An anatomy of a bike tour
A view inside our bicycle tour from Spain to Greece. Each image represents an aspect unique to most cycling tours: eating, sleeping, life on the road. Click here and here.
Tomás Domingo
Trick question: how many normal bicycle chains does a tandem bicycle have? The synchronizing chain (the front one) is very long and requires combining two normal sized chains. Those, plus the rear chain makes three.
We were a little disheartened to buy three new chains at €20 each when ours needed replacement. That’s why we are very grateful to receive a sponsorship from Tomás Domingo in Barcelona for wholesale pricing on chains and a new sprocket. And, though he was hesitant, I talked the mechanic into loaning me the tools so I could replace the sprocket myself in their stockroom. Mid-way through the job he came in looking a little frazzled and gestured with a knife-stroke finger across his throat: his boss was unhappy with his leniency. Ooops! But we couldn’t have been more grateful. Thank you Tomás Domingo.
Questions for a humanity that has decided to deny itself the time to dream
About 42 years ago, Gisbert decided to be away on holiday and he still is. He dug a cave with his own hands in Filicudi, Aeolian Islands – Sicily, and he has been living in his “Paradisola” since then. His universal considerations spur us to ask important questions for a humanity that has decided to deny itself the time to dream.
Gisbert – Paradisola from wecrosstheline on Vimeo.
Son of a Sea Turtle – The Film
If a friend asks you to swim in feted waters, wear ice creams for goggles, and eat a lunch made of money bought with turnips, reply yes. Moko and Loupe came alive for a week of filming a script that had been sat upon for two years. Sometimes the best way to find a clearer perspective on reality is to intentionally make it blurrier.
View photos of the filming of Son of a Sea Turtle, London Sep 2012.
Dreamscapes old
So, things have been going well for you, huh?
Are you sure you haven’t noticed?
Something just doesn’t seem right.
You likely have been aware of it all along.
Sometimes you may even pinch yourself.
Other times you may wish you were dreaming.
What if we became lucid in our waking lives?
Could we all then live freely? Are we not free now?
Consider if we’re not. How would you know?
Then you realize it’s very simple.
