Video timelapsification of last night’s “Orange Team” route of Midnight Ridazz Dischordian Ride, at least the first two legs of it: It was a good ride, cut short because unbeknownst to Sean Bonner and I, our Orange Team took off for it’s third leg and we were left behind. We could’ve hustled and caught up, …
Ah the joys of online commerce. I know mistakes happen, but maaaan! Like last night I got home to find my order from nashbar.com had arrived — the one I wrote about a couple days ago that was a compromise to me spending a load of green on a new bike I don’t need. So …
The four flats I encountered across this morning’s commute come nowhere near matching my record of eight flats achieved in the miles on Riverside Drive between North Hollywood and Sherman Oaks one afternoon ride home in 2003. That outrageous number of punctures was the result of some cheap and deteriorated rim tape that allowed the …
Short-sighted efforts by crime-weary residents, impatient politicians and over-burdened law enforcement are disconnecting the Ballona Creek Bikeway from the communities it serves. Attacks on cyclists (the most recent reported one occurring last August around 1 p.m.) continue that disenfranchisement and negative opinion continues to fester that the creek route is not safe — a liability …
Last week I was drooling over all manner of new mountain machines. This week I still am — and further stoked by the announced enthusiasms of my friend Michael and his lady Crystal to hit the trails and an invitation to join them — but I’m glad I demonstrated some fiscal restraintitude. Simply put, I …
Be-yoo-tee-fool morning. The new fork is making Le Noir feel brand new, like I’ve only put five miles on here, not 5,000. Coming west on 8th Street on my way to Fairfax a car darts out from across the street and my first impulse is that it’s firing itself across my bow, but it’s cool: …
I am everything that is old school about bikes. Steel’s my first choice for frames, and I roll single-gear like I did as a kid, in part because it’s pure and simple and because I’m still very much a kid at heart. So in the wake of my fork-bender a couple Tuesdays ago (which aged …
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