The March/April of RoadBike issue features a couple of stories I wrote during my West Coast trip last summer — a full-blown tour down the coast from Seattle to San Francisco, and a recap of a day spent at the Chehalis Classic Vintage MX races with my buddy, the musician and vintage MX nut Andrew McKeag (Presidents of the United States of America, Kasey Anderson & the Honkies).
As always happens, I took WAY more pictures than we had space to run in the magazine. So here they are, in all their glory. I hope you enjoy them - JL
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- Andrew cranking up the BSA for the next day’s races.
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- Where the Magic happens, v.1
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- Where the Magic happens, v.2. (Jealous? You should see his wife’s personal space)
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- Who’s that dude?
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- That’s the Space Needle.
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- That is also the Space Needle.
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- #002!
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- The Victory in good company
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- That’s not the Space Needle.
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- That IS the Space Needle
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- NOT the Space Needle.
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- Seattle has many other attractions besides the Space Needle.
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- For example, here’s Alki Beach.
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- And here’s the Experience Music Project, a museum that celebrates the music of the Emerald City
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- This is the sweater Kurt Cobain wore in the video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
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- Yes, that was Starbuck’s
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- RoadBike @ The Chehalis Classic!
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- More than just MX, more than just bikes, the Classic is a show.
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- It’s also a swap meet.
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- I think she’s lost
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- Andrew got 3rd place in his class aboard his “mutt” BSA.
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- Ahh, the smell of two-stroke exhaust.
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- Not everyone was riveted by the vintage MX action
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- The McKeag Support Team
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- The big Red vic was sure out of place, but still received a ton of compliments (and more than a few “spaceship” comments).
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- On any Sunday …
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- The Olympia Club, Centralia, WA
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- This beach belongs to you
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- My lifeblood
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- First Place!
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- This too, is yours
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- Heceta Head Lighthouse. The Keeper’s house is a B&B
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- Yep, you own this, too
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- Best ride I had all week
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- Lookin’ down on creation
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- My favorite flannel shirt ejected from the Cross Country’s saddlebag shortly before this pic was taken
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- Cory Ness owes me a glove.
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- That’s a big f-in tree
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- The Peg House, Leggett, CA
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- Bridge of trees near Inglenook
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- Inglenook. Where they make the fine wine.
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- Sonoma eucalyptus
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- Vic mirror1
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- I nearly died on this road. Twice.
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- Teardrop mirrors are useless in traffic.
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- Bluebird Cafe, Hopland CA
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- This might be my favorite snap.
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- San Fran tunnel
like your west coast road trip photos, would of liked to caught up with you in SF and taken a couple of photos of you and the bikes. I still love my photography, but lately it’s my GoPro while snowboarding I love the sport but at 47 I’m just trying to keep up with my teenagers. Next time your out this way we should hit the slopes, I will stay off the double blacks. I like the photos on your blog, the Bluebird Cafe photo comes to mind, I was there a couple of years ago after the Andersen Valley Brew Festival.
Take Care
Scott