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Here is a picture of my buddy Alvin after doing a ride to the Gilroy Garlic Festival in the blazing sun. Take notice of those two-toned arms.
A group of about 10 of us made our way down from San Francisco to San Jose. We took the train up, only to find out that we got succc’ed twice on board. Matt had dookie on his shoe, and my hydration pouch was leaking all over my backpack. All good, because the Sharks were going to win later on that night right? Wrong.
One of the best vegetarian spots in downtown San Jose (or San Jose in general) is Tofoo Com Chay. When I am sick, or on chilly days, the Spicy Noodle soup seriously is da succccculent. Clears up your nasal passages like no other. It’s also easy on the stomach, so you can ride almost immediately afterward.
Five of us rode out to Dave and Buster’s to meet up with everyone for Tricia’s birthday. I love DnB’s because they have this game where you have to time yourself to get this moving light, and I hit the jackpot three times. Hahaha.
A few of us hit up China Palace afterward for some Chinese on the cheaps. Oh da succ.
The Amnesty International show is going on right now at Works Gallery, so I helped out with some of the logistics for the exhibit.
A small group of us rode out to Hellyer Velodrome to cheer on a few of our guys at the track. Jun just came back from Japan with a new toy. Starf*ckers to the max!
With daylight savings time in full effect, and good weather, last night’s Tuesday night crowd was the biggest we’ve had in a while. Granted, not everyone made it out to the ride, which consisted of Yerba Buena and Fowler Park.
After our meal at 4th St. Pizza, Dennis stuffed his medium sized Freight Baggage with the whole entire Rock Band kit.
A few of us went on a thrift ride on Sunday. Perfect weather for a stroll down San Carlos.
You ever get those urges to eat super healthy to detox your system after weeks of nonstop abuse? I don’t. Rubi suggested that we ride out to get some frozen yogurt in Santa Clara, but what was supposed to be a one stop grab n go turned into a 3 stop trifecta of gluttony. First we hit up Seniores (?) for some pizza goodness, I almost cried because I dropped my slice. Then we rolled over to Frozo/Froyo or whatever for some yogurt by the kilo. If that wasn’t enough, Tim’s sweet tooth took over, and we splurged at Queen’s 24 hour donut shoppe.
Also, a picture of Ryan’s riser bars imploding from riding nonchalantly. His hand was bleeding all over.
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.
Let’s see, Halley was having one of those not party parties at her house, so we all gathered around for the typical fun and festivities. There was plenty of aero stuff going on, like knitting and baking, so we had to even it out by grilling some man meat.
After we had enough grub and fun, we rode over to Kaleid Gallery for the art showing they had over there. Because we all know about art. We even instituted our own art piece, by bike piling right up against the glass for all to see. Then it was on to South 1st Street Billiards for some pool and PONG. Finished the night with another great show by Case in Theory. Ahhhhhh, unemployment gooood.
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.
Sorry for not posting on a regular basis as of late, a lot has happened. For one thing I got laid. Off. Last week I just became a statistic, part of the 7.2% unemployment rate that has consumed America. So what’s a guy to do? Starting last Friday, which was my last day at work, I’ve been riding like crazy. Riding the hills, the city, the peninsula, south bay, etc.
I keep mentioning to people that it’s almost as if I’ve been given the gift of time. Time to relax, and think about what I really want to do. I’m fortunate to be fairly young, without any family or kids to provide for. I have enough saved up for a little while, thanks to my emergency fund. The lifestyle I have been leading has been quite frugal, so being without work for a short while will not really affect me all that much.
I’ll leave you with a few pictures from some of the rides I’ve done in the past few days.
Photo by Pavel
Photo by Pavel
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.
Started the day off with a Ride-n-Rail up to the city (read: took bikes on caltrain and traveled to San Francisco), did a loop short loop around the Embarcadero, and got attacked by a huge mechanical spider.
Wat da suc doo?!??
It was an absolute gorgeous day in San Francisco, and all I had was my stupid point and shoot camera again.
Worked up an appetite by then, so we headed over to….the Oldest Slot Machine Video Games Manual Hand Crank Devices Museum.
By then I was seriously hungry, but we couldn’t eat just yet. We came across the biggest gathering of Santas south of the north pole, and got a good view of Santa from behind.
After that we finally were able to grab some food, where Bennett hooked it up by way of his broken Cantonese. Can I get a shieng sha jee jee?
where you want to eat doo?
The holiday season isn’t truly complete without some lame lame lame sweaters and White Elephant!
I'm Jared, and i hook it up ariiiiight??!?
Hey you slap da jack doo!
By the end of the night, the true manifestation of my idiocracy had been fully revealed to all. Bravo peoples, bravo.
I seriously look like an idiot 100% of the time; except right here.
