Posts tagged with Bikes

A 3-day bike camping trip through Marin County Read more ...

Year or two ago our neighbor was packing to move across town and put a Park Tools truing stand out on the sidewalk for pickup. I texted him (first picked it up and brought it inside) if he knew what he was giving away. Cause these things aint cheap and … Read more ...

Intro in Long Beach Kinda funny that I consider Catalina Island such a nice camping destination in spite of (on paper at least) having several strikes against it: practically 0% tree cover during the ride, not a flat path to speak of just all-you-can-eat steep ups and steep downs, and … Read more ...

Cheaters route driving to the top to launch long descent Ride down to the valley. Passing multiple wash-outs, Middle Santa Ynez Campground, resting at P-Bar Flats campground. Deciding we barely worked so push to Mono campground. Hit with poison oak all up and down arms and hands. Following Santa Ynez … Read more ...

No idea the 36 hr hell we're about to put ourselves through Coming down Hobbs Rd, I tried half-heartedly to avoid a big rock in the road but chose to go over it rather than trying to swerve hard and risk losing control. Big mistake - the rock gave me an … Read more ...

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Chapter 1: The Brompton Beginnings This begins with me ~~stealing~~ saving Cindy's Brompton. She's drunk the Marie Kondo koolaid and has been purging everything that's fun from her garage. For a long time I was only using it as a dog runner at nights since the low top-tube made it … Read more ...

The Surly Ogre is a work horse. I've strapped a small refrigerator to the back of it and ridden down the hills from UCLA without even a blink at the load. Its beauty is in its strength. Read more ...

The poor SOMA gets a facelift whenever the devil gets a hold of my idle hands. This is from last Fall. I think I've put 4 different handlebars on since then. No more fenders. A triple crank up front. Its a never-ending project. Read more ...