cosmic country

pescadero

2012-01-23T12:08:00.001-08:00

it rained for the ride home, via old la honda

bye (2 | 2)

2012-01-16T14:02:00.000-08:00

early start

sunrise

up and over tam on dirt

bye jay (1 | 2)

2012-01-15T16:26:00.000-08:00

walking

sunset

summary

steep ravine

2012-01-03T19:00:00.000-08:00

riding through the headlands at sunset

miwok drop

to the sea

tidepooling by night

sunrise, view from my bag

stitched panorama_50mm prime
fullsize

stickly creature

dirt all the way home

riding home (2 | 2)

2011-12-21T09:52:00.001-08:00

sunrise above the clouds

wound home through shell ridge

trails through joaquin

mt diablo overnight (1 | 2)

2011-12-20T19:09:00.001-08:00

rode out late after work and hit the trails

ribbon

essence of the nightklunk

figure ground

at camp

half moon bay s24o

2011-12-05T15:14:00.001-08:00

purisima creek

rust never sleeps

joaquin

2011-11-28T12:30:00.001-08:00

tam|headlands morning

2011-11-25T16:57:00.001-08:00

back in studio after a muddy afternoon in tilden, photos instead from october summer.

shell ridge > sam p s72o-vaganza

2011-11-14T11:39:00.001-08:00

todd howling at the moon

morning

riding down from high camp

rejoined the group. todd and adam decided to join me on a very very long ride through sonoma and napa to reach sam p taylor in the heart of marin.

americana

section, abandoned hwy

ugly bridge, good people heading north.

some serious exploration of tidal marshes, canals, abandoned train tracks.

met carrie at sam p, who just was rolling home after a solo tour down the coast (rad)

home.

headlands s24o

2011-11-13T13:25:00.001-08:00

out to the sea

diablo klunk

2011-11-11T17:23:00.001-08:00

early morning ride up the hill

warm weather sunset later that day

mines rd (3 | 3)

2011-11-10T13:15:00.001-08:00

rained all night

we had set up camp early on an easement above the roadway where it cut the pass to dry

sunlight would punch against ominous storm clouds all day

goats and goat-people

hamilton summit > mines rd (2 | 3)

2011-11-08T11:54:00.000-08:00

morning in grant park

stash oak

greys

rode up and out onto the upper flank of mt hamilton

occupy mt hamilton

watercolor on the peak

it was around freezing up there

dropping onto mines rd to the east

definitely fall

hamilton mines s72o (1 | 3)

2011-11-06T15:17:00.000-08:00

barted out to fremont friday afternoon and headed south

climbing up hamilton

got lost on dirt and set up camp

alex firetested his marathon duremes

...

several times.

Kings Canyon > Visalia via Generals Hwy (17 | 19)

2011-11-03T10:33:00.000-07:00

Another long day with an amazing descent out of the mountains.

quintessential sequoia country, including sherman.

kings canyon ascent (16 | 19)

2011-10-09T23:59:00.000-07:00

Started at 750ft. Ended at 8500. 6000ft on dirt. 3000 on pavement.

sweating it out. we descended the furthest ridge in the background the day before.

back to the sequoia

shaver lake to kings river (15 | 19)

2011-10-04T18:12:00.000-07:00

this was a magic day

scale

scale

ready for the country

after this giant sequoia encounter, we pointed our bikes onto dirt roads and trails that would take us from 7500 feet to 750, in the midst of kings canyon. about as epic as it comes (it's also easier to take photos on days that aren't 10000+ft of climbing across 100 miles of 90 degree weather).

klunkin toward the canyon

klunkin down gravel

look close: kings river in the bottom right and snowy peaks up above

the sorts of features to behold in this empty wilderness

it's hard not to sound like a surfer when talking about this

sunset

scale|alex is the black speck in the switchback

west

it was fairly sweet for some while

dropping it

the valley was also dropping it

halfway down:more scale

fin

fish camp to shaver lake (14 | 19)

2011-09-27T23:36:00.000-07:00

not pictured: 3 course breakfast and 4000 feet of climbing to bass lake

alex's ride, long-chainstay era mb-1

not pictured: 7000 feet of climbing to shaver lake up "the grade" (6 lane hwy with a no ac warning sign)

pictured: long day celebrations

sharing the cosmos

tuolumne meadows to wanona via yosemite valley (13 |19)

