JUST WORKS
Saddle-Bag Two
Ortlieb / $50 to 70
Wrong turns welcome
I spend way too much time finding the right stuff.
Gear, coffee, routes, people. Stuff that's rugged, well made, has some personality, and doesn't disappoint. I write it up once a week. You get it first.
Latest dispatch
All of them
1 Dec 2026
The long way home
Four hours became seven. Three friends, a ridge nobody had a name for, and the last of the light. No pillar. Just the detour.
Jake
24 Nov 2026 / skate
Wet concrete
Rain stopped at four. The car park at the back of the industrial estate dries first. Film, one roll, mostly blur.
17 Nov 2026 / surf
Dawn at the point
Two boards on the roof of a Land Rover that should have been retired a decade ago. Nobody else out. That is the whole report.
10 Nov 2026 / cycling
The Brat and the bike
A 1986 Subaru with a mountain bike in the bed, a road that stopped being a road, and snow on the tops in what was supposed to be spring.
CyclingUsually ends at a cafe
CoffeeMostly on a tailgate
SurfEarly, and not very good
SkateCar parks after rainGear: Ride to cafe kit
The whole kitEverything on the bike for a two-hour ride that ends at a flat white. Nothing you'd be embarrassed to sit down in.
The list
Most weeks I've got nothing to sell you.
- One email a week. I write it in a notebook first, then type it up
- When there is a drop, you hear a day before anyone else
- I'll recommend other people's stuff by name when it's good. Most of it isn't mine
- Leave whenever. One click, no hard feelings
