A tinkerer's notebook

Bikes & Bruises

Mountain biking, whisky, art, and the kind of projects that take twice as long as planned and are worth every hour.

What's Here

Biking

Trail reports, gear, and two-wheeled adventures in the dirt.

Whisky

Tasting notes, distillery visits, and experiments with the cask.

Art

Sketchbooks, linocuts, and whatever else ends up on the workbench.

Projects

Restorations, builds, and things that probably shouldn't be taken apart.

Travel

Roads taken, places found, and notes from wherever the journey leads.

Recent Posts

BikingApril 22, 2026

The Ride That Almost Ended Me — Part 1

Utah. 10,000 feet. 86 degrees. My brother-in-law's first downhill run. What could possibly go wrong?

BikingApril 21, 2026

The Ride That Almost Ended Me — Part 2

Elastic band shorts. Flip flops. One Trillium shirt. A whisky taste-off at a bougie resort. The eccentric millionaire theory.

BikingApril 20, 2026

The Ride That Almost Ended Me — Part 3

I got home from Utah thinking the hard part was over. I was wrong.

TravelApril 20, 2026

Travel Posts Coming Soon

Roads taken, places found, and notes from wherever the journey leads. More to follow.

TravelApril 20, 2026

The Road Starts Here

Travel posts coming soon — destinations, detours, and whatever's worth writing down along the way.

TravelApril 20, 2026

Hogmanay: How the Scots Do New Year

Four days in Edinburgh for Scottish New Year. Lit torches handed to strangers, a murdered apprentice, a family kilt, ceilidh dancing with two left feet, and a cold plunge we nearly made it to.