Category Archives: camping

Adventure Cycling, the organization famous for the cycling maps among other things, has routes across the U.S named the Northern and Southern Tier. This weekend past I guess I rode the North Shore Tier. On Friday, 4/23/2010, I left my … Continue reading →

In anticipation of riding the JBK Haleiwa Metric Century this weekend, I decided to tweak my bike a wee bit more. On my beater bike I’ve been a Zefal Lock’N’Roll skewer up front to keep my front wheel from being … Continue reading →

What the heck does that mean? Well… Grant Petersen of Rivendell Bicycle Works fame, at least famous to me as I own a Quickbeam, touts the sub-24 hour overnight camping trip. So s80o^3 would be sub-80 hour 3 night trip. … Continue reading →

My smaller, but deluxe, rainfly from Hennessy Hammocks arrived yesterday. I’d originally gotten mine with the larger “hex” model, but I’ve found that it blocks off more air than I’d like and is a bit harder to pack as you … Continue reading →

A while back I built a Penny Alcohol Stove having gotten the directions here. I’ve used it twice and it works great. But… There’s always a but isn’t there? I really want a full cook set that works well. The … Continue reading →