I watched a lot of NFL films back when I learned to love football. This song always stuck in my head.

Cycle Sports is no more, but the Sunday morning group rides continue.

A secondary goal this year was to ride more frequently. In the last week I clinched having an average of riding a full one-third of the days in 2022.

This will be nice when it's finished, a stretch of Doolittle between Swan and Langley - expanded bike path.

Did not see this coming, even though I'd been really paying attention to the weather for the past week. Wasn't raining at the house when I left, but by the time I got down the hill - and it felt too late to turn back - well, there you go. On the positive side, I rode...

a conscious effort to add variety to my commute

Running smooth once more, the Tacoma is healthy again. Shout out to Luke at Piedmont Shell.

A number of things kept me from riding over the last couple weeks...

Happy to hear that the Cycle Sports Sunday morning rides will continue, even though the owner has sold the shop to Trek. Good community event, about 30 riders this time on a warm September day.

Simply a name for an otherwise routine commute.

Is it heat? fatigue? laziness? No map, no video. I brought my bike to drop my truck off for a new catalytic on Tuesday, rode to work on Wednesday. 28.75 miles. See them for a limited time on Strava.

Cycle Sports small crew, good riding with the young'ns

Back from a vacation, 12 days since my last ride

Smaller group, shorter ride, but weather just right.

I knew I was going to ride a fair amount this year and set a goal of 3,000 miles. Curious to see how high I can push the total by year's end.

A gathering of about 20 cyclists met in Orinda to ride the 3 bears.

Nice ride to work and home, watched a ballgame from a tower crane at Mission Rock, saw Alex Vesia pitch - a good day.

Absolutely beautiful out this morning - cool breeze very refreshing. Short sleeves at 6am.

Impromptu Cyclesport group ride. Some new faces, some familiar, some who I had unknowingly ridden with before today.

No video, my Garmin ran out of charge after I forgot to turn it off after the leg into work.

done made some other plans

Took a week off. Saw Anders fly past me on Fairmont, caught him on Walnut Rd in CV.

Summer morning, get out before the sun beats down too hard. Protect against UVs, right?

Listen here!

The long way home. Most enjoyable.

Nice cool morning, interesting little group on today's ride.

Someone mentioned "Rumble" to me today, and it propelled me home this afternoon. That and "Jack the Ripper"

This is the last in a series of rides that have themed titles. I posted a challenge on strava with the hope someone knows the origins of the theme - we shall see. Hit me up if you think you know.

cryptic

Sunday morning solo ride on what turned out to be a glorious day. Started off foggy and cool, sun was breaking through by the time I got through CV.

Buy the right tool and keep it in your bag. Lesson learned.

Against my better instincts, I trusted that a) my questionable tube would hold air, and b) the valve on my spare wouldn't be faulty. ML to the rescue at 6:30 am.

Spoken like a true weather-spoiled bay arean, I'm close to my overheat temp.

Joined a big group of cyclists to celebrate what I believe is the newest federal holiday on a ride that toured Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland, and to honor cycling pioneer Major Taylor. Happy Father's Day!

Took 4 wheels in for service, got 2 wheels back and forth in the mean time. Finally swapped out my front tire.

New tube holds air, pleasant ride home on a Thursday afternoon.

Made it to work, unknowingly took a shard of glass in my front tire, didn't know it was flat until it was time to ride home. Discovered I had a faulty replacement tube - the core of the presta valve didn't stay seated. Alas, all the bike shops were closed.