5.29.2008
storms! storms!
warnings and touchdowns and hails and winds and tornadoes and counties being listed off and my cat's watching a mosquito killer making circles on the ceiling
5.28.2008
5.27.2008
Ok, I'm Conflicted
I love that my pick for president includes smart growth and things like bicycles into his transportation platform. (Especially after the current Secretary of Transportation claimed that bikes and pedestrians "weren't actually forms of transportation.")
But making spoke cards? C'mon.
But making spoke cards? C'mon.
5.26.2008
memorially riding day bikes
This morning, Felice, Mathias, and I headed out on city trails for a good long ride. Near my house, we saw lots of downed trees from last night's storm.
The 60+ mph wind gusts made the trees look like this, even with a fast shutter speed. My neighbor, however, was so committed to finishing her yard work that she was out with her LEAF BLOWER.
Once we got into the suburbs, the erosive properties of new development and empty lots filled the underpasses with an inch of mud.
Levels of bike gear appropriateness for conditions:
Mathias -- Kona dr. dew with disc brakes, off-road tires
Felice -- Surly cross check with fenders, cross tires
Me -- Bertoni roadie, slick tires
I managed to stay on the bike through it all, but at the end of the trail, as we walked up the 30 or so feet to the street, both Felice and I got so much mud caked to our brake calipers/fenders that our wheels no longer rotated. As we pulled off handfuls of mud, Mathias threw more at us. About a mile later, on another mud slick, we considered going mud sliding on the sidewalk along 84th street. We chose to throw mud at each other instead.
Once we got home, I was too Germanically driven to clean off my bike to take photos of the muddiness. Apologies. Here's video of the tree in my front yard, instead.
Wind Storm from nocoastfilms on Vimeo.
The 60+ mph wind gusts made the trees look like this, even with a fast shutter speed. My neighbor, however, was so committed to finishing her yard work that she was out with her LEAF BLOWER.
Once we got into the suburbs, the erosive properties of new development and empty lots filled the underpasses with an inch of mud.
Levels of bike gear appropriateness for conditions:
Mathias -- Kona dr. dew with disc brakes, off-road tires
Felice -- Surly cross check with fenders, cross tires
Me -- Bertoni roadie, slick tires
I managed to stay on the bike through it all, but at the end of the trail, as we walked up the 30 or so feet to the street, both Felice and I got so much mud caked to our brake calipers/fenders that our wheels no longer rotated. As we pulled off handfuls of mud, Mathias threw more at us. About a mile later, on another mud slick, we considered going mud sliding on the sidewalk along 84th street. We chose to throw mud at each other instead.
Once we got home, I was too Germanically driven to clean off my bike to take photos of the muddiness. Apologies. Here's video of the tree in my front yard, instead.
Wind Storm from nocoastfilms on Vimeo.
5.21.2008
Room for One Color
Taken at the Olafur Eliasson exhibit at SFMoMA in January.
People look nice under one color of light.
5.17.2008
Bike to Work Day 2008
Since pretty much every day is bike to work day for me, going on over a year now, yesterday was nothing too exceptional. I did, however, have to strap some additional gear on my bag in preparation for camping.
5.15.2008
5.10.2008
Lunch
Egg Salad Sandwiches (to make 3)
Olive Bread from Le Quartier
3 Eggs, hard-boiled
about a 1/4 lb. of Pea Shoots
Olive Oil
Salt
Pepper
Dash of Vinegar
Eat.
5.08.2008
Bike to Work Week
Next week (May 12-18) is Bike to Work Week. Too bad we don't have this kind of parking...
5.02.2008
This Made Me Laugh Out Loud
On my commute home today, I nearly ran over a squirrel's tail. ON A BIKE! I started giggling and said "Whoa!"
5.01.2008
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