February 2011
1 post
Red Cycles
My friend Peter is the man behind Red cycles, and I’m seriously impressed with the work he’s turning out. Until now I’ve only heard of his bicycle creations, so when his new website popped up I had to share. Reasonably priced hand made bikes exist, and they’re fucking awesome!
check out some more photos and updates at the Red Cycles wesbite.
January 2011
1 post
October 2010
1 post
Braze on Lookers →
somewhere in the depths of California we met a girl named Michelle, and then we lost her, and then somehow we met again. We spent a bunch of miles with her eating her mysteriously large supply of Cliff bars, and keeping the dirt bag bike tour alive. This is her blog, you should probably check it out and read her frequent and interesting tour logs. RIGHT HERE
September 2010
2 posts
Photos Photos Photos
I finally have a computer, so here are some photos from random parts of the trip you can check out. Give me some time to get some video footage up, it will be very soon! Also if we met you along the way, and you have photos of us you want to share send them my way!
Check them all out RIGHT HERE
August 2010
13 posts
San Diego and the end
The trip is finally nearing an end. After 31 days of riding and living in a tent we’ve arrived in San Diego. Well be riding into Tijuana tomorrow and back to San Diego to fly home to Canada. I feel like I have so many stories that I don’t even know where to start, so when I get home I’ll be starting from the begining and posting up some tales of adventure and debouchery along...
Santa barbara
Were in Santa Barbara right now, about 4 days away from the end of the trip. We’ve met tons of other bike tourers along the way and have been riding with various people over the past few days. Big shout out to Jameson and laurel for the good times and space bag slapping along the way!
Big sur
Big sur was probably the most beautiful and painful part of the trip so far. The hills from Monterey all the way to Cambria were difficult for those on
touring bikes, so you can imagine the time we had
passing through this area. Topher got pushed off the road by an rv coming down one of the big hills and had a good bail. Somehow he managed to break his bontrager seatpost in half too.
Santa Cruz 2.0
On the road a few days ago we met a man by the name of Josh who runs a company called Frances cycles. He was kind enough to let us stay at his place in Santa Cruz and give us some direction on our route. You can check out his great frame building work and custom cargo bikes at www. Francescycles.com
Santa cruz
Well be in Santa Cruz tonight. Riding has been chill but we have big sur in a few days, more big mountains that were not looking forward too. It feels good to be out of the city and back in the tent camping though. San Fran was a shock to the systm after being in the wilderness for 20 days.
San Fran!
We’ve finally made it to San Fran, and have access to computers, so we’ll be throwing up some stories and photos and all that good stuff tomorrow. On that note, we’re at a hostel tonight, but we’re poor, so if you live in San Fran and maybe have a couch, or patch of grass, or floor that we could occupy for a night or so, let me know, it would be greatly appreciated. You can...
Fort bragg
More hills more hills, but were over the biggest one of the trip! In fort Bragg tonight, a few days until San Fran.
Hills hills hills
Standish hickey mountain today. A solid day and half of uphill. Were camping halfway up tonight. Biggest hill of the trip 2000 feet of climbing. Jealous?
California!
Well be in eureka tonight! Finally in california. The trip is taking way less time than expected. Once we hit San Fran well get some video and photos up. I’ll keep updating when I can to keep everyone on the know. Trip has been unreal though, met some crazy people and seen some crazy things. I’ll elaborate more when I can!
Oregon update
Were in charelston Oregon right now, done some way way long days and big hills. Were super tired but still pushing, should be in California in 2 days! Were switching onto the 1 highway in Cali to stay on the coast. Haven’t hit an actual computer yet so hold tight for stories and photos, sorry!
Going to Portland!
Were going to Portland tonight to have some fun away from the trip for a few days. We want to do some good riding and are looking for a couch to crash on maybe, so if you feel you fit these categories let us know! You can email us through here and we can track you down!
Washington update
Were in the ass end of Washington right now and there’s not much here but oysters. Tomorrow well be in astoria Oregon and then maybe off to Portland so if your in the area let’s hook up! We’ve been riding steady for 5 days now and have managed to clear one state. Updating on an iPod is tough so I’ll leave it at that! Look back for some stories and video in the next few days...
July 2010
4 posts
WatchKelowna has been good to us, but I fear if we spend any longer here we won’t ever leave. We’re off to Vancouver this afternoon, so if you want to ride, get in touch with us! The song in the video is by Beach Fossils, and big thanks to our friends Alex and Rory for hooking us up and showing us around!
Watch
After a long daunting bus ride from Calgary we have finally arrived in the glory land that is Kelowna. The scene here is much like one you would see watching an episode of Jersey Shore. Kelowna seems to be the place that every UFC watching Ed Hardy wearing meat head flocks to for the summer. It’s a shame really because this place is beautiful. Though it’s pretty easy to see past the...
Interview @ Fixed Gear Republic
We answered a few questions over at Fixed Gear Republic, check it out for a bit more insight on the trip! We’ve had a ton of questions being thrown at us regarding how we plan on doing the trip, so if you’ve been curious have a read!
June 2010
3 posts
Ben's Cycle/Milwaukee Bikes
Everything about this trip has been going off lately, and with this latest news we couldn’t be more stoked. Ben’s Cycle/Milwaukee Bicycle Co have hopped on board and will be supporting us all the way to Mexico! Topher and I had already planned on riding Milwaukee Bruisers for the trip, so it’s so awesome to hear that they want to be a part of what we’re doing here! If...
WatchA little taste of what’s to come. Keep checking back for more of these as the trip gets closer! Big thanks to Brock Mitchell and Justin Huculak for doing this!
May 2010
4 posts
Training?
Topher and I went for a ride around the city the other day, shot some photos, good times were had. here’s a few from the ride!
Photos by Carolyn Bailey
WatchWe’re very pleased to announce that Hold Fast will be supporting us on our journey. Hold Fast is the first and best name in foot retention, so we couldn’t be more excited to have them on board. Check them out!
inter what?
You can now get here via www.coastnocoast.com , we’re getting all legitimate over here.
We're on the internet!
Here it is, our website in all it’s glory. I guess I should explain what it is a bit.
On August 1st 2010 Topher Masluk and myself will be riding our fixed gear bikes from Vancouver to Mexico. We’re doing this trip unsupported, and fully loaded, meaning we carry with us everything we need. Our visions of the coast are beaches and sunshine, but since neither of us have been down the...