How to Bleed like a Maven
the quick and dirty: SRAM Maven Brakes are arguably the best design available for Big Mountain riding, or eBike riding. Sorry not sorry. However, bleeding Continue reading How to Bleed like a Maven
Author Archives: Gnome
Daily Report, August 9, 2026
I have been thick into the dream and as about the daily I am living proof that you can make anything not suck, or suck, Continue reading Daily Report, August 9, 2026
Ludo Has a Posse
Everbody forgets and you can always fuck Jans Kurt be he will never go away. I like to think Ludo was promise wrapped in a Continue reading Ludo Has a Posse
The Huerfanós of Coconino
Ferrentino walked in yesterday. He held #30 in his hands. This has happened before. I am not able to understand but the frames/framesets, or bikes Continue reading The Huerfanós of Coconino
Spliffs with the Gnome
The bike will be the last thing. I have done nothing but endeavor for the past good many years and I have found love of Continue reading Spliffs with the Gnome
JHK’s National Collegiate Title Win of 1999 or maybe 1998
I had gone all in at that point when JHK toed the line 80 spots ahead of my lottery winning. By “all in,” I mean Continue reading JHK’s National Collegiate Title Win of 1999 or maybe 1998
Email to John Schilling regarding Camino del Diablo in 2018
Whole heartedly, it’s not what it once was. Even pre 9/11 it was tracked out by 4 wheelers yet it was still narrow and vulnerable Continue reading Email to John Schilling regarding Camino del Diablo in 2018
What Happens After Bikes Is More Bike
There were a few flashes of consciousness throughout the episode. They lasted for days. It would build like a wave over weeks and then crest Continue reading What Happens After Bikes Is More Bike
Reaching The Villages
Trash middens and catholic swagger, which will last forever more, the plastic or the guilt? Enough lifetimes will never wander this far to see this Continue reading Reaching The Villages
From Baja to Alaska Required a Stop in Sedona
It’s as if at a youthful and vulnerable age one will latch onto the meaning of something, and become it. Perhaps this is how we Continue reading From Baja to Alaska Required a Stop in Sedona
Baja The End (But Not Really)
So that was it, in an excerpted form. After 20 blog posts I have pretty much summed up my Baja tour in an easy’ish to Continue reading Baja The End (But Not Really)
La Purisma, San Javier, San Isidro, the Comundu Municipality…
The grind continued. I feel like I slowed down. At least in the mornings rolling out of my bag. I again packed up, this time Continue reading La Purisma, San Javier, San Isidro, the Comundu Municipality…