The 21-mile route itself took me 65 minutes*, but of course the footage of that is bracketed with my 3:45 a.m. bike trip down to the start line and my slow meander back home. And yes: no I did not go twofer and roll the course a second time. I was pretty much cooked cranking …
Since the stair guy’s piled up his tools and stuff in such a way as to block the cam’s view of the patio table (and thus any late-night Bink sightings, yesterday I oriented it west for a shot down the south side of the house. Not because anything special goes on, but because at least …
So for months and months I’d planned on banditing this year’s L.A. Marathon Bike Tour because I was grrrrrrudging on the event’s relocation from it’s traditional first Monday in March to Memorial Day. It was this weekend that I realized, having supported the marathon with my participation in one form or another since 1994, if …
I’m usually the last one to shed my humility and slap my own back, but if I do say so myself and obviously I do: this morning’s ride was an epic success — replete with spoke cards even: Yeah, I caved and bought a bargain basement laminator this week and roughed out some graphics that …
Yep. Happened today on 4th Street westbound, approaching La Brea. Guy in an SUV gets on my tail about a block and a half from the light and hangs there for a bit as if he’s hoping I’ll either somehow vanish entirely, or maybe be able to go from 18 mph to 45 in the …
So the original intent of the West Adams mosey portion of Saturday’s ride was just to wander around the historic district looking at some of the phenomenal residences that exist there. Then I relocated a book I have on the famed district choke full with details on structures living and long gone and I couldn’t …
So far my “Bike Every Day In May” campaign has been a success. But the weekends have been a bit lopsided. The past three Saturdays have featured pretty good rides of 20 miles or more: May 2, “Around The Griffith Park Horn” ride; May 9, the “Not The L.A. Marathon Bike Tour” ride; and May …