The Adventures of Bren and Sven

The Lonely Travels of the Lone Rider pt.1

Friday May 7: It was a pristine day in Los Angeles. Blue skies, temperature in the 70s, the perfect weather for a motorcycle ride. But where to? The beach? Big Bear? Ortega Highway? No, I had bigger plans. With a long overdue extended weekend, I set my sights for the one and only PCH (Pacific Coast Highway). I was on a mission: Get out and see the sights. With the only main objective to cross the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. How I would accomplish that objective was entirely up...

Bren’s Beer-o-meter

Beer is good! Science is good! Beer and science is double good!! So this is my mission: to apply a sense of order and structure to the often highly subjective forms of beer rating. Now I know taste is subjective, and this is precisely why I am laying out my measures for the world to see. So when you notice I gave Bud Light a 5 and Newcastle Brown Ale a 20 you will be able to identify exactly why I gave such a rating. The rating scale is broken into 5 different categories which have a sca...

Bren and Sven’s Top five Best Jobs

As a kid we wanted to grow up to do something awesome, like blow stuff up or go really really fast. So now that we have some more experience within the working world we here at the Bren and Sven team would like to impart upon you our knowledge of what we view as the top 5 best jobs. 1. Hosting Top Gear- OK so if your not familiar with this show... Get familiar!!! This has to be the best automotive show on the planet. It's informative, interesting, and even someone that doesn't know the differ...

East Fork Road

So if you decide to take a ride up Azusa Canyon, you'll notice that after about 10 miles, give or take a mile or two, you'll come to a bridge that offers a chance to stray from Highway 39. This alternate route is East Fork Road and it offers a nice combination of simple and tough. If you come in through the Azusa Canyon route, you'll find the road offers a nice sweeping ride and eventually leads you through a backwoods town. Once you pass the Camp Bonita turn off, East Fork Road kicks things...