SoCal Car-Lite Trip, Day 1: Ditch the car and Visit Santa Barbara

Started the day with a walk to get coffee. I beelined to a plaza where Starbucks was shown on the map but halfway there I saw The French Press coffee and diverted over. I had some really good coffee and a croissant: Afterwards I did some frugal traveler work and grabbed groceries to keep in […]

SoCal Car-Lite Trip, Day 0

Have long-discussed taking a trip down to LA for work. As part of the planning process I came across a “travel tips” document that said something to the effect of, “of course you need a car.” Me, replying to inanimate object: “Challenge Accepted.” Ironically I started this car-lite trip with a 250-mile one-way drive in […]

A utility cyclist goes road biking

Awhile back I bought a road bike: Since “steel is real” and my budget for a(nother) bike was fictional, I bought an old 70’s road bike. So far I have added new handlebars, some awesome fenders, and a new saddle. I *removed* a rack, making it my least-useful bike–one day I referred to it as […]

New Bike Day

Now witness the convivality of this fully ASSEMBLED and OPERATIONAL family triplet!

101 Underpass

Not even sure last time it rained but I saw an inch or two of water yesterday afternoon, plus some mud/goo.

Week of Big Bike

Going to try commuting on the awesome Workcycles Secret Service to ad a little variety this week.

Just hanging around

Stayed dry thanks to my Clever Hood raincape, wondering if this is our last rainstorm of the season.

errandonnee 2018: social call

Took the bike 3 miles to train and then walked to a social coffee visit with colleagues from out of town. Observed how extra green the hills are and how nice the south wind was when I was headed north (in contrast to last night when south wind was in my face!)

I Fancify My Site

Imported old posts from my everydaysanjose.blogspot.com days to here where I will continue my intermittent blogging about carrying coffee and other things by bike and expand to other topics such as carrying coffee by hand. I should put a quote here but I bet it will seem pretentious – Eric Zaiser

Rainy Week and First Flat Tire of 2018

I don’t really mind the rain. Strong wind + rain I could do without. The one downside to rain, especially around here, it that it tends to wash debris around and make it hard to dodge things like my pointy friend here: A perfectly-pointy rock or piece of chipped metal that lay in wait in […]