Biking Brian’s Blog
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Bike Across USA Trip 2001
In the summer of 2001 I completed a 4000 mile bicycle tour across the United States. This was a solo tour without a support vehicle, carrying all of my gear on the bicycle. (Nowadays, this is typically called “bikepacking”, but it used to be called “touring”. I prefer this change, as the word “touring” was…
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Bikepacking Reports
Welcome to my post with all of the self-contained, multi-day bikepacking rides I’ve done. Year Trip Days Miles 2014 USA – Washington – Port Angeles, WA to Astoria, OR 8 459 2013 USA – Oregon – Astoria, OR to Crescent City, CA 6 410 2011 USA – California (North Coast) – Crescent City to San…
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Bikepacking Gear List
Here’s my updated bikepacking gear list. Items in italics are deleted for a light trip. Camping items are deleted for hotel/motel bikepacking, and even when camping I’ve given up on cooking at camp (though I’ve reconsidered the latter in some circumstances). Bike and stuff attached to it Handlebar bag (stuff I like to get to…
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Chess Club Championship Recap
A couple of weeks ago I finished first place in the club championship at the strongest chess club in the county! The tournament ran seven consecutive Friday nights, one game each week, starting at 7pm and finishing at or before 11pm. Although I was the third seed in a field of forty or so, all…
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Adding Wireless Charging to the 2018 Honda Odyssey EX
Here’s how I added wireless charging to my 2018 Honda Odyssey EX (with photos).
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OTA VHF and UHF TV Antennas Again
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Adding Middle Row USB Ports to 2018 Honda Odyssey
I’m really happy with my new 2018 Honda Odyssey EX, but one disappointment is that it didn’t come with the middle row power outlets which the higher models have. I was inspired by this post and decided to add some on my own. The first part of the plan was to unbolt the center console.…
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Is This Blog Dead?
Short answer: pretty much, but I’ll still keep it around for the archived material, such as my bicycle trip across the USA, and my Kenmore dryer mounting hardware post which seems to be of use to many. Also a couple of posts on using Open Street Maps and using my Garmin for on-bike navigation seem to be…
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Un-retiring from Chess, Twenty Years Later!
(April 2022 – My thinking on this has evolved quite a bit since I first wrote this – someday I will update, but right now it reads as I originally wrote it.) I haven’t spoken much here about my past life as a tournament chess player. To sum up my prior post on the topic:…
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New ElliptiGo!
In mid-December, I hurt my foot (plantar fasciitis) and decided it would be best to lay off the running for a while. I’ve heard of runners using the ElliptiGo as a cross training tool, and it just so happened that I was able to pick one up used! Here’s some information on some tweaks I…
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