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I am almost ashamed to say, I just recently got my hands on a fatbike for the first time. A buddy has been saying I should test ride his for a while. I was never really opposed. Quite the contrary, actually. I’ve been wanting to ride one of these ballon tire, monsters for quite…(Read More)

Mountainsmith

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The latest 8 month project is live on the web. In contrast with print work, however, websites are never really done. I began working on the Mountainsmith.com website last year and it has been an example of modern workflow and collaboration. Mountainsmith, a company based in Golden, Colorado is owned by a larger company…(Read More)

Winter Commute: Durango

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Just thought I’d share a pic of a long awaited snowy commute. Welcome, white stuff. Bring some friends and stay a while. In a product note, the nimble 9 touring build is a ton of fun in the snow and a really stable ride when running the tires at low pressure (I’m running…(Read More)

Random Thoughts

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Welcome to a beautiful Fall Friday, at least it is in my little corner of the country. It’s cool outside and nice and warm in the coffee shop I’m hanging out in. Perfect. Today I’m just going to go with some random thoughts. So here goes. Fall Commuting: It’s getting cold…(Read More)

Fall in Colorado

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I love this time of year. The air has a crispness to it. Gone are the days of the wind bearing a warmth and instead there is a slight chill to every breeze. Cloudy mornings clear to reveal fresh, white snow on the peaks. The mountains erupt with color and the evergreens are contrasted sharply…(Read More)

The Schwinn Homegrown. I’ve been looking for one of these bikes for a while. When I first started looking, my wife asked me why I wanted one. It was an older bike. The components were going to be outdated. There had certainly been advancements in the industry that would make the frame irrelevant. So…(Read More)

Sustainable Design

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At this point we are all pretty well educated on different elements of sustainable living. But what about an entire community based on large amounts of open space, community gardens and a large array of solar panels to harvest the sun’s energy? It sounds like a fun design project to me. It’s called…(Read More)

I have a couple of friends that were nice enough to give me a GoPro this last weekend. They knew I’d be excited, being an avid outdoors guy, a photographer and dabbling in video, but I was ecstatic.  I’ve wanted to play with one of these things for a while now and I…(Read More)

I wanted a bike that could do it all. A commuting, bikepacking, single track, mountain pass and fire road touring and anything in-between two wheeled beast. My solution? Take a frame from one of my favorite bike companies (Canfield Brothers) and slap on a build kit that would allow that kind of crazy range…(Read More)

I’m a bike guy. it’s not a secret, bikes are my vice. I like riding them almost as much as building them up. I love talking bikes (though not with my wife because she is sick of hearing about it by now). I am  also a “have to figure it out myself” person…(Read More)

While freelance design certainly offers the opportunity to switch between media and content pretty fluidly, I still seem to desire the side projects that are personal interest in nature and keep me trying new subject matter and techniques. Whether it’s an illustration project for my nephew or a partnership with a friend to try…(Read More)

Yes, I am putting together another Canfield Brothers Bike. This time it’s the Nimble 9. This will have to be part 1 of 2 regarding this particular build as I am waiting on a couple of parts and there is still snow on the ground in beautiful Southwest Colorado. But maybe it will give…(Read More)

So I bought myself a camera for mountain biking/snowboarding/hiking/ect. earlier this year. It’s an Olympus Stylus 1030SW. Waterproof, Shockproof, Freezeproof and generally bombproof. I love the camera and have made an effort to bring it with me as often as possible. The idea was that I would be able to get…(Read More)