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Equipment Transamerica Video

Maps are Epic – TransAmerica Update

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February 9, 2010

I’m completely fascinated by maps. Actual physical maps. And atlases. When I was a kid, one of the things I loved about visiting my Grandparents was going into the cupboard and pulling out the old (1962) Readers Digest World Atlas – still in the box it was shipped in…


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Welcome, Mr. Zimmerman

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January 31, 2010

Oh, it’s a hotly debated issue in the touring cyclist world. Panniers vs. trailer. It’s the Mac vs. PC. The Cats vs. Dogs. But I don’t care. I made a decision and this is it.

This lil’ Bob Yak trailer, whom I have christened Zimmerman, can carry 70lbs if…


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Road Test Video

SUFFERFESTIVUS TIME

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January 31, 2010

In August 2009 I layered up for a chilly winter’s ride in Melbourne, Australia. After fueling up on coffee, I trudged downstairs to the garage to inspect my friend’s loaner bike. Amelia’s bike was what a second-hand store would call Vintage with a capital V. If they’d ever ridden…


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Transamerica Video

Kickstart my heart

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January 20, 2010

Today, I launched my first ever Kickstarter project. Kind of exciting. Will it be successful? Will it actually help me write my book if it is successful? (I’m definitely compelled to write if I know people are waiting on stuff!) Will people just laugh at my craziness and how…


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“Sympathy for the Basket” Video

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November 12, 2009

A borrowed bike, a basket, a winter’s day in Melbourne and the Yarra River. Mellow out.

It’s shot along the Yarra Trail, which I took from Collingwood right into the city center.


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Trying out the Flip Ultra HD

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November 8, 2009

The ride out to Nyack is a standard training ride for New Yorkers. Up the side of the island from Brooklyn for me, then over the GWB and up 9W, through Piermont, on to Nyack, then back again. An alternate and infinitely more beautiful route is to turn left…

Janeen McCrae
Santa Cruz, CA

Writer. Rider. This is where I collect the fruits of those two things.

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