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[Jack Loudon]

I worked in Pike Place Market in 1976-7 selling wooden things I made, nesting cannisters and other stuff. Back then, free parking all day on the gravel...

[Jack Loudon]

A favorite of mine is Highway 199 from the Oregon/California border to Crescent City. I'm on this road a few times a year, and it's always fun no matter...

[Jack Loudon]

I have both 700C and 650B wheels for my Fargo, and after a few years of alternating between the two, prefer the larger wheels even though they're slightly...

[Jack Loudon]

Re: fatter tires on cobbles, I wheelbarrow heavy stuff over my bumpy yard and got weary of my pneumatic tire going flat so went to the hardware store...

[Jack Loudon]

My father was a solid citizen and good father but had a thing about driving fast, a Jekyll and Hyde. Lots of speeding tickets, and what is now considered...

[Jack Loudon]

I have many memories parallel with David G, growing up near Eureka Ca, logging and fishing town. Two summers after high school working at a sawmill,...

[Jack Loudon]

Thanks for your comments Rick, and I'm sure you're correct in that (from my backpacking gear) I have most of what I need for camp cruising. For me it...

[Jack Loudon]

Matthew, I didn't build NED, though I still think about it. My stretched Alby has been very satisfactory, especially as I've learned its quirks, and I've...

[Jack Loudon]

Feel free to correct me, but if we're being pedantic a garvey lacks a front transom, but rather has a flat (or V'd) bottom that curves up to form the...

[Jack Loudon]

For years I have used a 4-ft T-square (the type mainly used for drywall) either to freehand follow a pencil or scored line, or clamped as a saw guide....

[Jack Loudon]

Thanks MMD. Silly me, thinking there must be a practical purpose for that bow....

[Jack Loudon]

This one has an interesting bow design. First a bit of normal rake and a crease to deflect spray, then reverse rake surface-piercing bow with water directed...

[Jack Loudon]

Another way is to set the teeth for a wide cut; opposite-bending every other tooth out from the plane of the blade. I have a tool to do this but just...

[Jack Loudon]

I'm a fan of double-transom boats, and your garvey is beautifully proportioned. It's clear a lot of thought went into it.
The wood chine logs,...

[Jack Loudon]

I only use nail guns to drive nails and screws for most jobs, but hammers are handy for so many tasks. For lighter work it's my Hart Trimmer and if I...

[Jack Loudon]

I just want to say that my recent riding/touring on rail trails and deserted gravel roads has been an eye-opener. It's possible to go across our state...

[Jack Loudon]

It's a 2012 Salsa Fargo, Lynskey-built Ti frame. Not many original parts left on it, and since the photo the Avid BB7 brakes got changed out to Paul's...

[Jack Loudon]

Last summer I experimented with three rail-trail bicycle touring/camping trips near Seattle. My old body is telling me to do less backpacking and more...

[Jack Loudon]

Among the US-available Toyotas, the 2012-15 Tacoma is considered the best by many; the last of the 4.0 V6's before they went to the 3.5. Good on the...