2011-09-25T13:43:00.000-07:00

a festival of granite

near olmsted point

half dome

the valley

alex would join me for the remainder of the tour...

sorry for the downtime between posts, i've been moving my computer and unable: back online now

sawmill to tuolumne (12 | 19)

2011-09-18T16:35:00.000-07:00

huge car traffic, smog in the valley, and lightly-used shuttles...

since I'd be meeting alex the next day in the valley, i had all day to climb and explore the meadows

mono lake > mt conness (12 | 19)

2011-09-16T16:19:00.000-07:00

starting up tioga

dirt

self-portrait, seemed worthwhile in a place like this

reached sawmill camp, dropped the bike and started out on foot to summit mt conness

triumvirate

bouldering

you can see the couloir behind my right hand, but climbing up there by myself without an ice axe seemed unreasonable (not to mention chacos)

parametrics

wet

I

II

III

apparently that wasn't enough to be tired, so I rode into tuolumne to get some firewood: those photos will come later.

one of my favorite cosmos photos yet:
the moon rose just as I took this photo--lighting the mountain but not obscuring the milky way.

travertine > mono lake (11 | 19)

2011-09-15T00:28:00.000-07:00

descending another pass to mono lakemono panorama: full size

bootleg > travertine hot springs (10 | 19)

2011-09-12T22:57:00.000-07:00

continued on 395 to bridgeport, land of 2.99 all you can eat pancakes and coffee travertine hot springs: good compliment to several days of pass hunting.

luther pass > monitor pass > bootleg campground (9 | 19)

2011-09-09T13:59:00.000-07:00

expansive views.

sunrise.

a second perspective, this campsite... so wonderful.

back on the abandoned road

plummeting downhill with the river

nearing monitor pass after a 3 course breakfast

signs like these... another favorite was "avoid overheating, turn off air conditioner"

high country meadows

yours truly

tourist

this descent... oh my.

into the desert on 395: heading toward camp

a bright moon

donner > luther pass, dispersed camp (8 | 19)

2011-09-07T18:50:00.000-07:00

along tahoe

heading south towards luther pass

alongside an abandoned macadam road in luther pass

camped here

in a field of sage

luther pass

sulphur creek > sierraville (5 | 19)

2011-09-06T10:54:00.001-07:00

an easy day of high plains drifting to some hot springs outside of sierraville

nadie pero yo

indian valley > sulphur creek dispersed camp (4 | 19)

2011-09-03T06:00:00.000-07:00

fog on the valley floor

89 just beyond lake almanor

up in the hills near sulphur creek, plumas forest

made camp here

lassen > indian creek stealth camp (3 | 19)

2011-09-02T00:59:00.000-07:00

roads to ride

kings meadow

approaching the pass

topped out

lake helen panoramic: full size

lake helen: frosty

geothermal

outside the park, from 89

the view from camp, indian creek valley

latour > lassen national park, summit lake camp (2 | 19)

2011-09-01T15:58:00.000-07:00

morning: today's ride would get me to higher elevations aside lassen, i climbed the last couple saddles and passes that would take me there. on dirt until i reached the park.

shasta

latour state demonstration forest, backcountry

closer to lassen

climbing lassen, crossing upper hat creek

good tasting water, good feeling water

laundry at 7000ft

favorite appetizer and flavor supplement

camping at the snow line. not pictured: millions of aggressive mosquitos

curls

curl

dragon

registered campground: family time

dusk

lassen lit by ol' waxing gibbous

melting snow

redding > latour state demonstration forest, dispersed camp (1 | 19)

2011-08-30T14:07:00.000-07:00

On 08.05.11, I boarded the early morning amtrak and rode to redding. Wheeling out of the station around 3pm, I headed out for 3 weeks of touring adventure along the high sierra upon my trusty rivendell atlantis. First things first, there was hundred degree heat to contend with before I reached those cooler climes.

my first waypoint, lassen peak, visible over the lower ranges.

turning onto bateman road around 3000 ft, from which i would gain hwy 89 through a series of dirt forest roads that topped out around 6000ft

filtering water on my way up. camp that night would be set up in the dark alongside the trail: a long train/bus ride along with 40 miles continually climbing in the heat made for easy dreams.

...and we're back!

2011-08-30T13:58:00.000-07:00

With three weeks of touring photos riding the spine of the sierra, north to south, I'm excited to share my travels with you.

