We Keep Going

From biketrip.org

We keep going. We are Joaquin and Bryan and we’ve decided to go for a bike ride.

On August 22nd we finished a New York to Los Angeles ride with 40 other riders as part of 42 Below Vodka’s 42ride (www.welikebike42.com). About halfway through the two-month, 4,200 mile ride, some desires to keep going were vocalized, and after some brainstorming sessions and research, we decided that it could be a reality. So we’ve takien most of the necessary steps to disconnect from the real world and make touring our lives.

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• Bryan Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:53:55 +0000

So Bryan went back home. We met last june in NY. During the 42ride we didn’t really hang out much, but by the time we got to LA we had decided to keep going together, even though we hardly knew each other. 7 months and a lot of miles later we had shared beds, rooms, food, spare tubes, water, laughs, beer, sweat, ants, tears, hills, smells, fear, memories, houses, sunburns, clams, loneliness, cigarettes, hospitality, dreams, peanut butter, dust, sadness, friendship, films, happiness, donas, [more]

• And then there was one. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:18:03 +0000

Bryan writing here. I regret to say that I keep going no longer. I’m out. I’ve thrown in the chamois shorts. Headed back to the States. After a few weeks of various illnesses (one brazen self-diagnoses of swine flu, one vintage and unsubstantiated diagnosis of Typhoid by a doctor) my body is now as thin and weak as my wallet. My bike ride has come to an end. [more]

• We keep staying (to keep going) Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:20:48 +0000

We needed to find a place to stay for a while. Somewhere nice to spend a few months so we would arrive to South America after the winter. Some place where we could find jobs to save money to keep going, eventually. We [more]

• [1] Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:29:25 +0000

Well, a very lucky boy got a new bike for Christmas! Congratulations to Patrick Wilson on winning our Christmas SOMA frame and fork raffle. Patrick is pretty stoked and is looking through all the great [more]

• San Cristobal Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:37:06 +0000

San Cristobal de Las Casas was founded in 1528 by the Spanish conquistador Diego de Mazariegos with the name of Chiapa Real de los Espa [more]

• Views of the City Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:40:27 +0000

Oaxaca, OAX. , Mexico, DEC. 09. [more]

• Pedal Power Oaxaca Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:48:40 +0000

Yesterday we went exploring Oaxaca for bicycle shops and any more information we could gather about those “old school” singlespeed bikes we came across on the road from Juquila. We saw lots of the usual “cargo bikes” the locals use for selling ice-cream, tamales, etc. Mexican Cargo Bike with steam oven Mexican Cargo Bike selling Tamales Mexican Cargo Bike selling Elotes We also saw one fully kitted cyclist on a carbon Look, and we discovered some people using their bicycl [more]

• La Virgen de Juquila Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:54:06 +0000

I was still in the sea, watching the sunset, thinking: I could just stay here forever. But we left Puerto Escondido the following day. We decided to make a side trip to Oaxaca city, so we took a bus up the hills to the valley. On our way there we met these guys They’re part of a group making their annual pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Juquila: several days riding from all over Mexico up the hills and many switchbacks to the town of Juquila. [more]

• Carrizalillo Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:58:05 +0000

December on the beach, surf, swimming, watching the sunset in the sea, palapas, ceviche de pescado, coco natural o preparado, victorias, waves, the hammock in hostal Shalom, Rachel, swimming in the pool, palm trees, birds, our nice and quiet campsite for 50 pesos, caguamas with Daniel, Kevin and Elizabeth, crazy John, christmas lights, the loud and cheesy and (most of the time) horrible music, oaxaca cheese, mole, la punta, zicatela, still surfing with the locals after the sunset, the salt on my [more]

• Turismo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:13:24 +0000

On our way to Manzanillo we stopped to have a break hiding from the hot sun when this guy approached us. He was spraying for weeds on the side of the road. He asked us where we were coming from and where we’re going, and told us he had been living in LA for four years until a cop caught him without documents and was sent back to Mexico. He wanted to know about New York; he’d always wanted to go there. [more]