We were thumbing through a copy of the bicycle trade magazine, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News and found an advertisement for Salsa Cycles – The full page photo in the ad was of a bikepacking bag ridden on the Tour Divide from our friends at District Bicycles with a couple Topanga Creek Outpost patches. Pretty fun to see our patches and logo in print in the wild.
We are fairly proud of the fact that we wore down some Adirondack chairs. Pretty good chilling and lots of relaxing. We took some 2 by 4s and some of the good wood from the chairs and made stools for shop. Super happy to recycle / reuse. And, super happy to have a couple new stools.
We stop for some poetry during the Saturday ride as often as Chris remembers to bring some literature. (Topanga is different from everywhere). This week was Robert Frost’s “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.” After a couple poem readings we began chatting about literature and how Cliff notes got a lot of us through High School we chatted how the Classics are classics for a reason. One thing led to another and now Kafka’s Metamorphosis is the book report assignment for next Saturday’s ride. The only question is: “Did Gregor turn into a bug or did he go crazy?” Go get a copy!
We are adding a little wool and color to our bags with Pendleton wool.
Snapped a shot of the sky in the evening.
Brian with his new Surly Pack Rat
Seth with Disc Trucker
Jason flat bar Crosscheck