Day 1: oakland [amtrak] redding > latour state demonstration forest, dispersed camp
Day 2: latour > lassen national park, summit lake campground
Day 3: lassen > indian valley, stealth camp
Day 4: indian valley > sulphur creek, dispersed camp
Day 5: sulfur creek > sierraville hotsprings
Day 6: hotsprings lazy day (camera break)
Day 7: sierraville > donner, porch (camera break)
Day 8: donner > luther pass, dispersed camp
Day 9: luther pass > bootleg campground
Day 10: bootleg > travertine hotsprings
Day 11: travertine > campground at bottom of tioga pass
Day 12: tioga bottom > sawmill campground
Day 13: sawmill > tuolumne meadows backpacker
Day 14: tuolumne > fish camp campground
Day 15: fish camp > shaver lake
Day 16: shaver > camp 4, kings river
Day 17: camp 4 > grant grove
Day 18: grant grove > visalia
Day 19: visalia [amtrak] oakland

"are you ready for the country?"

2011-08-04T13:54:00.000-07:00

because it's time to go.

~see you around the 25th~

joaquin | wheelbuild

2011-07-29T19:03:00.000-07:00

an early morning klunk

built a wheel later that night, rigged a simple timelapse. no more broken freewheels on the trail.

tamalpais night riding | s24o

2011-07-25T11:58:00.001-07:00

climbed tam via old railroad grade, the beginning of a carfree ride thanks to trails and sunset road closures across all roads in the park.

the fog was gorgeous

looking back from whence we came.

a favorite

dinner at west point

we pushed on for the summit, and climbed to the saddle between east and west peaks by trail

west peak radar dome, 2574 ft.

surreal views

surreal II

summer triangle

ridgecrest road|rode without lights

moving down bolinas ridge at night. stopped after much enjoyment around 4am and made camp.

3 hours later, woke up to a wolf spider sleeping next to me and broke camp

why i use fenders

bolinas ridge

high performance footwear, looking good alex

Shortly hereafter my 3rd freewheel of the past year imploded, sealing the deal for my migration to cassettes. IRD is junk--this time the smallest chainring (which is the threaded lockring) snapped in two under load. This let all my cogs spill sideways and fail to engage the splines. i fixed it by finding a combo with a perfect chainline and carefully rethreaded the lockcog (no sideways strain to pop that cog off), but this combined with two! chain breaks (only 500ish miles on this chain, too) forced me to use the granny gear up front. I rode home with a 24x26 and the amazing towing work of alex. Literally--sam p. taylor to larkspur ferry. He pulled me. We meet up with a great group of women (on a ladies' ride to sam p taylor), hit up a swimming hole, and then found the ferry.

alex recreates the disappointment at the ferry building

kelly

diablo

2011-07-21T21:40:00.000-07:00

headed up diablo before work earlier this week: nice change of photographic pace when i swapped out the mainstay zoom and threw my 50mm prime back on.

tilden

2011-07-15T22:50:00.000-07:00

rode into the fog with justin on an s24o turned night ride since you can do that.

I

II

III

golden

armstrong redwoods (5 | 5)

2011-07-11T21:48:00.000-07:00

grain

canopy

g and c

greyscale

king's ridge (4 | 5)

2011-07-08T15:10:00.000-07:00

woke up early to explore a 65 mile loop of amazing backcountry before it got too hot. lots of folks seem to consider this road one of the best around, and i'm partial to agree. amazing terrain, often an 8' wide ribbon of pavement, redwoods, oaks, ocean.

beginning the climb out of the river valley from cazadero

lots of steep climbing to reach the ridge

out of the woods, ribbon road and 360 degree views

cruising on up

always wonder about the story of the folks who left places like these.

turning onto hauser

back up and onto the top of meyers grade

in 2 miles this fellow drops from 1500-2000 feet to the floor of russian gulch on hwy 1

like the peak of a rollercoaster

the bottom of russian gulch (too fun to stop that descent and take a photo of the gulch, even if wonderfully beautiful)

back down 1 to 116, which meanders back to guerneville.

russian river (3 | 5)

2011-07-07T02:00:00.000-07:00

exploring the valley

sam p > guerneville (2 | 5)

