Courage To Be You House Category

BIKE UPDATE: First Build Pictures!

Whooo Hooo! This .    Is .    Exciting ! Just received an email from Klaus on the progress of the bike frame. He says that the picture below is from the beginning of last week, and there’s been lots of work from then until today. All parts of the frame have already been cut, […]

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Rollin’ Out the Red Carpet: New Sponsors

Unless you’re an independently wealthy individual, or do something like I’m about to do for an actual living…(there’s a few, I’m sure…right?), then you’ll need sponsors to make a trip like this happen. And sponsors these are! I want to highlight each sponsor for you, because they have gear  you might like to have, and […]

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“What Kind of Madness?!?” ~ a bit on ‘bents

Since I switched my plans from riding the Great Divide Trail on a ‘diamond frame’ bike to riding across the United States on a ‘recumbent’ bike, one question has stood out:                          “What’s a recumbent bike?” After explaining it’s the type of bike where […]

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Highlighting the Bike: The Early Weeks

The bike question is coming into clearer focus, and I wanted to share with you a little in these first few weeks of the planning stage. First, a few basics: It’s a ‘recumbent’ style bicycle, otherwise referred to in biking circles as a “‘Bent.’” It’s going to be made primarily of bamboo (picture located HERE) […]

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