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55 miles in, sunny

Cheese Factory stop

Sunny across the bridge

Starting off, we are 15

1988(?) Japanese commercial for Panasonic bikes.

For international flights, KLM lets you check a bike for free, mainly useful if you want to bike in The Netherlands. However, as of a few years ago, most airlines, even domestic ones, charge significant fees to bring a (non-folding) bike as luggage. A few summary web pages I found were a few years out of date, so I did some quick research (I’m idly considering taking my bike to New York in May to ride the Five Borough Bike Tour): ...

Pickup truck for bike repair

The SF -> Russian River Brewing Company overnight ride I mentioned is on! I sent email to everyone who told me they were interested with more logistics details that I won’t bore people reading this with. The quick summary: Feb 11th -> 12th (rolling out *early* Saturday from Four Barrel) A 65-70 mile route roughly like this (doing a 40+ mile practice ride beforehand if you haven’t been riding in a while is recommended – I might organize one a weekend or two before) Early lunch break along the way (probably in Fairfax) Arriving late afternoon, drinking some Pliny the Younger and other beers, being flexible if we have to wait a long time, getting food… Staying the night at the Flamingo Resort ($99/night via this web site for a room with two doubles, it’s up to you to reserve your own or pair up with someone – it’s fully refundable up until 2 days beforehand) Biking back Sunday It looks like it will be somewhere between 6 and 12 of us, including a few friends or significant others driving up (carpools might be possible)

On the ocean beach loop this weekend, I noticed two new cycling improvements: a bike lane on Portola (making the short section from Corbett to Sydney on this route less sketchy), and a full-width curb cut at Stanyan & Page. Thanks everyone who was involved in making this happen, including the SFBC campaign. Photo below: the new Stanyan @ Page curb cut– you used to have to ride to the right to that narrow opening (not easy, interferes with pedestrians), because going straight dropped you off a tall curb.

Sunny and warm at the ocean