2011-07-06T10:42:00.000-07:00

rode 1 along tomales bay

county roads are usually more interesting

elephant rock

bohemian hwy

spent the afternoon swimming here

russian river holiday (1 | 5)

2011-07-05T17:27:00.000-07:00

rode up to the guerneville to spend the holiday with friends. left thursday and spent the night at sam p.

ventana wilderness: riding out (3 | 3)

2011-06-22T17:58:00.000-07:00

morning

anyone recognize this plant?

arroyo seco gorge

steinbeck country

public health outreach in king city...

this was one of my favorite rides to date, highly recommended.

ventana wilderness: arroyo seco (2 | 3)

2011-06-21T10:48:00.000-07:00

morning

heading north for arroyo seco, a long-unmaintained 20 mile stretch of road that hugs the sides of mountains in the ventana wilderness.

butterflies hanging out around the stream

climbing arroyo seco

yellow flowers were our companion

yours truly

pioneering

spring-fed grotto, we showered!

looking east from a saddle, out of the wilderness

slide

looking west across the river valley

we descended and set up camp next to the arroyo seco

suspension bridge for the trail

parametric bench

arroyo seco

ventana wilderness (1 | 3)

2011-06-20T20:43:00.000-07:00

finished the build on carrie's a homer hilsen the night before departure. With a great set of friends: alex, carrie, and justin, we took amtrak to king city and headed for the southern edge of the ventana wilderness.

pacelining: we are very serious.

we garnered distinct interest from the bovine set.

there were several abandoned buildings along the route.

inside

rust never sleeps

grading highways directly over passes: one of many annoying things done by traffic engineers.

contrasts

the historic dutton hotel.

structure

space

we took a break in the heart of ft hunter liggett at a mission-style hotel, built by hearst and designed by julia morgan, la hacienda. the tiny town of jolon is also home to a historic mission. No photos, in hindsight I was generally creeped out by being on the base, and didn't feel too inspired to pull it out. Another thing about the base, it's territory contains the entire population of santa lucia mint: a severely endangered species endemic to vernal pools there. Watch where you march, I guess... Anyway; we pushed on.

keeping it stylish

almost off the base and into the wilderness where we'd spend the night.

cruising.

rock formation, seen from our camp.

travelers.

diablito s24olito (2 | 2)

2011-06-14T11:00:00.000-07:00

morning

mine, yields mineral used in highway asphalt

decaying flowers

bumble

marked

nebulous 2

interlocked

descending

streams were still full

redwing

dozens of fordings

diablito s24olito (1 | 2)

2011-06-13T23:40:00.000-07:00

mt diablo was pretty, if not a bit rainy, earlier this week. i was hoping to repeat last year's june solo trip up the mountain: so i went for the night. not too hot, with flowers and plants entering their summer phases and lots of water still flowing down the mountain.

the moon was nicely placed

sunset

tam

diablo summit

2011-06-06T16:28:00.000-07:00

rode up in intermittent rain

beautiful cloud textures

approaching those textures

socked in a rain cloud at the summit

s12o

2011-05-30T16:40:00.000-07:00

left after 11pm, a quick ride out to redwood.

climbing

foresting

slime-ing

descending

oat hill trailing (2 |2)

2011-05-24T17:55:00.000-07:00

morning dew

camp

structure

fuzzy

fog lifting

started moving up the trail around 9 or 10, and it was already warming up fast.

It quickly became clear that the "rock gardens" i had been warned about were real, and that this was turning out to be pretty gnarly terrain. i was already 4 miles or so in, so I figured I'd just keep pushing instead of bailing for the road far below.

amazing views around every corner

you can see the trail traversing the slope in this frame

then it went to this entirely...

see the wagon ruts!

atlantis perched in said ruts.

getting hotter still, it became a head down bike push for the last mile or so before the ruins of

helm's hold: situated in the strategically important saddle of the mountain pass. i stopped for lunch.

alligator pose

ruins

lots of friends about

turned out that the palisades trail involved even more bouldering--not fun with a loaded bicycle on your shoulder--so i turned around and decided to complete the traverse by staying on oat hill road which appeared to be ridable. it would mean more road riding after that, but at this point i wanted to just ride instead of carry/push.

looking down onto pope valley road near aetna springs road, my new destination.

lots of pretty rock formations

slick rock riding at times,

spring stream riding at times,

and occasionally hefting my bicycle over boulder fields,

i finally made it onto aetna springs road, which dropped a couple thousand feet on gravel, much fun.

the remainder of the ride was some twenty miles of non-serviced riding climbing out of pope valley via butts canyon road and reaching middletown.

