I don’t really know where to start, but finding someone in the desert on the verge of death is a life-changing experience to say the least. It’s been all over the news and social media. It just blows my mind. Full write up of the tour and my perspective of the incident can be found…
Category: Bicycling
Bike Parade 3 Color Party
My latest book, Bike Parade Vol 3, will finally be available for purchase at Books with Pictures on Division. Join me this Saturday, December 2 at Noon to color some pages and pick up your own copy for the kids, yourself, or as a holiday gift. If you can’t make it then you’ll find me…
Pedal-Powered Animals
The drawing of 24 Pedal-Powered Animals has been COMPLETED! Thanks to Audrey for all the emotional support and to my friends for the positive feedback and encouragement to finish all the pages. I’ve drawn so many hours in the last 3 days that I’m in physical pain. I haven’t drawn this much in such a…
Coloring Book Update
My first coloring book project is coming along! I’ve now sketched out 26 various animals on bicycles of all sorts. The next couple of days will be spent refining the designs and inking onto card-stock or watercolor paper. By the time I’m completed with the project, there ought to be 24 black & white pages…
Colors of my bike
Making colour palettes based off my bike: Color by COLOURlovers based on this photo:
I’ve Done This Before
The nights leading up to a long ride are never slept well. I always feel like I could use another nap but I’m not feeling exhausted. Anxiety, fear, and anticipation fall creep up on me like a cat on the prowl. Tomorrow, I ride a the Three Capes 300K Brevet. I’ve ridden it once before…
Thinking about bikes
In just a couple days over two full months,I have ridden my bike over 1,700 miles. That’s an average of over 27 miles per day. This daily riding haas really helped me feel pretty good mentally and physically.the two hour ride gives me a chance to wander in my own thoughts and ponder the events…
Bicycle-Related Work
I’ve been trying to get myself more involved in Portland’s bicycle scene as well as figure out a way to get paid to do what I love. Cycle Wild – Reconnecting people to nature via the bicycle Shift – Pedalpalooza 2010 T-Shirt Design and Theme Green Empowerment‘s “Sun, Wind & Gears Ride” (website coming soon)…
Multnomah County Bike Fair 2009
Awesome TrackstandOriginally uploaded by TomasCoSauce The Multnomah County Bike Fair was held at Colonel Summers park on June 19, 2009. The turn-out for bike-craft, dancing, beer, Sprockettes, Jousting, kids area and other fun shows seemed to be a record for the fair. The weather was pleasant all day long, people seemed generally happy, and already…
Cape Lookout Bike Trip
Betty on the BeachOriginally uploaded by TomasCoSauce Memorial Day weekend was spent as a bike trip out to Cape Lookout along the Oregon Coast. Four of us left Hillsboro Friday evening to ride to Elk Creek Trail and catch some Zzz’s to get an early start on Saturday. We were able to get into Tillamook…
Going Barefoot
20090526Originally uploaded by TomasCoSauce I’m now 12 days into my great Barefoot Experiment. It has felt so liberating to not have to worry about socks, shoes and sweaty feet. I’ll keep the blog updated as I start running barefoot and any other discoveries, problems or fun times I have sans shoes. Cheers!
Snow Day and Night
Late Addition: 26.3 miles of snow-biking goodness. Portland finally got some REAL snow today! We had a sorta-snow-day last week, but it was only enough to cover the ground, look pretty, then it all melted by lunch-time. I awoke to 3 inches of powdery stuff on the ground and the temperatures somewhere in the 20’s….