One aspect of riding bikes in the dirt is that there will always be opportunities to make the trail better. At times, the trail may need to be made safer, such as removing huge trees which have fallen. Other times there may be a need to divert water off, or away from, the trail. And …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Bicycle Time
June is bike month. Bike month begins with beautiful weather. It’s difficult to spend any time indoors on an electronic device when the trails are beckoning and the weather is fabulous. But first… …it’s time to invite some friends. The trails are calling my name, your name, everyone’s name, so we may as well make …
Project Bike
As many of my biking friends do, I have a project bike. It’s fun for some of us to crank on a bike and make it closer to what we dream of a bike being. Not only that, but it’s fun to see what different styles of bikes are out there (see just about any …
Art Teacher
Anyone can be an art teacher. Watch me do it. Free lesson! Rule number one: art is everywhere, all around us. Along with that, anything you call art IS ART! Bammo, whamo! Now you know, you can go color something with crayons. A wall, a window, the wood slats under your bunk bed, it doesn’t …
Learn and Grow
Once you’ve written it all down, everything you know, you can empty your brain, you can start over. Go back to kindergarten and learn your numbers. Learn how to draw a big letter A and a small letter a. Learn not to eat crayons. Dont even stick them in your mouth. Maybe you’re a quick …
