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The Team Reunites

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Cello Joe went home to California 5 weeks ago; Eco took an excursion 2 weeks ago; Jared hurt his achilles and got lost hitching with Sister Jo 7 days ago; Toby and Chaba took a right when everyone else went left and got lost in the mountains 5 days ago; so when we rolled into […]

More of Morelia.

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Saturday night had gone so well, that we decided to do it again… in the plaza… in front of everyone! On Sunday night, the city had set up chairs for the people to watch a marichi band perform in the gazebo. As they played, we quietly set up right next to their crowd. When the Mariachis stopped, the huge crowd flocked over to us […]

MoRe GiGs iN MeXiCo CiTy… BE THERE!!!

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

We’ll be ROCKIN here…
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Zocalo! 16:30 el Jueves, 27 de Marzo de 2008
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La Voratine! 20:00 el Viernes, 28 de Marzo de 2008
Madero 107, Centro de Tlalpan

The Tire That Keeps Going

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

I Have Schwalbe Big Apple Tires on my bike. They where installed used before the trip. I do not know the orginal mile, but they had some wear. At the begining of the trip I got some flats, about 6. Some were from glass and made small cuts. Half way down Baja Franklin gave me […]

CD Back Cover in Spanish

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

This was edit from the original into spanish
by Dante, Andrea, and Chava in Morelia.

From Mazamitla to Morelia (5 days worth)

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Okay… now, I’ll catch you all up on the ride from Mazamitla to Morelia. There are five days of riding through the countryside to talk about, so I’m breaking it down day by day to the best of my memory.
We left the cabin in Mazamitla on Monday, February 25th, and headed out of town on a different road than that of […]

MORELIA!!!

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

We got here, to Morelia, relatively early yesterday and it’s beautiful. It was a great ride (comfortable with very few struggles), so Brock and I were cruising pretty fast… we actually cruised right to the longest way through the town, on accident. It added a few hours to our trip but we got to see […]

Uphill to Mazamitla and back down and back up again…

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

First: Huge thanks to my friend, David Demarest, for letting me use his patented water-proof bag. It’s super useful. www.DemarDesigns.com. THANKS! Well, I’ve been writing this blog for a while now, bit by bit as I’m near a computer, and finally finished it on March 1st. A lot has happened along the way, so this is a long one. […]

Chapala, Ajijic, and the Sweat Lodge

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Written around February 22nd or so. Last I wrote, we had just played the University and were getting ready for a 42 km trip from Guadalajara to Chapala. Well, Friday, I made it to Chapala… barely. I had a little trouble with one particular uphill climb. A mild heat exhuastion issue, but once I rested I […]

Critical Mass and ITESO in Guadalajara!

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Written on Febeuary 14th. We (Los Ginger Ninjas and about 400 other people) rode through downtown Guadalajara last night from 11:30p til 1:00a. It was a police excorted route. They do the ride, which they call ¨critical mass¨ every Wednesday night and Sunday morning. When we all got back to the square we performed for the […]