Almost a couple of years ago to the day, I shot a bunch of photos of local coffee roasters Cowboy Coffee, in a kind of behind-the-scenes look at a bunch of guys with a passion for two things – coffee, and bicycles.

Originally slated for a article on NSMB.com (which I’m sure it could still be, at some point), it focussed on the great location they occupied for many years, the accumulation of bikes, the patina of use and the great sense of community that came baked into the walls – the tragedy being they were soon to move to a brand new location with none of the unique sense of history.

Slideshow after the jump.
(Flash, so if it doesn’t appear where you’re reading this, go directly to my site)

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I’m clearing out some of my old gear that hasn’t been used in a while.  Priced super cheap (excluding shipping / payment fees) to sell quickly, if you’re interested contact me at photo@danbarham.com.

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A few weeks ago I found myself the proud owner of a new bike, this time a longer travel model for ‘riding for fun’ rather than ‘riding for work’.  Not that work isn’t fun, of course, but hopefully you get the idea.  It’s a Trek Session 88 FR with 8″ of the plushest, nicest travel I’ve ever had the good fortune to sit on.  I’ve just finished tweaking it just how I wanted it, and figured this’d be a good time to snap a quick shot of it and say ‘thanks’ to everyone who made it possible.  In no particular order:

• Michael at Trek Bicycles
• Dee at Cycles Lambert
• Elayna at Fox Racing Shox
• John at Race Face
• Julian at Chromag
• Lou at Obsession: Bikes

Without the help and support of all these people, I wouldn’t be able to ride such a downright amazing bike.  You guys rock!

Now all I have to do is wait for my broken hand to fix so I can ride it.

A couple of weeks ago I won my first ever comedy-oversize foam cheque, thanks to a 2nd place finish in the first ever Deep Summer photo challenge – a great event put on as part of Crankworx this year.

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Ever since I picked up a Canon 5D Mark 2 camera I’ve been thinking of putting together little videos on shoots as a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on at a shoot.  Of course I almost always forget while it’s going on, so this is probably the first of what I’ll from now-on term the oh-shit-I-forgot-the-video-here’s-a-shot-of-empty-trail style of documentary – a fantastic singletrack view of Mount Hood in the Oregon backcountry:

In lieu of any real action here’s some numbers to crunch:

• 2 – hours we waited for golden light
• 1 – trailside beer consumed while doing so
• 1 – wood tick removed from my leg, luckily before it bit me.  I hate ticks.
• 5 – cotton buds required to clean my ears of all the dust

Jerry Willows hucks over a rock step down

Check out NSMB.com’s Jerry Willows’ blog about our shoot with legendary North Shore builder / filmer Digger last week:

North Shore Photo / Vid Jam

Ever seen a grown man freak out before a few hundred people, stammer wildly then run off stage in tears? Well your lucky night could well be February 26th, when I present a slideshow of my images as part of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.

Based loosely on the notion of me actually thinking most aspects of mountain biking are kinda cool, it’s a 4 minute slideshow with music followed by 5 minutes Q&A, where I desperately try to pretend I know what I’m talking about.  Chance of looking foolish I’m putting at a conservative 95%.

Details are here, if you’re in the area and can make it down, it’d be great to see you!

Following up from my previous post about the Todmorden Cyclocross, here’s a couple of shots that race organiser, Singletrack magazine editor and all-round nice chap Chipps Chippendale sent of today’s local paper:

Back page

The heady heights of page 17

I don’t often see my shots in newspapers, so this one’s got quite a novelty right now.

Nothing says “welcome back to the UK” quite like standing in a field on a grey, overcast day, fingers and toes growing steadily more numb as the cold slowly takes over, waiting for a race to start and wondering if actually it would’ve been wiser to stay inside that day.

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