Userboxes This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 5 months and 22 days. COUNT This user is a member of WikiProject edit counters. This user comes from Canada. This user is a participant in WikiProject Cycling. en This user is a native speaker of the English language. This user contributes to OpenStreetMap.

I'm a Canadian, who loves wikipedia, and loves bicycles, and loves to learn new things. I find adding to articles on wikipedia forces me to understand the material. That said, these days I don't have much time to contribute, and just make minor edits for the most part.

My particular interest in bikes is about nuts and bolts mechanics, and utility cycling.

• Soma, Double Cross: done up as a touring bike, I've ridden this one across a few countries.
• Marinoni Sportivo new frame with old Shimano 600 components. My posh bike.

I spent much of my time from 1996 to 2006 either travelling independently on extended trips internationally, or working to get enough money together to do so. I focused on trekking, but also did some bike tours. Some places I've been:

I'm not an artist, but I'm pretty happy with the way most of my pictures have turned out. I'll show off a bit, and put them up here. Everything's been done using Inkscape, GIMP, or a combination of the two. Here is a list of all my images.

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  This is my first image, I didn't do much, just edited and labled it.
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  I did this one from scratch, (by scratch I mean by tracing a photo).
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  An easy way to make an exploded diagram, with a cheap camera and Gimp.
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  My prized Dura-Ace 8spd down-tube shifters on my touring bike.
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  Not my photo. I greyed out the background to emphasize the brake.
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  my most complex exploded diagram yet, I'm pleased with how it turned out.
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  A token non-bicycle image, a map of Tibet.

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