2 days at hot springs were worth it.

wild oat (1 | 2)

2011-05-23T07:31:00.001-07:00

Oat hill near the outset (just barely enough light for photos). I could ride this with some effort, but it only got rockier from here. The atlantis and 40mm schwalbe tires gave no issues (as always), which is nice (as always).

expansive views kept me moving while the sun set.

camped high enough to get the last bit of sunset.

easily one of the best night skies within a day's ride

wild oat (.5 | 2)

2011-05-22T19:40:00.000-07:00

I jumped on the ferry to vallejo after work:

my heading was oat hill trail, which climbs to a pass adjacent to hwy 29 out of napa valley.

futureshock | vallejo

About 40 miles to oat hill, all fast road riding on the beautiful silverado trail;

then came real trails...

about

2011-05-14T14:19:00.000-07:00

fun with skinny tires

hawk hill s24o (2|2)

2011-05-08T12:55:00.000-07:00

morning

morning pods

morning rods

morning sods

morning nær

morning where

morning hare

doble hare

sunrise

back to camp after a hike

breakfast, freshly ground coffee to preserve the volatiles

fancy bike

yellow

spider

adam rides

it's spring, hence my flower/plant posting frequency

bridgelands

fields

doble fields

gabriel and may

climbing back up to conzelman

obligatory bridge shot.

nice to be camping again!

hawk hill s24o (1|2)

2011-05-07T13:16:00.000-07:00

a quick overnighter out to the marin headlands

trail to camp

climbing up at dusk

moon

light pollution (hence the few stars in the field above), but a nice view from the bag

briones adventure

2011-05-06T12:05:00.000-07:00

quite a posse gathered the weekend 'fore last: headed out through briones for some mixed terrain madness from the south to the north end of the park and a bit of the three bears loop on our way back home through alhambra valley rd as the connection.

lots of beautiful trails, lots of photos.

adam gray, teen dream.

anna's beautiful centurion

the ride was punctuated by my freewheel jamming completely in the middle of briones--hard to ride a fixed gear offroad when you can't put weight on the pedals. forced pedaling all the way home. i ride way more than i maintain or clean.

looking close you can see justin, of post-car press, is throwing them the biker handlebared-rested wave.

lots of wildflowers out along alhambra valley and the bears loop

behind on this blog and in a bit of pain from an inflammation 'round my sciatic nerve: both i think due to spending 30-40 hours at a time crouched over my drafting table to finish my work. masochism is only fun for so long: going to avoid repeating that mistake in the future and slowly recovering. good things. stay tuned: it's summer!

morgan territory

2011-04-21T12:21:00.000-07:00

not many territories around these days, rode through one along with a great group last saturday

nice to have shade climbing up

an ideal descent

catching up

2011-04-21T12:11:00.000-07:00

there's currently a photographic backlog...

joaquin

redwood

spring continues...

standing still, floating fast | hummingbird

2011-04-15T23:28:00.000-07:00

birthday weekend (1|2)

2011-04-04T09:37:00.000-07:00

your humble narrator celebrated his birthday this weekend with a trip to briones with a lovely cohort of at least 40 people

riding to the campsite

scrambling around cow pies on our way to the sky

place

wonderful people

this helicopter played the antagonist in our escape from dystopia plot for a bit, but i suppose they decided we were in fact harmless

far away cyclist

happy

sun

shadows moving across the hillside

cows moving across the hillside

look at these two

sunset

heading down

but wait! adams and lulu have arrived!

frog

lots of folks, more than a couple birthdays

adam beds

birthday weekend (2|2)

2011-04-03T09:50:00.000-07:00

morning

riding back to the main camp where delicious foods awaited

"this tree and i are made of the same stuff" ~carl sagan

back again

bicipause

vibrant colors

roadside wildflowers

warming up, cresting a hill

riding toward pinehurst

joaquin miller singletrack, because you have to go downhill somehow.

if that wasn't enough, i came back to oakland and celebrated the anniversary of vajda's urban farming paradise; test ride farms. many more wonderful people and a lovely garden party.

thanks to everyone who helped make this weekend one of my best.

it's nice

2011-04-02T08:03:00.001-07:00

sprung

2011-04-01T09:09:00.000-07:00

woke up early wednesday for a sunrise ride spent amongst the green fragrant spring hills.

taken from the balcony outside my studio, later that day.

