Posts Tagged ‘beginnings’

“into nature and shit”

by Matt Schiff

What is a blog if not an outlet for the writer to talk about themselves and what’s on their mind? So while I anxiously await a more detailed trip report from my fellow compadres’ pre-bike49 tour, I’ll fill the silence with talk of “nature” and reminisces of my childhood in New Jersey.

What I’ve [...]

Bike49 on the World Wide Web.

Could it be 2am yet again? How many nights must I stare at this screen, clicking back and forth, slowly programming my way to victory? As I write this post, the website is still not up to my standards, but closer ever.

The website is over a year in the works. It has changed hands a half dozen times over the last year, each person sculpting, adding, and learning from the process. I was the last to take it on. Like many of bike49’s planning projects, what starts off simple becomes a way of life.

Until Next Time…

by sara dykman
Did we tell you we finished?
We did!
It has been two weeks since we arrived in Arcata, CA and completed the bike49 loop.  But it hasn’t felt like the end until today, with the five of us spread out across the country.  Before, when people asked us how it felt to be done I [...]

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