Holstee Manifesto

I am sure that many of you have seen the Holstee Manifesto before.  If not check out the picture below.  The founders of the project had recently quit their jobs and wanted to capture what they wanted out of life in a short manifesto; it was "a reminder of how they wanted to live."

Recently I came across a video where the Manifesto was turned into a video which centered around bikes and how a biking lifestyle can help you encompass many of these ideals.  A lot of what is written above correlates with my reason to do Bike and Build this summer.  This trip was a way for me to:

• Do what I love and to do it often
• Travel, get lost and hopefully find my away biking across the country
• Seize a once in a lifetime opportunity 
• Meeting a bunch of people with a similar mindset, building houses and creating some great experiences

Here are a couple of my favorite screen shots.  The music is pretty great too!

Citant Vélo de la Semaine #11

The sound of a car door opening in front of you 

is similar to the sound of a gun being cocked. 

~Amy Webster

Another Cold One

Another cold Sunday ride.  I will say that the sun was out for the entire ride and the winds were not too bad along the river.  All in all I am learning to enjoy riding in colder, mid 30s weather.  What am I going to do when we are crossing Texas in July?!?!

How Pittsburgh, right?

Warehouse Sale!!

This morning I headed over to the Trek store in Robinstown Center for their annual warehouse sale.  I had aimed to be there at 8 when the doors opened, but sadly my directions were a bit off and ended up getting there a bit late.  The store was the best definition of organized chaos and I was able to pick up a few things that were on my gear list at some pretty decent prices!  Sadly there was no time to get some donation magic, but I was happy with the swag I was able to pick up. 

I even found a super sweet t-shirt (definitely not on my list, but will come with me on the road)!

The next battle will be finding a power bar I can actually stomach.  When I used to lead bike tours out in DC we used to give out Cliff Bars, but for some reason the texture threw me off.  Thankfully there were all kinds of bars on sale so I grabbed a couple different kinds and brands.  I have high hopes for the Mojo Bars.  Any suggestions would definitely be appreciated.