This post may be relevant to an audience of one–myself–but I’m posting in case it’s helpful to anyone else.  I’ve biked to the airport but I don’t go there frequently enough to consistently remember where the access point to the Guadalupe River trail is, so here are my notes. SJC’s website mentions bicycle and pedestrian […]

Last fall, I went shopping for e-bikes after getting sick of bike+train.  Given the upfront investment I wanted to find a way to test my commute and day-to-day riding without buying an e-bike first.  I tested a large swath of my commute on test rides and test-rode numerous nice ebikes but needed a longer term […]

If you’re me, you’ve been secretly worried that you’ll get a flat tire on your cargo bike.  I’ve taken the kr8 1000+ miles with no problems until today. It’s right to be ready since flats are inevitable but worrying is overrated.  I was worried it will happen when I was out without my tools.  It did […]

It started out great enough: croissants and pourover coffee at B2 – Bellano Coffee at San Pedro Square.  The weather was cloudy and it was nice and quiet.  The kids even behaved long enough for me to drink almost half my coffee. Both halves of my coffee   Kids behaving.  Wish my dog was that […]

I have DOUBLED my #coffeeneuring performance this year by remembering to continue coffeeneuring. Today’s stop was an on-the-fly attempt to grab espresso on the way to catch the train at Diridon (a little in-between coffee to supplement the coffee I had at home this morning before I drink additional coffee on the train). Also, I actually […]

Fancy hi-tech gear review: the Brompton Basket.  I like it. Basket showing packing cube of commute essentials and a cooler bag for shopping As Mumford so eloquently put it in “Technics and the Nature of Man” (Technology and Culture, Vol. 7 No. 3 (Summer, 1966)): Even in describing only the material components of technics, this […]

Trying #coffeeneuring again this year.  Given the amount of bike riding and coffee drinking I do this should be a no-brainer.  Starting this morning at Caffe Frascati with cargo bike #coffeeneuring with my favorite cargo:

3.5 miles is always worth it to grab coffee at the always-great Bel Bacio.  Super easy bike parking + easy access to Guadalupe River trail.