6.22.2010

solstice

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with love

6.20.2010

diablito s24o

I rode up Diablo to my beloved spot for a solito s24o on Thursday.
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along Burma fireroad

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climbing with sunset

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raison d'ĂȘtre

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self-timed-portrait

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the milky way was out (summer!), but the lens i brought wasn't quite fast enough--you can make out the hourglass nebula (click on the photo and you'll see notable objects tagged in flickr).

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morning above the clouds

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we've had some good times

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rode down through the clouds...

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after descending diablo, I commuted through west contra costa, redwood park, and finally down 38th ave to my desk in fruitvale.

6.13.2010

my commute

the long way home, through redwood.
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steel bike, titanium spork

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home to this (taken by a fava loving friend)

6.11.2010

progress

rode a lot for work yesterday.
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nom nom nom nom nom nom

6.10.2010

le weekend

I flew home to celebrate the wedding of close friends, and did some riding while I was out there thanks to a loaned bicycle.
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david's bombadil with hetres

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stars from the airplane window, passing over small towns below

6.04.2010

the beginnings of a parking wonkout

I went to speak against parking limit decreases. There were but two of us, but it was a might as well say something moment. It was picked up by abetteroakland.com and I figured I'd share. This post is not a typical photo-heavy one. Parking policy should be part of active transportation advocacy and so I'm posting it just like the photos (which are often similar in intention).

Objections to weekend parking at Lake Merritt from V Smoothe on Vimeo.

6.03.2010

through big basin to san jose (3/3)

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we ran into some mutual friends, and packed 13 bikes onto an amtrak car for the ride home to jack london square (replete with burritos)

6.02.2010

half moon to above butano (2/3)

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morning in half moon bay

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we stopped at harley farms outside pescadero

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and passed along cloverdale to gazos creek, while our numbers swelled to five.

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gazos creek road

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monica gets it done

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and it heads up

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camped.

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monica's rambouillet

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6.01.2010

peninsula tour (day 1/3)

memorial presented a chance to share a tour amongst friends, so off we went for an adventure through half moon bay, butano, and big basin.
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climbing out of pacifica along old san pedro mountain rd, climactic setting for planet of the apes filming and a wonderful excuse not to ride devil's slide in favor of scenic beauty

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at the top

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yours truly, winding down

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adam drops it

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and looks good

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two good options here, one not so much

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i'm a sucker for...

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memorial day traffic jam on 1

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two wonderful people

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