Posts Tagged: cyclist

Equipment — 5 Comments — posted by Jo
4
Oct 09

a list of things I carry on my bike

a list of things I carry on my bike

4 Ortlieb Roller panniers, 1 saddle bag and one handlebar bag.
1 coffee travel mug and 2 water bottles (plus 6 more, one in each pannier and 2 in my Pac Ultimate messenger bag, which goes on my rear rack)
Reload hip pouch
Lights
Lots of socks
3 pairs of underwear
Adidas Samba shoes
2 Dickies shorts
Jeans
Pearl Izumi (water resistant) shorts
2 padded cycling shorts
Swim shorts
Leg warmers
Rapha arm warmers
Endura (winter) tights
Sealskinz gloves and socks
A few cycling caps (House Of Pistard, LCEF, Campy, DeOro, …)
7 tshirts
2 shirts
Rapha stowaway jacket
Gore Tech waterproof jacket
3 cycling jerseys (Tserv, Freewheel, Trackstar)
Swobo long sleeve wool jersey
Half of my broken heart
Howies base layer
Devold base layer long sleeve wool jersey (thanks Grant!)
7 tubes, 1 spare tire
Pedal Revolution hoodie
Rin Project wool jersey
Canon G7 camera
Iphone
Vango Cooking pots kit
Military cutlery/knife/corkscrew kit
MSR whisperlite internatinale multifuel stove
REI towel
REI sleeping pad
Big Agnes Lost Ranger sleeping bag
Big Agnes Seedhouse 1 person tent
1 (big) map of the world
1 tarp
Lots of dreams
Brake/shifter cable/housing set
Spare chain
One bag with lots of bolts and nuts
Another bag with zip ties
Extra SPD cleats for my Sidi’s
Toilet paper
More maps
Small shovel
Spokes
Water filter/purifier pump
Some tools: Topeak Alien multitool, Parks spoke tool, Parks chainbreaker, chain whip, Pedros cone wrench, Swiss Army knife, puncture repair kits, tire repair kit, pliers/cutter, adjustable wrench, electrical tape, shoe goo, …
Boneshaker (a bicycle almannac BA 42-300)
Adventure Cycling Handbook
Polar Bear pipe
Food (beans, rice, pasta, nutella, …)
Moleskin(grows back)
External hard disk
Things I forget
Postcards
Mini U-lock and Kryptonite cable

Cities — 3 Comments — posted by Jo
2
Oct 09

ag lago

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.

Uncategorized — 1 Comment — posted by Jo
30
Sep 09

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Updates — 1 Comment — posted by Jo
20
Sep 09

Our STORE is now OPEN

we keep going shwag

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.

http://www.cafepress.com/wekeepgoing

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