Thursday, January 29, 2009

Spring.


Cannot get here soon enough.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

goalz....

next year, no car. I hate them. I have two bikes, what else do i need to get around. i can stay warm. Yeah, it was -11 this morning but others do it, I can find a way. Buy warm clothes, that is my new motto.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

New Parts

Well after having the LHT on the trainer for a couple weeks it became painfully (literally) clear Ive got some fit issues on this bike. So thats all the motivation I needed to start upgrading the ass/bicycle interface. First step, zero setback seatpost puttin me bout an inch further forward. Feels like its supposed to. Picked up this Thomson from Bike Masters, the guy was good enough to pull it off his own cross check he was building and sell it to me. Next step, a black Brooks B-17 saddle.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

1st ride of the year + gear review.

Set out this afternoon planning on riding up to dodge park, but as usual I didn't bother checking the weather and was woefully under dresses for the wind. So I headed east to CB hoping for at least marginally better conditions. Only rode for bout an hour and a half.. didn't take much before I was hurtin. I'm not sure I even sat on a bike in December.



The good thing about today's short and boring ride was that I finally got to test out the new tires, hat, and pants I got for this winter. The tires, some maxxis cross tires I got at extreme were pretty good in the snow. Not that this snow was a big deal by any means, but juding by the tracks in the snow I had a lot better luck than the cyclists that came before me. The 02 rain pants I got worked pretty well over a pair of tights. Not as warm as I hoped, but with shoe covers on, I was bone dry. And the new hat I bought? Almost awesome. Its a insulated cycling catp I got from the trek store. Looks cool, pretty warm, but just not big enough to cover my dome and ears. Looks cool, but one size fits everyone but me.

Friday, January 9, 2009

little san jose ride

hi, i'm wade. i ride a bike, sometimes.

i was hoping to make my first post a super good one, but um. maybe next time! instead, i'm relating a small trip i made this morning to file some handgun related documents in my new state of residence.

here's the route i took, it's just under 3 miles and quite flat.

my first stop was at Mi Pueblo market, to pick up a money order for $19. it's a sweet little grocery, with a huge selection of awesomely fresh meats and produce. there's a little tent outside where they peddle grilled chorizo and other yummies.

on the way to stop and put some air in my front tire after leaving the grocery (i need to invest in a good pump), i saw this interestingly customized bike.. it's way cooler than mine.



then to the SJSU library, to print the docs.



after stopping at the local geek hangout to inquire about upcoming M:tG tournaments, it's back to Japan Town, or Nihonmachi. there's a really neat Buddhist temple thing there.



and i'm home.



soon i'll hit some nice trails or try a commute to my office up in Mountain View, and actually bring my real camera. it'll rock.

until then!

Friday, January 2, 2009

Saturday Ride



Leaving Hillside 10'ish and headin over to exteme winter fest in cb. Short easy ride to go say whats up to team extreme. On another note of boredom, been thinking about starting another blog about old houses. I love bikes. I love old houses. Basically Im lookin for an excuse to go take pictures of houses and write about it. For today-- Hillside then and now. I need to go out and line this photo up, these are real nice old apartments, but the house they knocked down to build them was ridiculous. And wtf is up with this formatting, sometimes i hate blogger soo much. Guess its time to man up and start doing this in dreamweaver or start from scratch using ruby like bob told me to.