diff --git a/assets/img/gearlama_blog_logo.webp b/assets/img/gearlama_blog_logo.webp deleted file mode 100644 index 29c6386..0000000 Binary files a/assets/img/gearlama_blog_logo.webp and /dev/null differ diff --git a/assets/img/gearlama_blog_logo_transparent.webp b/assets/img/gearlama_blog_logo_transparent.webp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..40146c4 Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/img/gearlama_blog_logo_transparent.webp differ diff --git a/assets/img/gearlama_blog_logo_white.webp b/assets/img/gearlama_blog_logo_white.webp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d4eb9e Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/img/gearlama_blog_logo_white.webp differ diff --git a/content/page/about/index.md b/content/page/about/index.md index 4d5ad53..70e7482 100644 --- a/content/page/about/index.md +++ b/content/page/about/index.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: About -image: "shunya-campfire-hero.webp" +image: "lama-campfire-hero.webp" description: A space for stories, gear, and voices from the Indian cycling frontier. date: '2025-04-19' aliases: @@ -18,45 +18,59 @@ menu: # About the Gearlama Blog -There’s a certain silence on a solo ride — the kind that fills you. A descent at dusk, gravel under tyre, breath steady, mind open. That’s the feeling we want this blog to carry. +We ride. We test. We tell. -The Gearlama Blog isn’t just a list of products or a content calendar. It’s a shared campfire for those who ride to disappear, to discover, or to dig deeper — into gear, terrain, or themselves. +No epic overhyping. No mileage counters ticking in neon. Just real stories from roads, trails, and the dusty spaces in between. -## Why This Blog Exists +Here, the Lama rides too — sunglasses on, notebook tucked under a pannier strap. -Gearlama began as a gear discovery platform for Indian cyclists. But cycling isn’t just gear — it’s people, places, stories. This blog is where all of that lives: +Sometimes the trail speaks. Sometimes the gear breaks. Sometimes you just sit by the side of the road and think. -- Real stories from real riders -- Honest, field-tested gear thoughts -- Ride guides and how-tos -- Reflections on cycling culture in India -- Voices that often don’t make it to mainstream cycling media +This blog is our campfire. A place for rides that mattered. Gear that surprised us. Mistakes we earned the hard way. Stories worth telling. -## Who It's For +If you're looking for AI-generated listicles or top-10 clickbait, you'll be disappointed. -In a world where noise travels faster than thought, there remains a quiet few — readers of the slow sentence, seekers of meaning between the lines. This space is for them. +If you're looking for honest rides, calm reflections, and hard-earned wisdom — you're home. -Where most scroll, we pause. Where most skim, we stay. We believe a story, like a good ride, deserves time — time to breathe, time to unravel. - -Whether you're bikepacking through Spiti, circling your local trails, or daydreaming from behind a desk, this blog is for you. If you’ve ever chosen the longer route just because it felt right — you’ll feel at home here. - -If you’ve ever paused not because you were tired — but because the light caught the dust just right — this blog is for you. - -## Contribute Your Story - -We’d love to feature your ride, your thoughts, or that one moment that stayed with you. - -📌 [Submit your story](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TqPZX6nmfTptNIvgh3oKeMDuzYBCrgopBYDJHC875c0/edit?usp=sharing) -📧 Or just drop us a line at [gear.lama@gmail.com](mailto:gear.lama@gmail.com) - -## Built with Intention - -This blog runs on [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/), styled simply using the [Stack theme](https://github.com/CaiJimmy/hugo-theme-stack) designed by Jimmy. Because minimalism isn’t just in our saddlebags, it’s in our code too. +Welcome to the quieter side of Gearlama. --- -*Curated gear. Ridden in India.