Oakley Jawbone.  Nice. For the first time in 35 years I’ve worn a pair of glasses on the ride I didn’t have to take off.  Every single pair of glasses I’ve ever worn has bugged me.  The single most annoying thing about glasses is the top of the frame;  it’s the only thing I see [...]

Serving:32g ~4 figs GU PyGmy sCröTs (Dried Figs) vs. GU (Goo) Calories 80 100 Total Fat 0.3g 0g Sodium 3mg 55mg Potassium 218mg 45mg Total Carb 19.73g 25g Sugars 16.8g 5g Protein 1.06g 0g Vitamin C .4mg ~82mg Vitamin E .11mg 14mg Calcium 52mg 2mg Magnesium 22mg NA You be the judge. One GU (32 [...]

My training journal tells me I rode over 1500 miles in 2010 doing short errands by bicycle.  According to the League of American Cyclists: There are more people riding bikes than ever. Yet half of all U.S. trips are three miles or less, and more than 90 percent are made by car. The National Bike [...]

The work of photographer Timm Kölln is worth the effort of a click to visit. Mr. Kölln has also produced a very cool book that would grace any cyclist’s coffee table: The Peloton.  Here’s an example from page 4 of  the The Peloton – Robbie McEwen. As you can see, the photos are in the [...]

Today was the first leg of the Tortuga 500: San Jose to Monterey. The boys (28 dressed head to toe in LaHabra Chronic Taco kits)  headed over the coastal range into Santa Cruz via Hwy 17. Someone was apparently offended and took note of the kits, navigated to the website,  saw the post on LaHabra [...]

Below is a letter written by a Long Beach resident, Mr. William Burkett, to the editors at the Long Beach Press Telegram in response to sports columnist Doug Krikorian’s remark about his frustration with cyclists riding down 2nd St. on the sharrows, slowing traffic, which appeared  in his column posted March 5th.  Mr. Burkett feels [...]

The tribe is embarking on a 4 day ride from San Jose to Long Beach;  28 bikes locked and loaded. The event was originally scheduled to depart three weeks ago and postponed due to a storm .  At that time 40 people were committed to the ride but the delay and the disappointment of the [...]

The powerful , long standing, incumbent Los Angeles city councilman, Tom LaBonge, wins again.  If you read (red) the LA Weekly article (see post below) you’d have discovered that Mr. LaBonge embraced cycling advocacy too.  He’s a savy politico and’s got quite a following.  Lots o’People love Mr. LaBonge. When’s he running for major? Visit [...]

FredDiEgo Custom Bicycle sHow! First stop Solana Beach, drink beer and take the freaking train south to the city;  fooget mr. bLue vEst pYgmy scRot; we just side-sTep’em;  while he’s pissing north, we’re heading south.  Easy sailing since no one’s on the train going south at that time.  After enough beers, who cares anyway.  If [...]

Today is the Los Angeles city elections.  Let’s see if the bike advocate, Stephen Box, upsets the powerful incumbent, Tom LaBonge. Story has it, Box become an advocate for bicycling in Los Angeles after nearly being hit by a bus while riding his bike in the city.  It’s a popular story these days that Major [...]