Gore Bike Heart

(Late update due to me falling asleep before I'd written everything I wanted to.) Today was both a short and a long day. Short ...

I call today day 1 as it was the first full day of riding. Then again, it wasn't even that as I got going only at 11. My discuss...

  A new year and a new tour. Time to reboot this blog and see if I can do a better job of keeping it updated from now on. One excuse...

Ok, you'll get two bonus photos ;)

Quick update for my non-Finnish speaking followers. I'm in Suonenjoki this morning having stayed here last night and in Jyväskylä the ni...

As you can see from the photo today's route was even more rural than yesterday's. Well that's not quite accurate, but I at least...

I had an uneventfulday on the bike interrupted by pleasant encounters almost everytime I stopped. The BOB Yak is as good a conversation star...

This year I've already cycled far more than I did last summer. This blog has, however, remained dormant even though I've been clocki...

Last night I was way too sleepy to write a full post for day 2. I barely managed to stay awake to post in Finnish over on http://sovatour.bl...

Today was the first stage of my tour from Turku to Punkaharju. I had a great day on the bike and besides a 20 minute light rain I can't ...

I'm in the midst of finalizing my preparation for my bike tour next week. On Monday morning I will set out to complete a project that...

Yesterday I went out on my first road bike ride of the year. With an ambient temperature of around 10°C and the sunshine making it feel even...

A week ago I was out on my bike again. But not just on any ride, oh no. This time I was on a mission. I had decided to go to a charity conce...

This weekend my cycling got a shot in the arm (I know, bad metaphor). Last year I rode my bike(s) only slightly more often than I updated th...

The photo to the right is the view from the top floor of our building. The velodrome ( Wikipedia ) just sits there, taunting me, right acro...

I got an sms last night from my girlfriend. My MTB, my Author Vision '06 , has been stolen from in front of our building in Turku while ...

Today I got my new '07 Shimano ST-M760 XT dual-control brake/shift levers for my MTB. I managed to damage my left lever on the bike bac...

Last night I was on my first roadie club ride of the season. Once again, due to construction work, the route has been changed this year. An...

Check out Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery , a bicycle web comic. It's hilarious and details the everyday adventures of avid commut...

I finally did it. I'm now officially a bike addict, owning both road and mountain bikes. For quite some time, ever since my accident in...