2011-03-28T12:29:00.000-07:00

even if the art deco lamps are better here, copenhagen was much more livable for me. ready to come home (tomorrow!).

sketches

2011-03-27T10:10:00.001-07:00

fast-sloppy, but i figured today could be photo free.

amsterdam

2011-03-26T12:22:00.000-07:00

market

spinoza!

ørestad

2011-03-25T00:51:00.000-07:00

~friday~

you play this mural like twister.
supportive/assisted living area: graffiti remediation.

~thursday~
met with the environmental and transportation planning departments.
the day included a brief bicycle tour to a new community under construction, ørestad, on the urban fringe.

Affordable housing (well, 50% was market rate).

Articulation.

The mountain, by Bjarke Ingels, housing atop a parking structure for the community.

Student housing.
Some large-scale designs, but all within a short bicycle ride of downtown and loaded with fine grain and nice landscapes for people.

kosmetisk landskab

2011-03-23T10:35:00.000-07:00

took the train north to the lousiana museum this afternoon; they had a huge picasso collection,

beautiful room with several giacometti pieces (panorama),

installation artwork, enclosed room with mirrors and water, leds changed colour slowly (also explains the patchwork quality of the time-sensitive panorama).

incredible sculpture garden next to the sea

we rode back along the coast (omaha folks would be forgiven for thinking this was near boyer chute nwr)

exploring

even bird watching towers are well-designed

matt

this wall has been around

hard to top picasso and a bici ride in one day.

cph

2011-03-21T00:18:00.000-07:00

~tuesday~

malmö environmental design department: the turning torso, located in the west port demonstration district

christianhavn

~monday~
| gehl |

~sunday~

black diamond

verner panton (thanks joe)

arne jacobsen

~saturday~

travel hiatus

2011-03-16T02:47:00.000-07:00

i'll be in copenhagen until the end of the month. depending on how it goes, i may upload a photo or sketch or two in the meantime. regularly scheduled bay area mixed terrain programing will resume in earnest when i return (and it doesn't seem like i'll be missing much more than 2 weeks of rain in the bay, either).

joaquin

2011-03-08T19:59:00.000-08:00

hunqapillar descends so nice on rough terrain

pinehurst

2011-03-07T19:57:00.000-08:00

wet, dark, and bloomy.

cosmic country speaking tour

2011-02-23T20:28:00.000-08:00

Just kidding.

But!

I will be at this (showing some photos/secret spots) and drinking beer with good people who like bikes as much as you or I.

Next Thursday, the Third of March.

Learn everything, something, or nothing. Have fun.

Talking about bikes is a guaranteed way to make friends. You should come, so we can talk about bikes.

pinehurst, chabot

2011-02-21T20:54:00.000-08:00

spring

moss and lichens: blue filter.

lots of rain.

2011-02-17T20:59:00.000-08:00

a break in the rain, time to head up butters canyon

warm gray

2011-02-13T23:24:00.000-08:00

switchbacking highway 1 expanses

purple is my favorite

three of us decided to ride home by trails, through the headlands, from muir beach. it was immediately clear this was an excellent idea.
we climbed into the clouds on hills like this.

shawn/sean/saw'n (sp?) was throwing it down miwok

ontology of becoming

these three photos compose one fine viewshed (don't miss the pyramid peaking)

reality is a process of becoming, manifest in successive occasions of experience
(alfred north said that)

i'll let you be in my dream if i can be in yours.

cool gray (1/2)

2011-02-13T23:10:00.000-08:00

i put my head down to catch up to a group of fellow bicycle tourers who were camping at sam p this weekend. I missed them somewhere, but got out to the park around 1. I spent the next four hours watching this scene from my sleeping bag. this is also where i slept the night.

sometimes i would roll over and look at this. very productive stuff.

the group arrived, darkness fell.

adam and i made x files stills. there are a lot of adams on this blog.

orion has taken care of me before, and did so again.

down by the river, i shot my photo.

