Made a very simple bike-mounted cooler. Arkel pannier hooks plus two bolts, fender washers to spread the force, rubber washers to help seal the holes drilled through the side, and some webbing at the bottom of the cooler to help a hook hold the bottom of the cooler against the rack (not shown).
new bike
The West sidewalk of the golden gate bridge is reopening to bikes, at last! In celebration (and to celebrate a new bike I hope to have by then), it’s time for a decent-length Marin ride: not this Saturday, but next Saturday, the 17th. The plan: a clockwise Alpine Dam loop, 65ish miles depending where in SF you start, quite hilly in some sections. Friendly pace, regroups at the tops of major hills, and an obligatory stop on the way back in Fairfax at Iron Springs Brewpub or Gestalt. ...
GGB west sidewalk reopening to bikes early (Sep 10)
Bad news: On a casual ride home on smooth pavement, I felt the rear wheel (on my old french road bike) skitter like I’d run over something. I stopped and saw the frame had suddenly cracked through. I walked it home.
Good news: just put a new leather seat and small seat bag on my 1960s french road bike (a.k.a. “the little bull”), and rewrapped the handlebars.
Work evening: cutting soles out of special sneakers for recessed pedal clips, installing new leather saddle and Pitlock security skewers, re-taping handlebars. Dangit, sheared a bolt by over-tightening.
Backup Dog Lock
Tour de Cupcake in October (I plan to be there)
18 Reasons threw a Full Moon Barn Dance party at Circle JR Ranch in Sonoma recently. Eating, drinking (Linden St beer and Sodacraft soda), horseshoes, tours of a Bi-Rite garden, lasso lessons, dancing… I could have driven up with a friend, but I figured– why not bike? The most direct route would have been through San Rafael and up on the 37 to the 121, but after looking at the excellent Marin Country Bike Coalition map’s warnings of missing shoulders and reading a few online posts about those road segments, I decided I was willing to add 9 extra miles and some hills to ride via Fairfax / Nicasio / Petaluma: ...