bike to work day x 2

Yes, I actually biked to work on bike to work day 2009 - not intentionally but there was an "occurance" at the Hillsdale caltrain station with no estimate of when trains would start running again so off I went. And again after a 4 day Memorial holiday of sedentary relaxing (well, kayaking one day) I rose early and did it again. It's about 22 miles on the route I used and took about 1.5 hrs. If the weather is nice and I can get up early enough I'd like to do this more often. Will be doing the Fairfax to Pt. Reyes Station ride on Sunday if anyone is interested...

'til next time, "Have a Nice Ride"

sunday rider

Keep takin' pics of this bike 'cause I keep ridin' it on the weekends - at least the Woodside ride so far. The 2nd Sand Hill Rd. hill is really an aerobic workout for me - heart in mouth almost to the top and lookin' down to see no shift levers! It gets easier every week but not much - gonna take a lot of work to get comfortable on this ride on this bike...

Popped a spoke on the commuter bike last week so am on the Masi 3V today. We'll see if the gears are low enough to take the hill. It rode so much rougher than the Raleigh Pro downhill this morn! Must get that spoke replaced and wheel trued soon...

day before easter ride

Took the direct drive out for another woodside ride the day before easter. Finally got comfortable on it towards the end of the ride on Mountain Home Rd.

Til next time "Have a Nice Ride"...

flickr meetup and paradise loop ride

After a few attempts finally met fellow flickrite Adrienne Johnson who's handle is busbozo on the flickr site. She has a very cool Batavus Socorro high end city style bike that's been tastefully personalized. You probably won't see many of these bikes in the good ol' USA. She brought along husband James and we all rode the Paradise Loop through Mill Valley, Larkspur, Corte Madera and Tiburon. It was a beautiful windless sunny day and we took our time enjoying it with a stop for paninni sandwiches in Tiburon. Click here for her flickr pic and comments. Thanks for a great ride, Adrienne & James!

Until next time, "Have a Nice Ride"

cold ride...

The Gitane direct drive begged me to take it on a ride yesterday so how could I resist? Drove down to Woodside ~ 10am and did the usual loop - Sand Hill Rd. was not quite as challenging this time but almost! Still huffin' and puffin' but at least I knew what to expect this time. Almost getting comfortable riding this thing now - ya just gotta go with it... As you can see from the pics spring has sprung but that afternoon storm was still pretty cold. Til next time...

"Have a Nice Ride"

stylin'

no pics from the fairfax to olema (on the cross marin trail) ride saturday so here is a pic stolen from: http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/bik/1080738001.html "Have a Nice Ride"

1st direct drive ride w/paul

Got a break from the rain yesterday (Saturday) so decided to finally take the direct drive Gitane out for it's maiden voyage. I wanted to find out if I could navigate it through a whole Woodside ride and be able to make it up the hills with the 47 - 16 gears it now has. It did real well up until Sand Hill Rd. west of hwy 280 - that climb almost made me dismount & walk but my ego wouldn't permit it so my legs and knees are talking to me today...

Paul met me behind the Pioneer Saloon and brought along his old Shogun touring bike - what a cool machine! You don't see hand pin striping and decorating along with a cool old Shimano 600 Arabesque group and paint and accessory contrasting like that in any new bike - someone put some thought into building this one...

We headed through Woodside on the usual CR Woodside ride going out Kings Mtn. Rd. to Tripp Rd. out Portola Valley left on Alpine, right on Old Arastradero, Old Page Mill Rd., north on Foothill Expy., west on Sand Hill Rd. then back to Woodside on Mountain Home Rd. Very pleasant ride - Paul actually had fun on a couple stretches and I hope he'll make it a regular event. His bike needs a few things - tires, tubes, chain and a rear wheel truing but it is basically very sound and looks and rides great. I took a couple phone pix on the ride itself and I'll have to post those later.

Until next time, "Have a Nice Ride"