Northbound cyclists on Spring Street near 8th Street, circa 1899: Source: USC Digital Archives Southbound cyclists on Spring Street near 8th Street, circa yesterday: Bonus shot: Me Eastbound to Montebello, taking a break up on my beloved 6th Street Bridge to appreciate her and apologize for the City Council.
First you might wonder why I really biked all the way to Montebello and back (28.29 miles) to buy egg nog? Well, this is not just any egg nog. This is Broguiere’s Egg Nog. THE BEST egg nog I’ve ever had. And sure, I could’ve biked (probably about the same distance overall) to stores in …
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My headtube sticker tradition only goes back to 8Ball, but going forward from that not-too-distant beginning it had now been decreed that no bike build/individualization of mine can be complete without one, so behold the transformation: Before After And of course being a thrice-baked bikegeeknerd I commemorated its application to the frame in the following …
At the end of my post a couple days ago about being able to put together a completed El Naranja without needing to make a parts expenditure beyond a set of crank bolts (to replace the ones I knew I had somewhere but couldn’t lay hands to), you might recall I I ended the entry …
As is visible from my puffed up chest, I’m quite and entirely satisfied with myself in that the only parts I had to purchase in frankenshtein’ing El Naranja together was a set of crank bolts (and, yeah, that fantastically fantastic headset press tool I DIY’d if you wanna be picky). And the only reason I …
It’s certainly an odd comparison to make but your first ride on a new bike is a bit like your first cigarette: subsequent ones just never come close to being as good. And so it was that I took El Naranja for her inaugural roll around the way on a 12.39-mile roundabout route that’s pretty …
The main hold-up to progressing El Naranja to completion is the installation of the headset cups into the bike’s headtube. Basically the cups secure the fork and also hold the bearings that enable the fork to turn smoove like dah buttah. But getting them in there isn’t just a matter of popping them into place. …