Though I’d been hoping for a Thursday or Friday delivery, the Shimano UN54 bottom bracket and Suntour Cyclone 7000 160mm road crankset I ordered from Harris Cyclery to replace the ones I ordered from Nashbar whose failure contributed strongly to me crashing June 8 arrived early this afternoon and The Phoenix in a matter of …
Nice bike ride last night; a 13.5-mile route that I cobbled together via Gmaps for the IAAL•MAF’s previously pretty regular Thursday night downtown rides. With friends Stephen, Alice and Michael onboard we back-and-forthed the L.A. River over eight of the 10 bridges that span her from Washington Boulevard up to Broadway north of Chinatown: Washington …
1) Which handlebar is the new one and which is the crashed one? 2) Assuming you correctly guessed the answer to No. 1, which tip of the crashed bar was my ribcage plunged upon hard enough to tear a hole in my beloved 2006 L.A. River Ride staff shirt and then rake down my torso …
Agh, what a tangled chain. I had to go to three different online bike sources to get the parts needed to repair The Phoenix, but they’re all ordered and hopefully will be here by Thursday so I can hit the Bicycle Kitchen and reanimate my beloved ride. From Harris Cyclery: Suntour 160mm double ring crankset; …
With Friday’s crash and Midnight Ridazz and yesterday’s bike ride to post signage for the river ride I’m right now trying to power through the residual aches, pains, sore ribs and fatigue to find the energy not only to do the 35-mile option of the river ride this morning but then also to fulfill my …
After helping hang route signage between Boyle Heights and Vernon for tomorrow’s annual L.A. River Ride I got back to the L.A. River Center & Gardens and reacquainted myself with what a marvelous oasis it is — made even moreso by the discovery that there’s a permanently installed bike repair stand on the premises. Small …
It finally happened. After a year and a half of riding The Phoenix I took a spill tonight. And it’s all my fault on several levels. See the drivetrain on The Phoenix had been cranky of late, doing a lot of creaking and groaning and crackling. I replaced the pedals Wednesday hoping that was the …