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  • Everything Feels Different. An Update

    I am so very out of practice making blog posts.   If you’re Seeing this, you maybe know I’ve started/tried migrating my blog over to this personal domain – away […]

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    That Vest – Take Two

    Last fall, when I traveled to Portland for the professional bike mechanics course at United Bicycle Institute – I decided to start collecting patches. Instead of using the inexpensive quilted […]

  • Shameless Marketing

    Maybe I’ll find new incentive to post more often! I’m selling a Brother knitting machine on eBay right now: look at me! I’m a knitting machine for sale! I bought […]

  • Time For My Annual Update

    Seriously – I hang my head in shame. But hey – enough of that. I’m still obsessed with bikes and yarn –  I’ve changed up the blog just a little […]

  • Housecleaning.

    After two (three?) years since I’ve posted an update – I’m trying a little bit of housekeeping. Without going into any detail (maybe in time) – my life has been […]

  • Expletives.

    After finally getting through a hump of delays, one of my sewing machines has died. It’s one that I use for a critical part of sewing the bike shoe uppers, […]

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  • Morning in Chicago

    A couple of images of the city at dawn courtesy of my phone just a few days ago: We get some interesting cloud formations at the lakefront. On some mornings […]

  • Bicycle Shoes Final

    I finished the bicycle shoes today (minus one detail):I dyed and waxed the sole and edges for a finished look. For a heel, I just used a western boot toplift. […]

  • Wheels!

    After the loss of my Sojourn, I had to find another bike. A while ago, I had sat on a Raleigh Mojave 2.0 to check size, and found it comfortable. […]