When I dream of 2012, I dream of Chianti. Never mind that long ride around France – I left my heart in the sweeping vineyards and charming restaurants and tiny streets of Tuscany. I count myself endlessly lucky to be able to go back and take a few food-bike-and-wine loving ladies with me. Lecchi will [...]
Continue ReadingMTB Ayiti Yashica T4 Images
I can’t wait to tell you more about MTB Ayiti. About the sweat and the blood and the laughter and the tears and the confusion and the cheers and the parties and the dancing. Paths so steep it seemed impossible. Hot nights with mosquitoes, cold nights without showers, many nights without power. An endless supply [...]
Continue ReadingTommy Says it Best
I’ve been struggling to process MTB Ayiti. It was hard and amazing and uncomfortable and frustrating and wonderful. As is usually the case, someone else got it more right than I ever will. Tommy prefaced this Facebook post by noting that he was “not a writer”. After reading this, I beg to differ. Tommy Southerland [...]
Continue ReadingMTB Ayiti Stage One: Mosaics!
It’s hard to overstate how dynamic and ambitious the MTB Ayiti project is. It’s a bike race, sure, but the overall vision reaches far beyond competition or shredding gnarly trails. At the end of the day, founder Philip Kiracofe’s dream is to create an entire system of trails that spans the vast mountainous regions of [...]
Continue ReadingOh hi, Haiti.
I’ve been called out. I know, my new year’s resolution to blog twice a week is off to a dubious start. That said, I’m crushing my other resolutions. 66% isn’t really even a D+ but 2 outa 3 ain’t bad? I don’t know. Either way, I’m sitting in seat 34A waiting for the departure of [...]
Continue ReadingIra Ryan + Ned Ludd = Amazing Market Bike
I just spent an amazing Saturday morning tagging along with Chef Jason French of Ned Ludd restaurant. Officially, I was gathering images and information for an upcoming Peloton Magazine story about the market bike that Ira Ryan built (in collaboration with Trucker Racks and Tanner Goods) for French to take to the Farmer’s Market every [...]
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