Kent's Bike Blog

Back in May I reviewed the Portland Design Works RADBOT 1000 . I'm happy to report the RADBOT is still going strong and it's still m...

Back in the old days, we scrounged parts to make our fixies. Armed with advice from Sheldon Brown , the Obi Wan of the fixie movement, I con...

I'll make this quick. Now that the Octocog has gears, I really don't have much use for the bike pictur...

While doing my long walk-push-coast through the Great Divide Basin in June, I had a lot of time to think about how I was going to rebuild m...

Ever since I got a new tent for my birthday back in February, Kent and I have been wanting to go on a camping trip to try it out. The requi...

Issaquah Washington, the town in which I've chosen to live, is located in a valley at the base of the Cascade foothills. Tiger Mountain ...

Even though my 2010 Tour Divide ended with a blown freehub in the Great Divide Basin instead of at the Mexican border at Antelope Wells, the...

The Tour Divide route traverses some rather remote parts of Canada and the United States. Before leaving, I wrote this post detailing the v...

Issaquah, Washington, the town where I live, is right at the base of the Washington Cascades. Issaquah gets a bit more rain than Seattle...

On a wilderness trip like the Tour Divide, water is essential. I had a multiply redundant system for carrying and purifying water. While the...

Photos from day fifteen of the 2010 Tour Divide. June 25, 2010. South Pass City, WY to Jeffrey City, WY.

Photos from day fourteen of the 2010 Tour Divide. June 24, 2010. Pinedale, WY to South Pass City, WY.

Photos from day thirteen of the 2010 Tour Divide. June 23, 2010. Brooks Lake Road, WY to Pinedale, WY.

Photos from day twelve of the 2010 Tour Divide. June 22, 2010. The second Calf Creek crossing on the Ashton Flagg Ranch Road, WY to Brooks L...

Photos from day eleven of the 2010 Tour Divide. June 21, 2010. Near Red Rock Pass, MT to the second Calf Creek crossing on the Ashton Flagg ...

Photos from day ten of the 2010 Tour Divide. June 20, 2010. Sheep Creek Divide, MT to near Red Rock Pass, MT.

Photos from day nine of the 2010 Tour Divide. June 19, 2010. Parker Creek, MT to Sheep Creek Divide, MT.

Photos from day eight of the 2010 Tour Divide. June 18, 2010. Uncle Sam Creek, MT to Parker Creek, MT.

Photos from day seven of the 2010 Tour Divide. June 17, 2010. Empire Mine site, MT to Uncle Sam Creek, MT.

Photos from day six of the 2010 Tour Divide. June 16, 2010. Seeley Lake, MT to the Empire Mine site, MT.