Tag Archive for ‘California’

High Sierra Trail

Selections from Jonathan’s Trail Journal / A few months ago TSH friend, Kathie (Fort Lonesome) contacted Jonathan: “Do you want…

Emily Kachorek and Squid Bikes

The Bum Ride Along the American River / Words and photographs by Jonathan Sadler / On a recent visit to…

The Schneider Sisters and the End of Summer

Words and Images By Jonathan Sadler / There are three months of the year that tend to get favorable treatment…

Almost Nine Knots

Bowline / Butterfly Knot / Fisherman’s Eye / Sheepshank / Chain Knot / Midshipman’s Hitch / Flemmish Knot / Clove…

Festive 500 and Clyde Hero

In April 1925, Joe Tanko and his cohort Floyd Hall escaped San Quentin. Not an easy task. These fugitives, both…

We Remember the Teams

When you ask some Tenspeed Heroes how their trip to California was you will get nothing but stories: some may…

Heroes at the Rapha Gentlemen’s Race

It would fun to be able to say, even half truthfully, that the Rapha Gentlemen’s Race was easy or even…

Roads We Love

Auburn, California, Endurance Capital of the World, has trails and roads befitting the title. Even if it is an honorary…

Crossing the San Andreas Fault

On a recent Saturday, Jonathan Hero and Tyler Harris headed out from an old ranch in Napa; an old ranch…

Punk or New Wave?

There was a time when proclaiming what type of music we listened too was important or necessary even. It was…

Look but also Touch

Hard to imagine anything that screams, “Touch me!” louder than bikes and bike parts. Unless it is handmade bikes and…

NAHBS or Thoughts on Wanting

Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Chuck (a guy in Tucson with a mohawk, a bike and yogurt cups for drinking glasses) and…