* +## Why This Blog Exists -Ride light, write true. +Gearlama began as a gear discovery platform for Indian cyclists. +But cycling isn’t just gear — it’s people, places, and stories. -— Bharat, for Team Gearlama +This blog is where all of that lives: + +- Real stories from real riders +- Honest, field-tested gear thoughts +- Ride guides and how-tos +- Reflections on cycling culture in India +- Voices that often don’t make it to mainstream cycling media + +We built this blog for the long roads, the dusty ones, and the ones nobody’s mapped yet. + +--- + +## Who It's For + +In a world that scrolls fast, this space pauses. + +For readers of the slow sentence. +For seekers of meaning between the lines. +For anyone who knows a good ride deserves time — and a story. + +Whether you’re bikepacking through Spiti, circling your local trails, or dreaming of your next route from behind a desk — this is for you. + +If you’ve ever paused not because you were tired, but because the light caught the dust just right — you’ll feel at home here. + +--- + +## Contribute Your Story + +Got a ride that left a mark? A gear hack that saved your tour? A thought you couldn’t shake after 40 km of silence? + +We’d love to hear from you. + +[Write to us](mailto:gear.lama@gmail.com). 📌 [Share your story](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TqPZX6nmfTptNIvgh3oKeMDuzYBCrgopBYDJHC875c0/edit?usp=sharing). 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Not a guru. Just the Lama — your quiet companion across Gearlama. When he shows up, it means the ride matters." -keywords = ["Lama", "Gearlama mascot", "fixie monk", "indian cycling", "bikepacking character"] +image = "lama-hero.webp" +description = "Introducing Lama — the calm, confident spirit guiding Gearlama’s journey into quiet, meaningful adventure." +keywords = ["gearlama mascot", "lama mascot", "gearlama introduction", "cycling adventure", "quiet adventure", "bikepacking india"] +++ -You’ll see him in corners of the website. -Tucked into reviews. Peeking out from stories. -Gliding through traffic. Waiting at a dhaba. -A robe flapping. A fixie humming. A pair of round glasses catching the light. +Somewhere along a forgotten trail — +where dust drifts like old memories, +and the horizon hums a quiet song — +he waits. -**He is the Lama.** +Lama. + +Not loud, not hurried, not desperate for attention. +Just there. +Sunglasses tilted against the evening sun, a battered touring bike resting against his side, bags worn smooth from a thousand silent miles. + +He does not race towards the future; he rides into it. +Measured. Patient. Eyes open, but heart even more so. + +At Gearlama, we believe that gear is not about glamour. +It’s about trust — trust that when the road turns rocky, or the clouds crack open, what you carry will not fail you. + +Lama knows this. +He chooses what lasts, what matters. +He believes in setting out at dawn with just enough and never too much. +In the joy of small discoveries: the perfect cup of tea at a roadside shack, the quiet nod of another rider passing by. + +He is not a hero. +He is not a slogan. +He is a companion. + +A reminder that the best journeys are never about the finish line — +but about the grit, the grace, and the gear that gets you there. + +Welcome, Lama. +You’re among friends here. --- -The Lama isn’t a reviewer. -He isn’t a salesman. -He isn’t even real — but he’s very much alive. - -He’s the spirit of Gearlama. -Calm. Curious. Slightly dusty. -Completely obsessed with the little things that make big rides better. - ---- - -When we find gear that just works — not in a lab, but on bad roads, late nights, steep climbs — -you’ll probably see the Lama riding alongside it. - -He doesn’t overthink. -He doesn’t scroll. -He rides. Listens. Waits. - -Sometimes, all he leaves behind is one line: - -> *“This one stays.”* - ---- - -You’ll find him where the journey meets simplicity. -Where form follows function. -Where a yellow fixie can outpace a city full of scooters, just by showing up with soul. - ---- - -So no, the Lama isn’t just a mascot. -He’s a reminder. - -That even in a noisy world, there’s still space for calm rides, good gear, and stories worth telling. - -And this is where his story begins. +_We hope you’ll meet him often — +on every page you browse, +on every path you choose to ride._ \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/post/introducing-the-lama/lama-hero.webp b/content/post/introducing-the-lama/lama-hero.webp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca9e91d Binary files /dev/null and b/content/post/introducing-the-lama/lama-hero.webp differ diff --git a/content/post/introducing-the-lama/lama-riding-chandigarh.webp b/content/post/introducing-the-lama/lama-riding-chandigarh.webp deleted file mode 100644 index 793741e..0000000 Binary files a/content/post/introducing-the-lama/lama-riding-chandigarh.webp and /dev/null differ diff --git a/hugo.yaml b/hugo.yaml index c9f9154..20d3130 100644 --- a/hugo.yaml +++ b/hugo.yaml @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ params: avatar: enabled: true local: true - src: img/gearlama_blog_logo.webp + src: img/gearlama_blog_logo_transparent.webp article: math: false