For me it’s rather trivially demonstrated by the fact that the walls of the foyer at our house are of a measurement so specifically and mindblowingly exact to the wheel-to-wheel length of my beloved 8Ball that she is held freestandlingly upright and perfectly in place when set between them, like so above (click for the …
I wonder at times about high-priced bicycles and the companies that make them. When the people involved decide upon the retail price, do they do it in all unblinking seriousness believing it an entirely valid amount, or do they nervously hunch over somewhat reflexively in wide-eyed incredulity, like they’re doubtful they’ll get away with such …
Though I’ve not been officially diagnosed, a couple of physiological situations I’ve been coping with for a good number of years are eosinophilic esophagitis and atrial fibrilation, or EE and AF. I don’t think I’ve blogged about the latter, but certainly I can remember blogging about the joyful day last year when I finally was …
I may have more to say later about yesterday’s marvelous and monumental CicLAvia (or I may not) but in the meantime, here’s a timelapse I made of the 7.5-mile route from Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights coming back to Bicycle Square at the intersection of Heliotrope and Melrose in East Hollywood.
In August I passed — without note — the fifth anniversary of the wheel-building class I took at the Bicycle Kitchen, an event which proved to be the catalyst that got me to create my first single-speed road bike, dubbed The Phoenix. I mention that not just because I’ve been riding one-gears since 2005, but …
Having come into downtown from Westchester to finally make a long-delayed stop at Wabi Cycles (for some cable clamps my buddy Hap pointed me to that would fit 8-Ball’s top tube), I was in the homestretch having crossed Beaudry on 2nd Street for the last couple miles home. Then out of nowhere the rear tire …
Biked yesterday. Eighteen miles. This bears mentioning not only because it continues to be a rare activity for someone who’s averaged about 10 miles each of these last three months when I used to crank out around 550, but also because of the route I took into Griffith Park up to Mulholland. Haven’t done that …
Read more “I Still Got It… With A Little Help From A Nemesis”