by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 1, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Arriving in Vicente Guerrero Ben introduced himself very quickly and offered his place as long as I wanted to stay in VG which ultimately would be 7 nights at his place. Ben would also create a blog post advertising my jewelry for sale. I would end up setting my...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 31, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
August 25 Km’s Pedalled – 82 km’s Destination – Vicente Guerrero Some Notes – Today was another amazing day thanks to some of the residents of Durango. Today I am biking with 4 guys (and Adrian who joined us about halfway) from the NOPAL Bike Group...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 30, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
August 18 Some Notes – I spent the afternoon with Roger as he delivered his coffee all around the city. Of the many stops we made I found myself in pretty fancy country club. We also ended up stopping at this family restaurant he loves so much for lunch. After...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 26, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Ariel received me and the NOPAL mountain bike group that biked 90 km’s with me to Vicente Guerrero. Ariel owns the local bike shop in town and also sells the Sunpeed brand of bikes hence the relationship with Sunpeed Durango. Ariel arranged pizza dinner and a...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 25, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Thanks to meeting Adrian Ibarra & his girlfriend Dalia Aguirre in Durango and discovering a shifting cable on the verge of snapping Adrian made arrangements to have my bike fixed at Sunpeed. Sunpeed instantly agreed to look at my bike and repair and replace...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 25, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I met Dalia and Adrian because Dalia spotted me biking into Durango and waved me down. I would never have guessed such a random meeting would lead to so much excitement. Because of a bike issue they brought me to Sunpeed Bike shop that would lead to a complimentary...