Less is more

Much to Liesel's dismay, the silver streak 300D said goodbye to
Silverlake and our driveway. Liesel is still recovering, but I think
she'll pull through.

And....

Incredible isn't it? Ok so it doesn't look so different but it is
more organized/stable and does give more usable space and man did I
feel good moving all that wood. Next project I'll actually build
something

The 'ol wood pile

As I was trying to empty out the man shed I felt it was time to
organize 'part' of the garage to make a clear passage, namely the
towering stacks of hardwood waiting to be installed. 3 hours of hard
labor later, some tight maneuvering and contortion and here we go...

The death ride...Not fatal

One pass into the ride, smiling. And then...

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Death Ride Route

Looking forward to this route

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/detail/18194066/

I call it Old Topanga, Los Flores, Piuma, Stunt, but it was just a damn nice ride around the Malibu canyons. Take a look.


 

Return to the scene....

This time no crowds, nice way to do a ride. Exactly why, can't we
ride here?

OMFG

Bear is an understatement.  Last night I rode Brand Motorway to the top of the Verdugos and then did some EC down Witing Woods to meet up with the OTB crew.  Lets just say that it was like doing single leg presses in slow motion up half the mountain, and 'spinning' at about 20rpm for the other half.   Looking forward to the next ride.

The Bruin: maiden ride

First ride on the new SS to the top of Mt Hollywood. I know there are
no bikes allowed there but it was Monday evening and I thought who
would be hiking there today. Turns out it was sister cities day at the
top with hundreds of people gathered and flags from every nation
displayed. So I came I saw I left. Quickly.
The bike has been dubbed the bruin as it has my school colors, blue
and gold but also because it's a bear to climb really steep stuff on.

SS 9r

Built up my new single speed 29r mountain bike yesterday that I had sitting in the garage for a month or so.  Its a little crazy ridnig on the street as the gearing is soooo low for the street that to get any speed you have to spin like a hopped-up hamster.  I kept moving my thumb, looking for a shifter to get into a higher gear.  The disc brakes are a bit weak, maybe they need a break-in, but if not, I may try using v-brakes which are lighter anyway.  The first ride was to Umami Burger.. the first real ride should be my loop in Griffith Park.

Pre Fathers day ride

I went for a ride with some friends today, Julio ( his birthday)
Andreas, Otto and Hans
From silver lake to carpentria 112miles Great ride beautiful route
and a refreshing finish!

Crap for Scrap

Just this week after a weekend of bringing bikes back from Mammoth, my wife woke to find that the racks on her car were gone. Not just a little bike rack, but the entire Yakima rack, crossbars, towers, bike trays and all.
At first I thought who the heck would take the entire rack? It makes no sense, then I started suspecting newly minted bike thieves running short on bikes to pinch and looking for a way to carry around their new conquests in style..
But several people suggested that maybe some 'tweaker' stole it for scrap metal given the cost of Aluminum these days. What a bunch of Crap stealing my crap for scrap. I dont think the 3lbs of aluminum at a coupple bucks a pound will come near to the cost of replacing them, so you would think, why dont they just dig through our recycling for bottles and cans and milk jugs like the rest of the folks in the (what we like to call) 'bum rush' that happens before every trash day and now, more often than not, every morning between 2 and 4am outside our window. Crap, I would rather give them the $6 as 'protection' money to make sure my racks stay safe. What a bunch of CRAP.