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Author Archives: Sean
Bicycle Adventures and Stuff: Why I Write
Tweet Two parts inspiration, one part documentation, one part bragging and one part self-preservation. (Reminds me of my favorite five-part Douglas Adams trilogy.) A post by Shubhro Saha that hit close to home and a recent spate of people telling me they liked … Continue reading
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Staying Small, Living Large
Tweet I’ve been downsizing my list of possessions for over a decade, gradually changing my focus from a life rich in stuff (I’ll be happy once I’ve got…) to a life rich in experiences. One of the unexpected consequences of this has been the … Continue reading
Lonely (In a Crowd)
Tweet People have asked if I ever get lonely on solo tours, with hours or days between major cities (or even small towns), but I’ve never felt lonely while on the bike. On the bike things are always in motion. There’s … Continue reading
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(Grateful to be) Starting Over, Again
Tweet Somebody I used to know euphemistically called personal tragedies like major illness, grievous bodily injury and divorce “Learning Opportunities.” While I hated this sugar-coated euphemism at the time, I’m starting to see the silver lining of the cloud. Moving across an ocean with nothing … Continue reading
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The Kindness of Strangers, or “the story about Skip and Faye”
Tweet I’ve dreamed of riding the Pacific Coast of the US since sometime in junior high school. On a business trip to California in February of 2007 I borrowed a wonderfully light-weight, woefully under-geared, road racing bicycle from a co-worker … Continue reading
Enoughing
Tweet I crashed my bike again last week, this time badly enough that when I regained consciousness I found myself in the hospital. It’s funny how life has a way of telling you you need to make a change: subtly at first, so … Continue reading
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Bicycle Commuting vs Bicycle Touring
Tweet I’ve got a confession to make: I’ve crossed the line from bicycle commuter to bicycle tourist and back several times over the last decade, and yet I am still struggling to integrate both into my life. Let’s take a … Continue reading
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Squirrel Theory
Tweet You’ve probably seen squirrels, those cute, fuzzy critters that climb trees, zipping and zooming erratically hither, thither and yon. Cute when it’s in nature, not-so-cute when it’s in front of your moving vehicle, and their instinctual predator-evasive techniques lead … Continue reading
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Scottish Highlands
Tweet July 25th – August 3rd three colleagues and I engaged in two-wheeled shenanigans in a semi-leisurely, mostly-clockwise manner from Newcastle, England to Aberdeen, Scotland. Beers (and whiskey, and boat-loads of cereal bars) were consumed. Gravel was crushed. At least one … Continue reading
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Europe
Tweet Hey, are you still there? It’s been too long. I got stuck in a rut, trading time for money. Not that the time was entirely wasted, because staying put for two years made it possible to turn some casual acquaintances into … Continue reading
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