the rest of my life, now. I didn’t want to go back to my life in Paris. I had left half of my broken heart there, and my job as a bicycle courier with no future. Life on the road, traveling on my bike, being a bicycle nomad was a dream, a dream come true. Now, I don’t want to stop dreaming, so I keep going.
20
Sep 09
Our STORE is now OPEN
we keep going shwag
We now have our store at cafepress.com. We’re still adding new stuff but you can already buy tshirts with our logo and some of our drawings. Thanks for your support.
18
Sep 09
Fundraising!
Hey everybody! Look over there to the right —> We created a PayPal donation account for the ride.
Got a dollar or five (or more?) that you’d be interested in donating to our South American exploration? We sure could use it. Just takes a second. Every little bit will help us by food, bike parts, and keep us connected on the interwebs.
Spread the word! Email your friends with a link to the blog. If everybody gave a little we could do a lot. And we promise to donate to your bicycle tour in the future. It’s only fair.
We’re finishing preparations here in San Francisco and plan on departing for Los Angeles soon for the official launch. Los Angeles is where we ended our cross country ride from New York. So it seemed fitting that we would start our next ride from there. We’ll keep you posted!
Thanks in advance!
Bryan and Jo
16
Sep 09
S O M A saga
our new SOMA saga’s
my final build:
frame: soma saga size 58, tange prestige cr-mo d.b. tubes
fork: soma saga tange prestige cr-mo
bottom bracket: ird qb75 68×110
crankset: andel, forged arms, aluminum rings, 110mm BCD, 48-36-26t
chain: ird 590 sport
(pedals: shimano spd’s)
cassette: ird comp 9 11-32t
rear derailleur: shimano xt long cage
front derailleur: shimano tiagra triple
hubs: shimano xt 36h
spokes: dt swiss 14g stainless
rims: alex adventurer 36h black
tires: soma new xpress 700×32c
brakes: origin8 cross cantilever
brake pads: kool stop
brake cables/housing: yokozuna jet lubed
shifter cables/housing: yokozuna jet lubed
seatpost: kalloy 27.2 x 300mm
saddle: brooks professional honey
headset: ird (tange) techno-glide 1-1/8″ silver, sealed cartridge bearings
stem: kalloy 1-1/8″ threadless forged, 26.0mm clamp
handlebars: nitto b135 randonneur 42cm
bar tape: soma thick & zesty
brake levers: tektro r200a
shifters: shimano bar-end 9 speed
fenders: sks p50
racks: surly nice racks
bottle cages: blackburn
thanks to our sponsor SOMA Fabrications
and also to Pedal Revolution
13
Sep 09
we keep going
so yeah, we keep going…
after riding our bikes from NY to LA with the 42ride, Bryan and me have decided to keep riding our bikes to South America…