--is that a real poncho or a sears poncho?

hillsides

2011-02-08T14:17:00.000-08:00

tilden, toyonal, ridge trails

2011-02-01T18:17:00.000-08:00

morning ride

2011-01-28T11:57:00.001-08:00

climbing out of the fog

hilly willy nilly

2011-01-24T11:53:00.000-08:00

sf > hwy 1 > tunitas creek

2011-01-15T14:53:00.000-08:00

My first honest road ride in some time. It's quite a change for me to have a lighter bicycle designed for the purpose. About sixty miles in 4 hours, which I'm pretty happy about given the climbing.

the top of devil's slide

pumpkin fields outside half moon bay

at the base of the climb up tunitas, the moon was nice to have in the east all day.

dense redwoods on the way up made for dramatic little punches of late afternoon sun

The climb levels out as the road approaches the summit which speeds things up and offers welcome relief after the steep middle section. Tunitas creek is still my favorite climb here~you can't top the combination of cool redwoods, a 1.5 lane silky smooth road, and a noisy stream to keep the company.

From the top of kings it was a 10 mile or so descent to the caltrain. This ride marks the 3/4 point of my goal to ride the mountains in 4 corners of the bay in january. diablo, tam, kings: hamilton remains.

mt. tam summit

2011-01-11T16:08:00.000-08:00

offroad riding in a slight drizzle all day. climbed up old railroad, then looped back around the mountain on eldridge and hoo-koo-e-koo.

looking south

back across the tamalpais watershed

facing south from atop the east peak.

eldridge grade

frosty beach commute

2011-01-06T11:12:00.000-08:00

rode through alameda this morning

oakland to diablo summit

2011-01-05T13:13:00.000-08:00

about 6 hours in the saddle with good friends.

entering the hills around diablo

a favorite color palette

from 1000 feet(ish)

hawk

coyote!

i rarely see them and don't think i've gotten a good photo until this one. thanks for the contrast, green bush.

summit, lots of haze over the bay from 3850ft.

clear to the sierra

adam moss, mountaineer

ice on the way down (and yes, vajda rode it on a single speed)

form

green/gold

2011

2010-12-31T19:22:00.000-08:00

orion, pleiades

3 park loop

2010-12-16T18:36:00.000-08:00

an open day before what seems like a weeks worth of rain means riding, and so I looped joaquin, redwood, and chabot together for about a 40 mile offroad ride. fast and fun.

rainy day addition:i shopped the photo above into hunqapillar form, see here.

midweek

2010-12-15T23:33:00.000-08:00

fly agaric littered the forest, hard to miss

recent rain, waterfall

nothing but good things to say about the hunqapillar, it does what i hoped it would

all the flying mud made for a good conversation starter over dinner

loopty loopsy

2010-12-06T20:17:00.000-08:00

lots of ents out today

riding home, rain (3/3)

2010-12-01T12:00:00.000-08:00

it rained all night, which made for a slick time on the trails down to reyes station

the cross marin trail is always nice

the storm we left, from the larkspur ferry

ridgecrest, cataract falls, bolinas

2010-11-30T15:31:00.000-08:00

sunrise with the peaks of mt. diablo yonder cross the bay

riding out

climbing pantoll to ridgecrest

steely

dropping into the watershed
here's an animation of the photo series

cataract falls

yellow scatters

funnel web

microstructure

dell

ridgecrest, heading toward bolinas ridge

star rise (1/3)

2010-11-29T18:18:00.000-08:00

thanksgiving tour

slept on the south slopes of tamalpais

mt diablo

2010-11-20T10:32:00.000-08:00

trek 714

check out this cutting-edge review from 1979
::
"The Trek 714 is as good a throwback to your dated values as you'll find today."

joaquin

2010-11-15T14:30:00.000-08:00

rocks (6/6)

2010-11-11T06:00:00.000-08:00

exploration (5/6)

2010-11-10T06:00:00.000-08:00

bok

lunch

lunch views

cliffs

modern ruins

lichen (4/6)

2010-11-09T06:00:00.000-08:00

ricoh macros

rise (3/6)

2010-11-08T20:56:00.000-08:00

i love this bicycle, it's perfect for me.

sunrise

gate through fog

campsite

night (headlands 2/6)

2010-11-08T16:27:00.000-08:00

departure (headlands s24o 1/6)

2010-11-06T21:56:00.000-07:00

place

getting lost

angular momentum

a passing bicycle rider gave this scene a point and thumbs up

farallones eclipse