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Mission Streets

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I love SF Sunday Streets. http://sundaystreetssf.com/ It’s a perfect way to get out and honestly see the people of the city around you. Go to the next one!

Soil Saloon SF, 2010#2

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Last night I went to the Soil Saloon race with Michelle at Golden Gate Park. http://soilsaloon.com/ What a great night and great event. The Soil Saloon folks really know how to host a really great time. Since I was again not racing (lamo!) and since Michelle decided not to ride a good bike to the … Read more

Two dogs.

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Having one dog around is awesome. Two is even better. Here Maggie is posing with another dog at Stray Bar where we go for Smarty Pants Trivia Night on Tuesdays. There are usually at least 3 dogs on the scene and sometimes a few more. Later in the night a brown pitbull named Rufus showed … Read more

Home.

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“Home is where the heart is.” It’s so true. Home is a place you know when you are there. I was feeling that this weekend on a mountain bike ride in Marin. I was on a section of singletrack waiting for the dog to catch up to me, just hanging out in the middle of … Read more

SF loves to close it’s streets!

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One thing I love about San Francisco is that this city will close down a street or entire part of town for almost any reason. On any given weekend throughout the summer you will find several miles of “Closed for Party” road. This July 4th was the 2010 Filmore Jazz Festival. 12 solid blocks of … Read more

PVD Plustwentyfive Headset

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I was helpping to prepare Max Houtzager’s Downieville All-Mountain race bike and we came upon a setup issue. A good fork for the race was 25mm shorter than the fork his 2010 Specialized Enduro Carbon was designed for. This created a major problem because as fast as Max is up and down the hill, he … Read more

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Hey Folks. I’m just setting this site up again as a handy hub for all the stuff I have going on. Take a look through the menu above. If you hit an empty page, don’t dispare. I’ll have everything somewhat sorted in a few weeks. Check back in a bit.