Doug Walsh's Blog, page 21
February 4, 2014
How Soon is Now?
It’s really happening. I’ll admit, there were times when I privately wondered if we’d ever actually achieve the momentum needed to really pull this off but here we are. The nervous excitement we felt back in September while laying in our tent in Oregon during our dress rehearsal trip failed to compare to the feeling […]
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September 28, 2013
Shaking it Down in Oregon
We were supposed to be cycling a lap around Iceland. Or touring the Pacific coast from Vancouver, BC to Tijuana, Mexico. That was the original plan, but somebody had to go and get laid off and start a new job with only two weeks of vacation: not even enough time to make it to San Francisco. So, […]
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April 7, 2013
DIY: Tubus Tara-Mounted Headlight
The Problem: Handlebar bags block the light from handle-bar mounted headlights, so where do you put it? Special-ordering a headtube/fork-mounted mount is one solution. They do exist. But strapping something like the NOB to the left-side of a fork with disc brake cabling can be problematic. An Idea: What about the front of the Tubus […]
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Springtime Along the Columbia
It’s snowing in the passes as I type this. And not a small amount. But I look down at my arms, resting on my desk, and I see the deep farmer’s tan I got last weekend and I smile. We are now inside twelve months to liftoff and our early April crossing of the Cascades […]
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March 1, 2013
Lucky 13 to Go!
I don’t care what the groundhog had to say, spring is almost here and with it comes a final twelve month countdown to our launch date. Writing the strategy guides for the new BioShock Infinite and Gears of War: Judgment games had me on the road for seven weeks over the winter so, in order to take advantage of […]
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February 18, 2013
Whidbey Island Weekend
Kristin and I had been to Whidbey Island, WA a number of times over the years, but always either to go mountain biking and hiking at Fort Ebey State Park or to take out-of-state guests to see the majestic views from Deception Pass on the island’s north end. Never had we ventured off the main […]
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November 15, 2012
Mountain Mourning
The day we dreaded had come. We said goodbye to our sweet, sweet dog Annana who passed from us on Friday, October 19th. She was ready. We were not. Kristin and I had spent all but one of our fifteen years of marriage with dogs. You never realize how alive the house is even when […]
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October 18, 2012
DIY: Milk Jug Mud Flap Extenders
It only took one look at the Burly Nomad trailer after a day of riding in the rain to know that the mudflaps that come on the standard Planet Bike Cascadia Fenders aren’t long enough in the rear. The front ones reach within a few inches of the ground — a length that really helps […]
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