Jeff Ballweg

It made headlines around the world when it was announced that our little island managed to catch Swine Flu in the first few weeks after it broke out in Mexico. I actually was in the States when it broke out there, and somehow it managed to make it’s way across the Pacific in just a [...]

So I went over to Bush Inn on a routine errand, and as it’s a pretty nice fall day, I rode my clunky old Phillips. Julie and I got a couple of these bikes when we got to NZ, and they’re great for Christchurch, which doesn’t have a single hill that I can think of. [...]

It’s not a secret anymore, Julie and I are moving to New Zealand. She’ll be studying for a PhD in Forest Economics, the details of which require an entire post of their own. It should come as no surprise that we’re planning to take our bikes along with us, hence the bike cases I mentioned [...]

If you like riding bikes, you’ve probably found yourself getting ready for a vacation wishing you had some way to bring your bike along. We’ve wanted to do some touring or bring our bikes for general transportation or just to take a ride wherever we happen to be. Of course, you can rent bikes, but [...]