Bunyan Velo

Travels on Two Wheels

Minneapolis, MN 55403

The Escape /September 27, 2013 by Lucas Winzenburg

Absolutely gorgeous. It worked, and now I desperately want to go mountain biking in British Columbia.

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Bikepacking Norway: Grey and Glittering

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Issue No. 06 Out Now!

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Three New Photo Books from Spencer J. Harding

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Guest Gallery: Tom Donhou

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INSTAGRAM PHOTOS

I flew to Budapest in October of 2017 and started riding south toward Jordan without a route or much of a plan. Here are some nice roads I found while meandering through 13 countries over five months. For the film geeks, these were all shot on HP5+ with my Leica MP and 35mm Zeiss C-Biogon and developed in Ilford HC-110. #35mm #roadslikethese

Three days on the Maah Daah Hey Trail (we faught the heat and the heat won). You can read Mark's full report from this trip in the latest issue of the @bikepackingcom Journal. #35mm #leicamp #bikepacking

It's been three weeks since I was diagnosed with testicular cancer, followed almost immediately by surgery (it feels a bit early for one ball jokes, but @jdgesus has broken that ice for you), and I'm feeling mostly back to normal.
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Unfortunately there are signs of the cancer spreading, and in a few days I'll be leaving Berlin for the United States to meet with doctors and begin chemotherapy in Colorado.
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Massive thanks to everyone who came to visit me in the hospital (including my dad, who flew over to hang out) and all the people who've sent good vibes and amazing support from afar. I'll try to share occasional updates here throughout my treatment and during what I hope will be a speedy journey toward recovery.

Five days ago I walked into this hospital with stomach pain, and this morning I walked back in for the fourth time since then for an emergency operation that will hopefully set me on the path to recovery from testicular cancer. I'd appreciate any good vibes, podcast or album recommendations, koala videos, or whatever you can send my way. Lots of love to everyone, and my eternal gratitude to my friends Ben and Tara, who have been by my side the entire time as interpreters and navigators during this whole overwhelming experience.

Day trip to the Polish countryside to visit legendary bicycle framebuilder Jacek Orłowski in his village near the Baltic coast. We sat under a gloriously shady tree joking in a broken mix of three languages, drinking coffee, and enjoying alternating courses of too much cake and the first fresh strawberries of the season. What was intended to be a day spent geeking out over bikes was instead mostly spent enjoying the company and the beautiful stillness of the countryside. It was a trip I didn't know I needed and one I'm glad I took. See you again soon, Poland!