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I’ve been taking advantage of the sunny but chilly weather, by riding and just plain enjoying life. A small group of us started Monday off by riding down to the Morgan Hill area, and then back up to this crazy mountain of a hill in East/South (?) San Jose? We just wanted to scout the location for the upcoming Tuesday night ride. Since it was Chinese Vietnamese New Year, we grabbed some food at Di-Lac. The place was jam packed full of da so coo Vtek gais, but the vegetarian food was good and cheap. Even Herb and Chris who I haven’t seen in a while made it out.
On Tuesday, Mark, Matt, Pavel and I did a rail n ride up to San Francisco. Pavel needed to grab some plants for his fresh water tank. He said his spot was in the cuts, and it literally was in a 6 foot wide alley. The rest of the time we spent doing a mini city loop ride, while stopping at various locales. We were all pretty effin tired by the end of the day, but there was still riding to be done. The group went up Yerba Buena, and then bombed the hill, I lazily went down the bottom half only haha. Mark’s brand new el cheapo tire that he put on that day was ripped to shreds.
Took the train up to the city for a nice little ride around town. Met up with everyone at Box Dog after some idiot directed me to the wrong shop. After riding around for a few miles we got some food, and posted right outside Hooter’s for a semi-decent view.
Heard a huge pshhhhhhhhhhhhh from Mark’s tire, so he had to change his tube with a short valve stem. Went into Gestalt for a hot second, only to end up buying our own drank at the local convenient store. Ended up chinchillin with a great view of the Golden Gate—-errr Bay Bridge. Sorry for the short and abrupt posts, been a long day.
Last night a few San Jose heads went up to San Francisco to do the city loop after dark. The pace was supposedly “chill,” well for the SFFixed.com folks anyway. The total ride was about 20 some odd miles. We covered the Embarcedero, Chrissy Fields, Legion of Honor, the Wiggle, and a few other areas. Someone said the headcount was about 35 riders.
Last night was a real wakeup call, because for a chill ride I couldn’t keep up for shishkabobs. I was winded just getting to the meeting point after taking the Wiggle. Psh. I also need a wide angle lens.
Alex, Bennett, Wilson and I hit up Bender’s afterward, before going to McGovern’s and calling it a night.
On my way home from work I ran into Richard Masoner, who is somewhat of a flickr and bike community celebrity. He asked if he could take a picture of my mini spoke card collection, and we spoke for a quick minute. Apparently his commute is 90 minutes each way, from Scotts Valley to Menlo Park and back!
-Photo taken by Richard Masoner
The City of San Jose was sponsoring a free light and helmet giveaway at the MLK Library, so I raced down there to try and snag one. I came a little too late, they had already run out of lights, but the scene was still crazy.
People snagging lights and helmets in front of the library
Luckily my buddy Raf was able to nab one, so he gave me his old light which is exactly the same, only with a North Face sticker so it “knows.” The headlight is worth $20! I owe you a drank doo. Unluckily for me, my battery died and I couldn’t take any more pictures for the rest of the evening.
The City of San Jose was giving away free Cateye lights!
After a quick ride and a couple of grub sessions, a few of us decided to hit up Sabor, for a “doos night out” (no aero). Best decision ever. Felipe was there, so he snapped a nice lil photo for us.
The craziest doos West of North Vietnam
I had the pleasure of watching these gents take on the whole damn scene! They were handling every female in the club, on the wall, floor, ottomans shooooot. Ahhh, Tuesday nights.
