October 10, 2014Leave a Comment
Santa Cruz Bike Party starts 7 PM tonight at the Bike Church in Santa Cruz. The Bike Church is on Pacific Ave at Spruce, which is a block south of Laurel. The theme is pirates.
East Bay Bike Party also rolls tonight as 10-10-10,000 Zombies. They meet 7:30 PM at West Oakland BART.
Have fun, kids!
August 7, 20141 Comment on 3 foot law in the Sentinel
Stephen Baxter wrote a decent piece for the Sentinel about the three foot law coming into effect on September 16. There might be a quote in it from Yours Truly, and of course the usual reader comments following about the law breaking scofflaws that cyclists all are. They don’t provide any solutions, of course, so I’ll suggest my own: give all of those law-breaking cyclists a car, because more idiots in cars will make our roads safer, less congested, and better in every way!
July 22, 2014Leave a Comment
Ramona Turner’s “Street Smarts” column in the Sentinel addresses the issue of storing private property on public rights-of-way in Santa Cruz, while also discussion the multitude of scofflaw cyclists.
It occurs to me that a solution to the first issue presents itself.
July 1, 20146 Comments on Ride the steepest hill in your town
I’m endeavoring to Ride Every Road in my small town and log the rides to Strava. Some of you asked why I would do that. Mostly because it’s a reasonable goal for me, but a side benefit is finding a road like Grace Way in Scotts Valley.
June 4, 2014Leave a Comment
NTS Works in Santa Cruz gave me a shot at trying their new “Fat Free” ebike a few weeks ago.
NTS Works found Neal Saiki will discuss the features of this machine at tonight’s Santa Cruz Tech Meetup, which takes place at the Cruzio Green Building on Cedar Street beginning at 6 PM.
Before Neal talks about his ebike and gives one away to kick off a fund raiser for the Aptos High School Robotics Team, JoeBen Bevirt will talk about his latest mad scientist project. JoeBen made millions from his Gorillapod flexible camera mount (remember those?), bought a winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains and began research in alternative energy production using giant kites. His new thing, though, is this electric personal aircraft.
May 22, 2014Leave a Comment
I began this morning’s commute in the classic “May Gray” when inland high temperatures 100 miles away creates a pressure gradient, which sucks the “marine layer” of fog into the California coast. Here’s the view over the top of this layer from Mount Tamalpais this morning.
Sun's up. Warming top of marine layer clouds & elevations above 2000'. #bayarea pic.twitter.com/a1zbGjc3zB
— Mike Nicco (@MikeNiccoABC7) May 22, 2014