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I use this section as an archive documenting things I’ve done in recent and not-so-recent years. In 2022 I made this my cycling journal, but if you page through, you’ll see posts that go all the way back to 2005.
Redwood Zen Ride
A little bliss through the east bay hills.
Cold start, cool finish
My pre-thanksgiving ride. Go forth and eat!
CS Treasure Island
Braving the morning chill, this turned out to be a great way to spend a Sunday morning.
Clear Skies, Cool Air
The brisk mornings are here, it's definitely fall.
Ride your age, he said
birthday ride, kinda
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Ensuring that my average for the year will end up over 10 miles per calendar day.
the last short glove morning
It's fall. Cold mornings. The way fall should be.
Sunday Grizz
solo ride on a clear fall day
Rollin in, rollin out
is Indian Summer over?
thick gray marine layer has persisted for the last few days. Could it be fall? 131/3545
Our Daily Grind
Title shortened from "Give us this day our daily grind"
In and Out of Fog
The fog line continually receded this morning, by the time we were finished it was looking like a really nice day. Think I may have seen Jesus himself poking through the trees as the light filtered down onto Grizzly Peak and later onto Skyline.
Golden Hour Homebound
Spent the day on the road for work, rode home as the sky was drenched in October late afternoon light. Took me back to 1990... you'd have to ask me about the back story in person.
Ramblin in 6/8
I watched a lot of NFL films back when I learned to love football. This song always stuck in my head.
Post-CS Tunnel Loop
Cycle Sports is no more, but the Sunday morning group rides continue.
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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.
Old route, fresh path
This will be nice when it's finished, a stretch of Doolittle between Swan and Langley - expanded bike path.
Wetter than I figured
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...
Nuance by degrees
a conscious effort to add variety to my commute
The Taco is Back
Running smooth once more, the Tacoma is healthy again. Shout out to Luke at Piedmont Shell.
Hasn’t been that long, has it?
A number of things kept me from riding over the last couple weeks...
CS – SL Marina
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.
Chester’s Gorilla
Simply a name for an otherwise routine commute.
2 Day Mash Up
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.
To the Natatorium!
Cycle Sports small crew, good riding with the young'ns
Needed that Morning Ride
Back from a vacation, 12 days since my last ride
CS Sunday morning rollout
Smaller group, shorter ride, but weather just right.
It’s Y3K!
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.
Los Osos CS
A gathering of about 20 cyclists met in Orinda to ride the 3 bears.
Rolling, with a side of Tower Crane
Nice ride to work and home, watched a ballgame from a tower crane at Mission Rock, saw Alex Vesia pitch - a good day.
Glorious F***ing Morning!
Absolutely beautiful out this morning - cool breeze very refreshing. Short sleeves at 6am.
Easy like Sunday morning
Impromptu Cyclesport group ride. Some new faces, some familiar, some who I had unknowingly ridden with before today.
Misty Descent, Breezy Return
No video, my Garmin ran out of charge after I forgot to turn it off after the leg into work.
Maybe your baby…
done made some other plans
The Chase
Took a week off. Saw Anders fly past me on Fairmont, caught him on Walnut Rd in CV.
Grizzmo
Summer morning, get out before the sun beats down too hard. Protect against UVs, right?
Rokko Oroshi
Listen here!
Redwood Homebound
The long way home. Most enjoyable.
Cyclesport Bay Bridge
Nice cool morning, interesting little group on today's ride.
Ode to Link Wray
Someone mentioned "Rumble" to me today, and it propelled me home this afternoon. That and "Jack the Ripper"







































