Brendon Holland

I don’t consider myself an incredibly materialistic person, but like everyone it’s easy to get caught up in stuff. On Black Friday, in part inspired by REI’s longstanding initiative, I make a concerted effort to get off the capitalism hamster wheel for 24 hours and spend some time connecting with my surroundings, my loved ones,… Read more

Morgan needed some photos of foraging for her holiday wreaths, so I tagged along and brought my big panniers to help transport greens back home. Everything she makes is sustainably foraged by bike and then hand tied in our garage. This is the second year she’s done this but the first that she’s done any… Read more

I’m grateful to have had my road bike back, even as the days are getting shorter and colder. Today was actually quite warm (relatively) and I was able to get out on a ride during late golden hour through sunset. Burleigh Road in Wilbraham with the following descent down North Road in Hampden has been… Read more

I bought my first road bike in 2017 from New England Bike in Southwick – a sweet deal on a Cannonade Synapse Tiagra. It’s wild that back then an end-of-season sale on a legitimate bike only cost $1050. Times have definitely changed, and that wasn’t even that long ago! Since then, I’ve put somewhere around… Read more

There isn’t a huge cycling scene in Springfield, MA, so most of my rides are done solo or with Morgan except for the rare occasion where I meet up with one of the few friends I have who ride. My friend Mike and I went on a couple casual spins during the early days of… Read more

East Haddam, Connecticut Haddam has always been a place I’ve felt at home – as a kid some of my favorite weekend memories were going down to stay with my very cool aunt and uncle, but I haven’t explored much beyond what has been shown to me. When I came across Ron of Ron’s Bikes… Read more