I didn’t mean to become car-free in Silicon Valley. Like luck or love, it happened, literally, by accident – a glorified fender-bender at that. Rather than repair the twisted nose of my aging Ford Focus last March, the insurance company gave me a check for $6,800. I had three choices: 1) Buy another car. 2) […]
I’ve posted these photos of the Swobo Del Norte already, but I figure it’s worth a repeat with the hundreds of Swobo fans visiting me today. Here’s Erin riding the new Swobo Del Norte singlespeed bicycle. The Swobo Del Norte is an all steel singlespeed bicycle for urban riding, complete with fender and rack mounts. […]
It’s been good to meet up with several people in the big world of bicycling. This Web 2.0 thing is partly about social networking and it’s nifty to connect the world of the web with meat world while I was at the Tour of California race start in Sausalito today. Say hello to Bob Mionske, […]
First of all, a VERY QUICK CONTEST for SF South Bay people only TODAY (October 31) ONLY. It’s kind of a scavenger hunt: I’m volunteering at a game booth at the Blackford Neighborhood Community Fun Fest which takes place TONIGHT at First Church at 878 Boynton, San Jose, CA. The Fun Festival is tonight from […]
Wednesday, August 29th is a Spare the Air/Free Transit day in the San Francisco Bay Area. On BART, Caltrain, the ACE train and the ferries, transit will be free until 1 PM. Transit will be free all day on Bay Area buses and light rail. That means the train bike cars and bus and light […]
Tim “Masi Guy” Jackson has unveiled one of the new bikes in the 2008 lineup. The Masi Speciale SoulVille. This bike is simply gorgeous! This cruiser bike represents a shift to diversifying from Masi’s road and track racing heritage. “Let’s face it, road—more specifically race bikes—had to slow down eventually,” Jackson said. “The market is […]